Case Study

Hikvision’s IP Surveillance Solution Secures Indofil Plant

Indofil Industries Limited, a part of the K. K. Modi group, has a very strong domestic base and a well-recognized international presence. Both businesses viz., agricultural chemicals and specialty and performance chemicals, are poised for much faster growth through partnerships and joint ventures for manufacturing, marketing and research, and development activities with prospective companies across the world.

Indofil plant is situated in the industrial cluster at Dahej, Gujarat. The Dahej industrial facility is spread in a vast area with special requirements for industrial safety and security measures. Indofil has four manufacturing facilities producing multi products with the state-of-the-art PLC (Programmable Logic Control) and DCS (Distributed Control System) based systems, and multiple toll manufacturing units across various parts of India. The manufacturing processes are automated with advanced systems and environmentally compliant machines, ensuring faster throughput and safe working conditions.

Indofil expanded its manufacturing facilities in Gujarat state by adding Mancozeb mixtures and new fungicide molecules by commissioning 2 manufacturing plants at Dahej, SEZ (Special Economic Zone, ranked among the top 10 SEZs in the world by Financial Times, London) and 1 manufacturing unit at Dahej, GIDC location. The increased production capacity has helped Indofil in reducing the process cost.

Security requirements

Indofil management wanted a surveillance solution, which is proactive rather than reactive. The management brief was that surveillance solution must cover critical plant area, process area, periphery and internal roads. It is necessary that the solution must be strategic and must have RoI (return on investment) in terms of maintaining safety standards and preventing accidents for the safety of most important human, machinery and assets.

Solution

Hikvision along with system integration partner Technology Quotient (Anjani Communications) provided a robust IP video surveillance solution to Indofil’s Dahej plant by doing elaborate planning and sleek execution. They executed endto-end surveillance project right from the site survey, defining objective, designing and implementation. Since this is a hazardous chemical zone, Hikvision along with its SI partner selected enterprise level flame proof H.265+ based IP cameras, RAID based NVRs, VMS software, commercial displays at two separate plants within a premise, and video wall and enterprise LAN infrastructure at command and control center.

“Indofil management wanted surveillance to start right from the commissioning of the plant. Since the plant was just being commissioned, we had a challenge of local resources and to visualise the pain area – both before the plant actually starts production, and also to scale up to the aspirations and objectives after the plant is up and running,” said Kalpesh Sharma, Director, Technology Quotient (Anjani Communications), “With defined objective of surveillance to be proactive rather reactive, we froze specifications based on site survey and models for surveillance camera, NVR, recording duration required and displays.”

“Once the quantity of cameras, displays and video wall requirements were finalised, we designed and devised robust LAN infrastructure, keeping in mind optimal load sharing and load balancing for future seamless scaling without reinventing the wheel during future expansion. We not only met the objective but also exceeded the expectation of Indofil Ltd. as a corporate client, thanks to Amardeep Kolekar, Chief Manager, Engineering, Indofil Ltd. for his timely support,” added Kalpesh, “In the command control centre, we specifically designed a video wall for CCTV surveillance feed. We also trained and prepared a dedicated team to monitor whole Indofil plant at Hikvision’s state-of-the art training center.”

“For Indofil project, we worked on a special customized solution with our SI partner, Technology Quotient (Anjani Communications) to fulfill the requirements specified by the end-user. We are happy to add value through our latest products and solutions in the chemical industry,” said Siddhesh Kadam, Vertical Head, Pharma, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd.

“Overall Technology Quotient (Anjani Communications) has provided a good economical solution for our CCTV and video wall requirements. The service was excellent and we got the proper support in time. Our employees also have undergone a training to avoid any delay in case of breakdown,” said Amardeep Kolekar, Chief Manager, Engineering, Indofil Ltd., “Apart from other vendors, technologically we got a better solution through Technology Quotient (Anjani Communications). They provided a proper approach along with a good economical solution for us. The performance of the Hikvision’s video surveillance system is very good. We would prefer them for our future requirements.”



 

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