Siemens Building Technologies Selects OSID by Xtralis

Birmingham, UK (FIREX) – 18 May, 2011 – Siemens Building Technologies, the world’s leading provider of safe, secure and energy efficient solutions for buildings and building infrastructure, have selected the award winning OSID technology by Xtralis™, the company behind VESDA®, to strengthen their global smoke detection offering for large open spaces where fire detection presents unique challenges.

Siemens Building Technologies adds OSID to its leading suite of solutions of fire detection products to be made available to its customers globally. Upon concluding tests of the OSID product, Siemens was able to validate the value proposition it provides to its customer base.

Dr. Carsten Liesener, Head of Fire Safety – Systems & Products with Siemens Building Technologies says, “We have tested OSID and we are impressed with its performance, speed of installation, and its defence against common sources of false alarms”. He continues, “We are glad to offer this technology to our customers. OSID’s performance is a good fit with the values of Siemens’ Fire Detection portfolio”.

OSID overcomes the weaknesses of traditional detection solutions used in large, open spaces where standard sensitivity detection is required. The combination of its patented dual wavelength, CMOS imager with advanced detection algorithms and 3D coverage, delivers unsurpassed immunity to false alarms, simplicity of installation and superior performance.

Ghassan Habelrih, Executive Vice President of Safety Products and Business Development for Xtralis, said, “We are very excited to have Siemens Building Technology as a major channel partner to deliver OSID values to the industry. Through our long standing partnership on VESDA, we know that SBT demands quality, superiority and reliability in Fire Detection. We are confident that OSID will surpass the expectations of values end-users and system integrators come to look for when buying Siemens’ solutions”.

The OSID offering builds upon Xtralis’ long standing relationship with Siemens Building Technologies and further fosters the introduction of new fire safety technologies into the market. This established relationship ensures robust increase in availability of advanced smoke detection solutions worldwide.