Tobacco industry Karelia is one of the oldest cigarette companies in Greece. Founded in 1888 in Kalamata, where it maintains to this day with its state-of-the-art factory, that spreads out up to a total area of 80. 000 sq. m. Is the largest tobacco industry, the first exporter of cigarettes in Greece and at the same time, one of the fastest growing independent companies in the world.
With a presence in 65 countries around the world, in Western and Eastern Europe, in North America, in the Middle East and Far East and in Africa, with a total staff of approximately 580 employers.
Perfect industrial facilities & the adoption of the latest technologies guarantees the compliance with the international standards that are vital for maintaining its leading position in the cigarette industry and their availability on the world market.
Within the framework of upgrading its facilities the executives of KARELIA company looking for the right partner for the substantial optimization of the LPG Network of the factory. Naturally, they addressed ANDRIANOS for the preparation of a study on the upgrading of the LPG installations with respect to the particularly high requirements of the plant.
The entrance of the factory of the tobacco industry KARELIA in Kalamata
ANDRIANOS with many years of experience and high degree of knowledge in both the design and implementation of gas fuel management applications, regardless the size or complexity, is synonymous with quality and safety in LPG. It also has a product package of LPG components that combines excellent quality, competitive prices and especially safety for the final consumer.
The benefits of the tobacco industry from the upgrading of LPG:
- The absolute safety of staff and customers even in unlikely cases such as fire or earthquake.
- Full compliance with the technical regulation, thus avoiding fines by the competent authorities.
- Uninterrupted operation and long life of the network due to the high quality of our materials and installers.
- Regular annual maintenance - by the EOT-EXE - as required by the Regulation.
- Immediate resolution in case of possible damages or unwanted situations due to the 24-hour operation of our dedicated team of engineers and licensed.
For the network absolute security it was considered necessary to install the following equipment:
- Kit array for 2 LPG bottles, TECNOGAS Italy.
- Excessive flow valve PN16 with integrated plastic flexible connector B. T. PB30, 1000mm GOK Germany.
- High pressure filter GOK Germany PN 25.
- 1st stage LPG pressure regulator 24 kg / h GOK Germany 0.7-1.8 bar with built-in SAV and SBV.
- LPG electromagnetic valve 3/4 '' 6bar, 230V, N.C of Tecnocontrol Italy.
- Dielectric connector 3/4 '' Watts America, type connection galvanic steel X brass.
- Automatic manometer with stopcock.
- Gas glycerine manometer Tecnogas Italy 0-4 bar.
- 1 " spherical switch with IVR thermal switch fitting Italy.
- Gas detection panel SE 293K of Tecnocontrol Italy, industrial type IP65 for 3 sensors.
- Hoses & Coupling for LPG pipe Germany Witzenmann
- Catalytic sensor SI 653KG of Tecnocontrol Italy, IP65.
- Siren of Tecnocontrol Italy, IP65.
- Panic Button of a N.O. and N.C.
Collector, LPG pressure drop station, electromagnetic and industrial type detector
External route of LPG pipes with stainless steel pipe Witzenmann Germany
Internal network of LPG pipes
Internal network of LPG pipes
Oil-fired boilers, using LPG for preheating
Industrial gas leak detection system 2 zones, industrial type with panic button, Tecnocontrol Italy
The upgrading of the LPG network installation was undertaken entirely by the specialized team of licensed engineers and technicians of EOT - EXE (Special Technical Group for Energy Saving), which will also carry out the necessary annual maintenance of the system in the coming years.
ANDRIANOS with 27 years of experience in LPG networks & installations and the most complete range of quality components in Greek market, studied and upgraded another LPG network, this time to a quite demanding sector such as the tobacco industry. ANDRIANOS has not only the licenses required by the legislation for LPG installations, but also is the only company in Peloponnese that has an ISO 9001:2015 quality certificate for the design, installation and technical support of LPG networks.
The optimization of LPG network of KARELIA company was completed with quality and absolute safety as the main focus, following the strictest technical specifications required by modern technical legislation.
Factory of KARELIA now has all the necessary documents for the LPG installation that it has, with the issuance of the certificate of proper operation of the installation and the special marking, according to law 1257b / 2003, by ANDRIANOS.
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