SANCO in Brazil

Who SANCO S.p.A. is

SANCO S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of fire protection and safety technology based in Galliate, province of Novara, which designs, produces, commissions and provides post-installation assistance for its own systems. The portfolio covers fire and gas detection, water suppression, foam systems, gas systems, dry chemical and twin agent systems, along with fire fighting vehicles, safety equipment and special engineered packages, with strong application in power generation, oil and gas, petrochemicals and heavy industry. The manufacturer's corporate site is at sanco-spa.us.

A disambiguation is worth recording, since the Sanco name appears in unrelated companies including logistics operators, dispensing equipment manufacturers and security electronics distributors. The company covered on this page is SANCO S.p.A. of Galliate, dedicated to fire protection and gas detection.

What exclusive representation means in practice

PVF Solutions runs the full cycle of the SANCO line in Brazil, namely application engineering and sizing, technical and commercial proposal, import and customs clearance, inspection and testing, commissioning, warranty and replenishment. The Brazilian client therefore deals with one local counterpart answering for the entire scope, instead of coordinating manufacturer, trading company, integrator and workshop as separate fronts.

That single-source condition is what shortens the critical item cycle, since the technical decision, the commercial decision and execution run through the same party, with the manufacturer engaged directly whenever the question calls for origin engineering.

Lines supplied in Brazil

Fire and gas detection

Flame, smoke and heat detection, combustible and toxic gas detection and dedicated logic panels, integrated with the suppression systems and with the plant's automation and safety layers.

Water suppression

Deluge systems, sprinkler networks and water mist protecting pumps, transformers, machinery halls, conveyors and process areas.

Foam

Low, medium and high expansion foam systems for tanks, containment dikes, loading racks and areas holding flammable liquids.

Gas systems

Low and high pressure CO2 suppression and clean agent systems for electrical rooms, control rooms, turbine enclosures and environments where water is not acceptable.

Dry chemical and twin agent

Dry chemical powder systems and twin agent combinations for hydrocarbon hazards and applications where extinction has to be immediate.

Vehicles and special packages

Fire fighting vehicles and engineered packages built to specification, including skids tested at the factory before shipment.

Design standards

Systems are designed to NFPA, FM, UL, ATEX and DNV, with safety panels under SIL 2 and SIL 3 certification, so they meet the requirements operators, EPCs and insurers usually impose on process units in Brazil.

Original parts and installed base maintenance

PVF supplies original SANCO spare parts for the entire installed base in the country and performs preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and recharging, with a local installation and service network coordinated by PVF itself. Equipment already installed in Brazil therefore does not depend on direct contact with Italy to keep availability current.

Where to start

For new equipment the short path is to send the specification, the P&ID or a description of the hazard to be protected, since preliminary sizing and a price range follow from that. For installed base, the system identification and an item list are enough, as the original parts enquiry is opened with the manufacturer on the client's behalf.

The complete fire detection and suppression front is described under Solutions, the critical spares logic under how to size MRO inventory for critical items and the scope PVF takes on in international contracts under Brazil scope in international contracts.