Rochdale: Vigilance can report that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics’ ONESuit PPS totally encapsulating gas-tight suit has now gained SOLAS Type II-2 certification per the requirements of International Maritime Organisation (IMO). This certification confirms that the suits offer the highest level of protection against liquid and airborne chemicals for personnel working within the shipping and naval sector. Maritime personnel, such as emergency teams, coastguards, port authorities and maintenance organisations, working with hazardous chemical or biological materials can now benefit from a hazmat suit engineered for robustness, comfort and durability, and maximum protection against more than 100 chemicals both on land and at sea.
The Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics’ ONESuit PPS is lightweight and versatile, designed to safeguard against the permeation of chemical and biological substances in both liquid and vapour form. The ONESuit® PPS is already EN 943-2 certified as well as being approved per NFPA 1991 and thus meets the standards required for the highest level of chemical and biological protection within the EU, USA and Asia.
“A great variety and quantity of hazardous chemicals are transported at sea. Personnel working with chemicals or responding to maritime incidents need to be fully prepared against any potential chemical and biological risks”, said Ian Hutcheson, Market Manager, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. “The ONESuit® PPS not only provides this protection but also offers exceptional comfort and enhanced mobility to maritime personnel performing in hazardous and uncertain situations”.
Saint-Gobain’s ONESuit PPS is engineered using the Coretech barrier membrane technology. The material has been tested against harsh physical and climatic conditions to ensure that it maintains its high resilience, durability and flexibility performance levels and suffers no significant degradation. Additionally, the flexibility of the ONESuit® PPS suit material allows for easy storage in vessels or maritime transport vehicles that are space-constrained. The ONESuit® PPS also has a long shelf life of up to ten years, offering a lower life cycle cost to maritime emergency and maintenance organisations.