Looking for an explosion proof mobile phone for petrochemicals and refining in Belgium? Almost all of it is inside the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, where BASF, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Covestro, Borealis and Evonik run adjacent sites along the Scheldt. This page is for HSE, shutdown and telecoms teams who work across that cluster and want one device that suits the sector. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · ATEX programme in progress
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges was formed in 2022 by the merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge. The petrochemical cluster in the Antwerp part is described on the country page as the second largest in the world after Houston. It is split by the river: the right bank has the Scheldelaan chemical belt, with BASF Antwerpen, TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil; the left bank has Kallo and Lillo, where Borealis makes polyolefins and INEOS builds Project ONE.
The processes divide naturally. Refining and cracking are Zone 1 and Zone 2 gas, with hydrogen at hydrotreaters and crackers; polymer plants add powder and pellet dust; storage and loading add jetty and tank-truck bays, covered on the page for bulk liquid storage and port logistics. Pharmaceutical and fine chemical plants, with solvent and GMP rules, are a different sector, covered in pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals.
Turnaround campaigns bring thousands of contractor staff for a fixed window. The unit most helped is the one that can be enrolled quickly, carry the permit and work list, and be wiped at the end. Android Enterprise management does that from the console a site already has.
Scaffolders, inspectors and instrument crews work for several operators. Each operator decides, so acceptance at one gate does not carry to the next, but one certificate reference helps each team assess the same device.
Major hazard sites are visited by federal and regional inspectors together, as the country page explains. A device whose camera and application policy can be demonstrated is easier to defend in that visit.
Group IIC at T4 is the design target, so the same handset suits a hydrotreater, a cracker and a polymer line without a plant-by-plant selection.
Readings, photographs and calls from the unit, inside the Zone 1 boundary.
Permits, work lists and completion photographs carried by contractor crews, recovered and wiped afterwards.
Where new units are handed over system by system, one Zone 1 device runs through the change in classification.
Each operator in the cluster runs its own procurement process, and approval by one does not carry to a neighbour. The product-side law is the same for all: ATEX 2014/34/EU, the CE marking and the declaration of conformity. We do not claim any relationship with any operator. Ask each operator's procurement and HSE teams for their current supplier and contractor requirements, which commonly include SCC or VCA safety certification for contractors. Certification of the IS-04Z1 is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
No. The device is pre-launch and ATEX certification is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch. Nothing will be supplied for a classified area before the certificate covering it exists.
No. Each company decides separately, even where sites share a boundary or a road.
The design target is the same: Zone 1 gas, group IIC, T4, plus Zone 21 dust. Actual suitability depends on each plant's zoning file.
ATEX is the legal route in Belgium. IECEx evidence is in progress as well, and is useful to operators whose parent company works to international standards.
Tell us the site, the zone and gas group, and roughly how many handsets. The SAMS team replies by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule for Belgium. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch and certification is in progress, so there is no list price yet; indicative pricing is issued in writing against a stated quantity and site.
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule for your market.
