Trolex, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of gas detection and environmental monitoring systems, has just appointed SP Mine Safety, a subsidiary of mine safety solutions provider Strata Worldwide, as its new distribution partner in South Africa.

This follows hard on the heels of a distribution agreement, recently set up in December 2012, which appointed Strata Worldwide as sole distributor of Trolex products to the US market.

SP Mine Safety is located an hour outside Johannesburg and will now be able to replace or upgrade existing Trolex monitoring systems underground, as well as integrate with Strata wireless networks to provide continuous data retrieval.

General plant maintenance personnel can perform installation and maintenance on the systems, which provides low recurring operation costs. Strata will, however, offer customers full technical and application service packages and also assist with installation and commissioning, and provide services and support as required.

Commenting on the new partnership, Trolex MD Glyn Pierce-Jones said: “There is an excellent alignment between our two companies and we are delighted to be working with Strata, with which we share a common goal of providing mine-wide safety solutions. This new partnership will allow us to maintain our market leadership in gas monitoring systems in South Africa which we have established over the last 30 years”.
Strata Worldwide is a global leader in mine safety products, which includes wireless communications and tracking systems, emergency mine refuge chambers, proximity detection systems and collision avoidance systems.

Talking about the new relationship, Strata South Africa GM Jonathan Metcalf added: “We are extremely excited to be partnering with Trolex to offer its technology to the South African market. It has been Strata’s vision to offer completely wireless, battery powered and intrinsically safe atmospheric monitoring systems, which include the additional safety benefits of post-accident monitoring and data retrieval.”

Trolex systems and products are relied on the world over to detect gases, monitor other key environmental conditions and improve machinery performance in the mining and tunnelling industries. They’re intrinsically safe, carry independent accreditation and are at the forefront of safety and condition monitoring technology.

Further information on products can be obtained by emailing info@strata-safety.co.za or by visiting Trolex website at www.trolex.com