{"id":62985,"date":"2025-01-22T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercorlv.es\/?p=62985"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:46:10","slug":"history-of-mercor-tecresas-smoke-evacuation-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercorlv.es\/en\/blog\/history-of-mercor-tecresas-smoke-evacuation-department","title":{"rendered":"History of Mercor Tecresa’s Smoke Evacuation Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shortly after the beginning of the adventure of<\/strong> mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup> Protecci\u00f3n Pasiva S.L. in 1998<\/strong>, a small specific division in charge of smoke evacuation systems<\/strong> was created within the company. At the time, the regulations were different, and our main contracts were in large shopping malls and public spaces mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> was in charge of making the corresponding calculations, and the material was purchased from different manufacturers outside our borders.\u00a0 Our task stopped after installation.<\/p>\n

Some works carried out by<\/strong> mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> at that times still remain, such as the Gran Casa shopping centre in Zaragoza, the El Boulevard shopping centre in Vitoria<\/strong>, etc…<\/p>\n

In 2004<\/strong>, there was a significant change, with the introduction of new regulations: the Technical Building Code (CTE), the Regulation on Fire Safety in Industrial Establishments and finally the UNE EN 23.585 standard<\/strong> which regulates the calculation of these smoke evacuation systems.<\/p>\n

The CTE has established the obligation to have smoke evacuation systems in atriums and public spaces, and the Spanish Fire Safety Regulations for Industrial Establishments (RSCIEI) in medium and high-risk industrial warehouses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

These new requirements have meant that the small department of mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> grew in the face of the new challenges and needs of the market, with a team made up of more technicians and installers, in order to cover the rising demand.<\/p>\n

It was in 2008<\/strong> that one of our largest suppliers of smoke vents, the Polish group Mercor, decided to buy 100% of<\/strong> mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> in order to further develop the sales of its products in Spain and to sell in its own market the variety of fire resistance products that mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> was and is still manufacturing in Spain. Shortly afterwards, a new export department was created to expand our area of influence in Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since then<\/strong>, despite an international and construction crisis, the department has grown with new products and the creation of a new after-sales area, which has gained particular momentum with the implementation of the new RIPCI<\/strong> in 2017, which included the obligation to ensure the maintenance of the smoke evacuation systems in the facilities<\/strong> and more recently, a new line of fire dampers that the mercor\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> Group manufactures itself in Poland and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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At mercor<\/strong> mercor<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup>, our Smoke Evacuation Systems Department is currently as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n