Company History: Vijay Fire Protection Systems Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "the Company" or "Vijay") was incorporated under the Act as a Private Limited Company with the Registrar of Companies Maharashtra at Bombay on 6th May 1981 to manufacture and install fire fighting equipments and fire protection systems. The Company was converted into a deemed Public Limited Company on 23.2.89 and into a Public Limited Company on 14.11.91. On incorporation the Company took over the then existing operations and business of M/s Vijay Machinery Stores partnership firm constituted by Shri Khantilal Salot Shri jitendra Salot Shri Pradip Salot Shri Harish Salot and Smt Dhirajben Salot.VIJAY supplies a wide range of Fire Protection Systems on a turnkey basis involving complete design manufacture erection testing and commissioning of the systems. Among the fire engineering systems installed by VIJAY are Smoke/Heat detectors and automatic/manual fire alarm systems CO2 system Automatic Halon 1301 extinguishing systems automatic Hydrant Sprinklers Spray/water deluge systems and automatic fixed foam installation systems etc. VIJAY also manufactures various types of Fire Fighting Equipment such as Fire Vehicles Trailer Fire Pumps Portable Fire Pumps Water Tenders Dry powder Fire Trucks Crash Tenders etc. In the year 1990-91 income from the Fire Protection Systems installed on turnkey basis constituted 84.06% of the turnover (85.61 % in 1989-90) of the Company.
VIJAY has a Subsidiary Company viz Vijay Sabre Safety Ltd.
Today Vijay Group's contribution to the Fire Engineering Industry in India covers practically all aspects of fire protection from the smallest fire extinguisher to the state-of-art computerised fully automatic fire protection systems for large Companies. Vijay Group has to its credit introduction of Halon Systems in India the first one being for the Computer and Control Room protection at Kudremukh Iron Ore Project at their Mangalore and Kudremukh sites manufacture of a Fire Crash Tender with the latest technology involving CO2 Monex Dry Powder AFFF Foam and Halon for a Naval Project and the Design and Manufacture of lonisation Type Smoke Detectors.
The Company's technological achievements place it at the top-of-the ladder in Fire Protection. Some of the major landmarks in the Company's technological achievements include installation of one of the largest fire protection systems for National Thermal Power Corporation at Ramagundum one of the biggest Smoke Detection Systems having 1700 smoke detectors at the Bhilai Steel Plant and manufacture of a unique Dry Powder Truck for O N G C Bombay with 4500 lbs of Special Dry Powder. The Company has received contracts for two of the biggest fire engineering projects in India - in 1989 it received the contract for installation of a Rs 11.76 crore Fire Protection System for M S E B Chandrapur Power Plant and in 1990 for installation of a Rs 11.49 crore system for UPSEB Anapara Power Plant Phase II for both of which global tenders were floated.
