News & Press releases

Detecting and confirming mould is often quite an extensive task, with support from technicians that in many cases having to examine places and splittning it into pieces to locate the mould. This is however not the case for a mould-detecting dog like Birla, who can do this without any damaging. So, it is a real privilege to have Birla as a part of the Polygon team!

When the smoke alarm sounded at a hotel in Veendam, Netherlands, and was subsequently followed by a strong smell of smoke, staff quickly evacuated guests and called upon the emergency services to help.

An automatic sprinkler system was activated in a parking garage in Hellerup, situated just north of Copenhagen in Denmark. A short time after, another automatic smoke alarm was activated in a store in the same building. Heavy smoke was discovered, and additional assistance was required immediately. Forty firefighters took control of the fire and Polygon Emergency Services were called in to assist.

Every day, we in Polygon are relied upon by our customers to be by their side in urgent, unexpected and difficult situations. Like everyone, we are reacting fast to the rapidly changing world impacted by Covid-19. This reminds us how inter-dependent we all are, whether that’s in our families, our local towns, countries or businesses : Covid-19 does not recognize boundaries.

Polygon has been highlighted in digital magazine, Risk and Business, a large platform in the Netherlands. The feature focused on various businesses and how they have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, exploring the kinds of changes they have had to make. One of Polygon Netherlands’ technicians, Meike Zuidland, was interviewed by the magazine.