Ownership
Senoko Energy lists Marubeni Corporation and Sembcorp Industries as its shareholders.
Senoko is an industrial subzone of Sembawang on Singapore's northern coast, best known for Senoko Power Station. Natural gas supplies over 90 percent of Singapore's electricity, up from less than 20 percent in 2000, which is why large gas-fired plants such as Senoko dominate the local hazardous-area picture. An ATEX and IECEx smartphone distributor in Senoko would carry the IS-04Z1 to these buyers once certification completes.
Pre-launch · certification in progress · Launching Q4 2026
Short answer. Senoko has no appointed SAMS distributor yet: the IS-04Z1 is pre-launch (certification in progress, no certificate issued, launch planned for Q4 2026), and distributor applications are open.
Current position: certification in progress, nothing issued, launch targeted for Q4 2026. An operator's own vendor approval is a separate step. Certification status. Place facts reviewed October 2026.
| Check | What to look for | IS-04Z1 today |
|---|---|---|
| Marking | II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4 on the rating plate | Design target; not yet marked |
| EU-type examination certificate | Notified body number and certificate ID | In progress with TÜV; not issued |
| IECEx certificate of conformity | Number listed on the IECEx online register | In progress; not issued |
| Where it applies | Senoko: Power plant gas and fuel systems, Fuel storage tanks and terminal services | Classified by the site operator |

An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Senoko Industrial Zone. It is pre-launch: IECEx, ATEX and NEC 500 certification is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
Who operates there and which kinds of classified area a handset would meet, from the SAMS site research.
Senoko Energy lists Marubeni Corporation and Sembcorp Industries as its shareholders.
Subsidiaries provide fuel storage tank leasing and terminal services (Senoko Services) and gas shipping and retail (Senoko Gas Supply).
Natural gas has replaced crude oil as the main fuel since 1992, with fuel oil kept as a back-up, and stage III boilers were modified with gas burners to burn either fuel.
Senoko is best known for two uses, its power station and a fishery port, so large power plant and wholesale seafood handling share the same stretch of Sembawang's northern coastline.
Equatorial heat and humidity, with frequent heavy showers, are constant on this northern coast and affect outdoor switchyards, fuel tanks and gas metering stations.
Senoko Power Station is the largest power station in Singapore and was commissioned in 1976, after planning began in the early 1970s under the Public Utilities Board.
ATEX is the European legal framework for equipment used in explosive atmospheres (Directive 2014/34/EU). IECEx is the international certification scheme built on the IEC 60079 standards. Buyers outside Europe often ask for both: an IECEx certificate is the technical evidence most national regimes build on, while ATEX is the legal route into the European market.
For the IS-04Z1 both routes are in progress with TÜV in Germany and neither certificate has been issued. The marking target is II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4: equipment Group II (surface industry), Category 2 (Zone 1 gas), protection concept ib (intrinsic safety), gas group IIC and temperature class T4.
In Senoko. Reviewers at a power station such as Senoko would expect ATEX and IECEx documents side by side, since gas turbine and fuel-system work draws on equipment suppliers and engineers from several countries. The IS-04Z1 certification is in progress, so only a datasheet is available now. The plant owner decides which certificates and which conformity schedule it will accept.
SAMS is appointing authorised distributors ahead of the Q4 2026 launch. No territory has been granted for Senoko yet and applications are reviewed company by company. Because a certified Ex device cannot be opened by an ordinary phone workshop without invalidating its certificate, SAMS looks for partners who can provide competent technical support and after-sales service locally.
No. Nothing can be bought or taken into a classified area today: certification is in progress and launch is planned for Q4 2026. What is available now is the datasheet, the written certification schedule and evaluation units for safe-area use.
There is no list price yet. SAMS gives indicative pre-launch pricing in writing, against a stated quantity and site, and does not commit to a lead time before certification completes.
Not yet. Both routes are in progress with TÜV in Germany and no certificate has been issued. Any listing that says otherwise is wrong.
Likely candidates are power plant gas and fuel systems, fuel storage tanks and terminal services. Which areas are classified, and to what zone, is set by the site operator's own area classification drawings.
Apply through the distributor page with your company details and the territory you cover. SAMS reviews applications company by company and has not yet granted a territory for Senoko.
No. Classified areas are concentrated at the power station's gas systems and at fuel storage, not across the whole industrial zone. Other tenants may have none at all. Ask the specific site for its area classification drawing before choosing equipment.
Typical examples are gas pressure-reduction and metering stations, gas turbine enclosures, fuel oil storage and pump areas, and battery or hydrogen-related rooms. Most are Zone 2 in normal operation, but Zone 1 can occur around specific equipment, so confirm with the plant.
The plant operator runs its own contractor and equipment approvals, and SAMS has no role in them. Send its procurement and HSE teams the IS-04Z1 datasheet and target marking, noting that certification is in progress and no certificate has been issued.
Related guides for Senoko Industrial Zone and for Singapore.
Send the site, zone and gas group and roughly how many handsets. We reply by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule.
Name the site and the operator and we will send what is available before launch.