Company Profile | Total Care Philosophy | Key Figures | Customer Segments | History

Company Profile

Unisafe Marine Fire Fighting & Safety Equipment is one of the major players in the port of Rotterdam when it comes to high quality marine & offshore services in the field of fire fighting, rescue and safety equipment.

Highly skilled technicians and fully equipped workshops offer you the best in service both on and offshore. Being a full daughter of the worldwide renounced Dräger group we are challenged on a daily basis to deliver our customers the quality and reliability which is expected from us. To be able to do so we have build-up an organization of 70 people all dedicated to their tasks, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

Unisafe offers you an unique concept for service and deliveries on FRS equipment. We have a team of trained and certified technicians who are also able to go offshore and perform the service there were it is needed. Unisafe has a reputation to protect. Our customers can be found under the best ship-owners, management and oil drilling companies all over the world. Customers who have experienced that Unisafe will deliver what they have promised under any circumstance.

At this moment we provide services to more the 500 seagoing vessels a year, more than 1000 barges and a dozen drilling platforms. We are involved in numerous new building projects and are the key supplier for our customers in the field of Fire fighting, Rescue and Safety equipment.

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Total Care Philosophy

Our Total Care Port Service offers all FRS service out of one hand. As soon as we have the order in our system we will liaison with the agent and other service partners. We will plan all service carefully and assign enough resources to be able to complete the scope in the time given to us. You can ask for our services in the following FRS disciplines:

Fire fighting
  • Inspection of all types fire extinguishers
  • Inspection fixed fire suppression systems
Rescue
  • Inspection of all brands and types of life rafts
  • Inspection of rescue boats & davits
  • Inspection of lifejackets & immersion suits
Safety
  • Breathing protection
  • Portable gasdetection
  • Fixed gasdetection
  • Protective clothing

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Key Figures

Our organization is dedicated to high quality service in the field of Fire fighting, Rescue and Safety equipment. Our technicians and our workshops are used to perform under the time pressure related to the marine and offshore world. Over the years we have build long lasting relations with a large variety of customers resulting in an ever growing and reliable company. To get an idea of the size of our business and the extend of our services we present you some key figures.

  • Number of employees: 85 persons
  • Turnover annual: 9.500.000,00
  • 25 cars for service transport
  • > 100.000 inspections of fire extinguishers
  • > 6.000 calibrations of gas detectors
  • > 3.500 inspections of BA and escape sets
  • > 250 testing of gastight suits
  • > 7.000 cleaning / disinfecting of face masks
  • > 2.000 inspections on inflatable life jackets
  • > 2.500.000 litres of breathing air refill

Unisafe Marine Firefighting & Safety Equipment is a 100% daughter of the well know Dräger Group. Dräger is one of the market leaders in the field of high quality safety and medical equipment. Located in more than 100 countries. 10,000 employees and an annual turnover of 1.5 billion.

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Customer Segments

All our activities in sales and service are related to customers who somehow connect to water. They have ships travelling over the seven oceans, or up the major rivers in western Europe. Or they work in the Oil and Gas industry and operate drilling rigs or other offshore installations. In general, we segment our customers in three major markets:

Marine shipping
  • FRS service in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
  • Sales to ships handlers / re-sellers
  • New building projects
Barging
  • FRS service in Rotterdam
  • New building projects
Offshore
  • Worldwide FRS service
  • FRS supplies to end users
  • New building projects

*) FRS stands for Firefighting, Rescue and Safety equipment

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History

 

2003


Start of the integration Zoetermeer & Hoogvliet

Integration of staff services HRM / F&A / QM
Integration warehouse and logistics
Integration workshops

Dräger Logo 

2001


Complete take-over by Dräger
Split between land and waterprojects
W.S. Poppeliers becomes Unisafe 

 

2000


Total Care as Core Business
The customers asks for specialist suppliers with a broad product portfolio.
Key words are outsourcing, core business en cost reduction. 

 Unisafe Logo

1998


Start of Unisafe Marine Firefighting & Safety Equipment
Expansion to the marine & offshore market closes the circle.
Launch of the Total Care concept sales and service in the field of Firefighting, Rescue and Safety equipment on an international market extensive. 

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1996


Safety gets an issue
Change in regulations (ADR/ADNR) results in an increased demand on PPE´s in the shipping market.
First contacts with Dräger NL / Poppeliers becomes a dealer.
1996 first partial take-over by Dräger Safety becomes a fact.
Founding of Safety Service Center service point for Dräger in Europoort / Botlek.

 

1991


Expansion to the main land
Success on the water expanded to the main land.
First customers in the industry, utility and small business market.

 

1987


Markt leader position
Organic market growth.
70% market share.

 Poppeliers Logo

1977


Start of Brandblusmaterialen W.S. Poppeliers
Start of a one man business by Wim Poppeliers
Sales and service of firefighting materials to inland ships. 

 *) FRS is short for Firefighting, Rescue en Safety equipment

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Contact

Unisafe Marine Firefighting & Safety Equipment

Tinnegieterstraat 7-9

3194 AL Hoogvliet

The Netherlands

Phonenumber: +31 (0) 10 295 2710

Faxnumber: +31 (0) 10 295 2709

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