Asia’s largest fire and safety show, acknowledged for its utmost contribution to the Indian fire community, had takenplace on 7-8-9 September 2017 at BCEC, Goregaon, Mumbai. Accompanied by a supreme verve of the fire industry, the exhibition hasbrought on to the table an array of ingenious solutions, advanced products and industry expertise.
FIRE INDIA opened with a memorable inauguration of the conference and exhibition, honored by Mr. Prakash Mishra, IPS, DG, FS, CD & HG, Min. of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India.RandeepHooda, Brand Ambassador for Indian Fire Services, graced the show with his presence and added a touch of glamour to the festive spirit of the inauguration.
The Institution of Fire Engineers (India) organized the 12th edition in series of conferences with new flavor of topical issue and technologies. The conference themed was “Fire and Life Safety Challenges with modern build environments”. Technical papers presented by eminent professional’s experts in divergent fields from various countries. “Theexperiencewas very well received and appreciated by visitors and exhibitors”, said Mr. U. S. Chhillar, General Secretary of Institution of Fire Engineers (India).“I am pleased with the response that the event had got and this kind of encouragement provides fuel to do even better for the next edition”.
More than 450 delegates – Fire service officers, fire and life safety managers, architects, engineers, and loss assessors –registered and participated in the conference and visited the exhibition.
The event has achieved in attracting more than 150 domestic and international exhibit, likers – India, China, UAE, UK, USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore and South Korea.
“We had participated in numerous exhibitions in India but FIRE INDIA is quite amazing where visitors are quite interesting & increase every time. Finally the exhibition was wonderful”, said Mr. Chris Hazelby Sales Director, FFE Limited
The Innovation Awards has been launched in order to bring the efforts of the industry into the light as well as cater to the demands of the market.
We got many candidates and 3 winners.Naffco got the first prize of the Innovation awards 2017 for its innovation brand – Shield (24/7 continuous monitoring of Fire Fighting equipment and direct connection to the Central Remote Monitoring Station).Safex, bagged the second prize for -Safex Mobile Fire Extinguisher Service Solution (The Safex Mobile Fire Extinguisher Service Solution is equipped with automatic machinery to appropriately service and refill all kinds of powder, water and foam fire extinguishers) and the third prize went to FireTrace for theirinnovation (an approved fire suppression for electrical systems).
The Awards ceremony was a key moment of the exhibition.
“Fire India is always being the best exhibition for us. It’s the exclusive meeting point of our fraternity. It’s the very first day then too we had got the tremendous response from end users, consultants, dealers etc. And it is also a great honor and pleasure to receive an award! Our order book is completely full for the next 6 months!”, said Mr. Sandip Shah, Managing Director Safex
“FIRE INDIA is always outstanding; here I found latest innovative products & technical developments in Fire Safety & Protection which we can introduce in Fire Services in India. Awareness of latest innovations is updated among us all in Government undertakings and Overall Exhibition was informative & Great Grand Successful”, said SwastikJadeja, CFO Junagad – Gujarat
And for all participants, the 12th edition of FIRE INDIA &SafetyExprovided top classbusiness matchmaking opportunities. Building on the success of matchmaking program launched in Chennai, Go Connect, a much more advanced tool has been opened up to the pre-registered visitors and the exhibitors of the show. Go Connect assisted the attendees to design their visit to the show in the most effective and efficient manner.
300+ business meetings were scheduled through our matchmaking program. We will continue to improve our matchmaking platform in order to deliver a better outputfor the next edition.
FIRE INDIA organized a lucky draw for the pre-register visitors, on the last day of the show. Mr. Manmeet Singh, Regional Head of NCFSE Chandigarh, was the lucky winner of a smart phone.
Please, visit our website (www.fire-india.com) to discover the whole experience of some of our exhibitors, ProliteAutoglo, Drager, Naffco, New Age Fire Fighting company, Agni Controls, Fire Safety Devices, Unifrax India, POK India, just to name a few and see pictures, videos taken during the exhibition.
On specific demand we can provide you photos and videos.
Thanks again to all exhibitors, participants and attendees for making FIRE INDIA & SAFETYEX a great success and see you at the next edition (dates for the next show will be announced soon).