VERTEX won the tender announced by the "Hermitage" museum

VERTEX was selected as the winner in the tender for the supply of lifting equipment for the Federal State Culture Institution "Hermitage".

The Hermitage was founded in 1764 when the first collection of paintings, acquired by Catherine II, arrived in St. Petersburg; the Hermitage became a public museum nearly 100 years later - in 1863.

Two Russian companies took part in the tender announced by the largest in Russia and one of the world's largest artistic, cultural and historical museum. The company VERTEX offered the best terms and, as a result, was declared the winner. In November 2012, "Hermitage" bought 2 units of Snorkel lifting equipment. A compact crank lift Snorkel A38E, with a working height of 13.5 m and white wheels, perfectly suits for indoor use since it does not leave any marks and has a lightweight compact vertical mast lift Snorkel UL40DC with a working height of 14.2 m.

At present, the exhibitions of largest museum in Russia, it has about 3 million works of art and cultural monuments which are located in several buildings, built at different times: Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and New Hermitage, Hermitage Theatre - in the eastern wing of the General Headquarters Building. Besides, the Menshikov Palace, Restoration and Storage Center "Old Village" and the Museum of Imperial Porcelain Factory are the Hermitage branches.

The equipment was acquired for servicing the premises on the territory of Restoration and Storage Centre "Old Village", mainly for high-rise cleaning work and care for the works of art.

In the course of transferring the equipment a VERTEX representative conducted training classes in safety rules to be followed while carrying out work at height and during equipment maintenance.