Vestel Group

Vestel Group is comprised of 24 companies operating in manufacturing, technology development, marketing and distribution of consumer electronics, IT, digital technologies and household appliances. Vestel accounts for 21% of the total TV, 10% of the LCD TV, 25% of the digital set-top boxes, and 10% of the household appliances markets in Europe.

Vestel Turkey

The Vestel Group in Turkey (Vestel City) is located in Manisa and its buildings cover an area over 1,300,000 m². These sites combined form one of the major manufacturing hubs of the Vestel Group. In addition to this hub, Vestel Group has R&D centres located in the US and the UK and a factory in Russia. 96% of the goods produced in Vestel factories are exported to over 100 countries worldwide.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

Vestel is a company that is continuously growing. Originally, the company had various types of security systems installed by different installers and produced by assorted manufacturers. When the company expanded its site, it was certainly time for a new, standardised, security system including fire detection for two sites that lay several kilometres apart. The system was to be installed in several phases with the total fire detection system covering over 1,300,000 m². The first phase involved replacing outdated systems in the existing buildings. Additional phases dealt with the installation of security equipment at all newly constructed buildings.

UTCFS’s solution

UTCFS cooperated closely with several fire consultants in order to design the complete fire detection system in the best way possible and to ensure that the full system would meet all European and Turkish fire regulations. Over 10,000 detectors, of which 500 are beam detectors, are in place. A beam detector is distinct because one single detector covers an area of approximately 1,500 m², whereas if using standard point detectors, about 30 of them would be needed to cover the same area. Thus, in total, these exceptional 500 beam detectors do the work of 15,000 point detectors. All fire detectors are connected to the EST3 fire control panels, the central gathering point for several clusters of detectors. These control panels then report either directly to an alarm, or to a central control room. As Vestel City continues to expand, their new buildings are continually being equipped with UTCFS’s fire solution.