About us

About us at safe­tec Bran­des und Nie­hoff GmbH

Who we are

About us at safetec Brandes und Niehoff GmbH

About us

Foun­ded in 1995 by Klaus Bran­des and Dirk Nie­hoff, safe­tec has stood for inno­va­ti­on and pro­gress in the deve­lo­p­ment and instal­la­ti­on of mari­ti­me fire detec­tion and extin­gu­is­hing sys­tems and elec­tro­nic com­pon­ents for near­ly three decades. 

Our mis­si­on: ‘Con­trol Sys­tems for Fire Fight­ing at Sea. We deve­lop the most relia­ble tech­no­lo­gy to save lives in emer­gen­cy’ - a gui­ding prin­ci­ple that reflects our stri­ving for maxi­mum relia­bi­li­ty and safe­ty in emergencies.

The start­ing signal for our suc­cess sto­ry was given with the intro­duc­tion of the first micro­con­trol­ler-ope­ra­ted smo­ke detec­tion sys­tem SDS-2/6 for con­tai­ner ships at the SMM ’94 in Ham­burg. This inno­va­ti­ve sys­tem imme­dia­te­ly won over ship­ping com­pa­nies, shi­py­ards and ship chand­lers world­wi­de and quick­ly estab­lished safe­tec as the lea­ding sup­pli­er in this field.

In the fol­lo­wing years, we con­sis­t­ent­ly expan­ded our pro­duct port­fo­lio with advan­ced solu­ti­ons: water-based fire extin­gu­is­hing con­trol sys­tems (E-WATER), gas extin­gu­is­hing con­trol sys­tems (E-GAS) and elec­tri­cal CO2 fire extin­gu­is­hing con­trol sys­tems (E-CO2). With the intro­duc­tion of the SDS-48, the second gene­ra­ti­on of our smo­ke detec­tion sys­tem, we set a new stan­dard on almost all con­tai­ner ships.

safe­tec milestones

Innovation

Our many years of expe­ri­ence and our con­ti­nuous stri­ving for inno­va­ti­on have made safe­tec the world mar­ket lea­der in the field of smo­ke detec­tion sys­tems. The cur­rent SDS-72 smo­ke detec­tion sys­tem, the third gene­ra­ti­on of its kind, is the first sys­tem to com­ply with Reso­lu­ti­on MSC.339(91) and once again repres­ents our com­mit­ment to inno­va­ti­ve con­cepts, this time with vari­ants A, B and C, which are tail­o­red to dif­fe­rent pro­ject requirements.

A new mile­stone in our histo­ry of inno­va­ti­on is the ‘Air­flow’ cal­cu­la­ti­on tool, which has been spe­ci­al­ly deve­lo­ped for the cal­cu­la­ti­on of smo­ke detec­tion sys­tem sam­pling net­works. It enables detail­ed pre­dic­tions of the beha­viour and respon­se times of indi­vi­du­al sam­pling net­works, cal­cu­la­tes ope­ra­ting points of fan units in smo­ke detec­tion sys­tems and allows net­work opti­miza­ti­on mea­su­res to be che­cked befo­re a sys­tem lay­out is appro­ved. In this way, it helps to make the sui­ta­bi­li­ty of a sys­tem lay­out for the requi­re­ments of clas­si­fi­ca­ti­on socie­ties transparent.

Fur­ther inno­va­tions are in the pipe­line, as our goal remains unch­an­ged: To deve­lop the most relia­ble tech­no­lo­gy for saving lives in emer­gen­ci­es at sea. Put your trust in safe­tec when it comes to effec­ti­ve and inno­va­ti­ve fire pro­tec­tion on your ships.

12 reasons for safetec products and services

Quality guarantee

Safetec’s pro­ducts stand for first-class qua­li­ty. The enti­re ran­ge of ser­vices is in the hands of experts.

Wide range of products

Safe­tec offers a sui­ta­ble solu­ti­on for every application.

Reliability

No ques­ti­on of defi­ni­ti­on - Safetec’s sys­tems stand for reliability!

Customer service

Do you need help? - We are hap­py to help whe­ther by e-mail, tele­pho­ne or on site!

Compliance with regulations

No delays due to impro­per fire alarm systems.

Industry expertise

As an indus­try insi­der, Safe­tec is always up to date.

Sustainability

Our goal is long-las­ting sys­tems - invest in the future.

Ergonomic design

The focus is on con­ve­ni­ence and user-friendliness.

Customer feedback

Our exis­ting cus­to­mers value our pro­ducts - regu­lar feed­back con­firms this.

Certification experience

Cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on too com­pli­ca­ted? Safe­tec keeps the overview!

Individual customizations

Can’t find any­thing sui­ta­ble? We accept the challenge!

Prepared for everything

Also our cus­to­mers - we offer exten­si­ve trai­ning for our sys­tems, just ask!