NORTH-sea safety technology developed by an Aberdeen firm is to be used in a bid to tackle environmental issues arising from mining and bush fires in Australia.
RigDeluge has signed a contract, for an undisclosed sum, allowing Australian Fire Industries (AFI) to become exclusive distributors of its Free Flow technologies across Australia, New Zealand, Papau New Guinea and Timor Leste.
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Originally created as an answer to North Sea fire safety issues, the Free Flow technologies have already seen sales soar across the global onshore and offshore energy sector, direct from Aberdeen.
Now, its heat suppression capabilities have been identified as a “game-changer” in the fight to improve Australia’s environmental issues associated with dust emissions in the mining sector and in the battle against bush fires – both of which have resulted in hazardous levels of air quality being recorded across Australia.
Ian Garden RigDeluge founder, said: “This latest distribution deal illustrates the global cross-sector possibilities of Free Flow’s unique heat suppression capabilities, which are set to lead a shift in how countries deal with fire, heat and dust suppression, in terms of performance and application.”
The company is currently in negotiation to roll the model out across the many countries in which its technology is patented.
Ian continued: “With over 10,000-unit sales made in 2020 alone, during a global lockdown and with a challenging oil price, an Aberdeen-based entity is creating a major global footprint in fire safety technology. T
“That is a powerful message for a UK manufacturing and engineering industry, which I believe has the potential to supersede the challenges created by Brexit and once again set a global benchmark for quality and cost efficiency through innovation.”
