Feature 3
MacGregor enters offshore
MacGregor has been developing its offshore offering, after acquisitions last year.
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argotec subsidiary MacGregor has Singapore and Indonesia, while a new plant is under the Hydramarine brand, and anchor-
expanded aggressively into the under construction in China. handling winches and mooring winches
offshore manufacturing business MacGregor president Olli Isotalo said that sold under the Plimsoll brand.
through the 2007 acquisition of Norwegian the two acquisitions provided a complete In July, the new division received a €28m
Hydramarine and Singaporean Plimsoll Corp. package of winching and handling solutions, contract for 23 knuckle boom offshore
A new offshore division has been established to complementing each other geographically. ‘We cranes for 11 offshore supply vessels to be
cover the North Sea and Asia Pacific markets, now have a strong setup in offshore, which we built in Europe, the USA, and India. In
and also to develop existing and new products intend to build on organically.’ August and September orders totalling
to serve the offshore industry. Expansion continued, in May, with the €60m equipment to be delivered during
Hydramarine has a staff of 200 and acquisition of Vestnorsk Hydraulikkservice, 2008-2010 were secured, including a €15m
manufactures hydraulic and electrical deck a service and turn-key system supplier to order for six cranes for two Vik Sandvik-
machinery equipment. With an assembly plant the offshore and marine industries. Its main designed offshore construction barges
in Kristiansand and a 2006 turnover of €63 focuses are offshore hydraulics service and from Davie Yards, Canada. In November,
million, the company’s main products include products, complementing the hydraulics and offshore equipment orders totalling €50m
active heave compensated cranes, davits, spare part service of offshore support vessels were received including cranes with lifting
winches, and subsea load handling solutions, of Scottish Grampian Hydraulics - acquired capacities of 100tonnes-150tonnes and
for offshore supply vessels and rigs. earlier. 2000m-3000m hook travel for offshore
Plimsoll Corp, meanwhile, has 500 staff During the first half of 2007 alone, vessels for German and Indian shipowners,
and produces hydraulic deck machinery for MacGregor’s new offshore division won some to be manufactured in Singapore, and
the offshore oil and gas, and marine industry €57m worth of offshore deck machinery a record size active heave compensated
in the Asia-Pacific region. With net 2006 sales orders for supply vessels and FPSOs. The (AHC) crane for an offshore vessel with a
of €43 million, main products include winches orders comprise offshore cranes, with and lifting capacity of 400t and a 3000m hook
and cranes. Plimsoll has assembly plants in without active heave compensation, davits sold travel (see p95). NA
Lautex ceilings rise to challenge
New investments to extend and modernise production.
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uspended metal ceilings specialist surface of ceiling, wall, and floor panels up to a
Lautex has continued with an ambitious size of 1.5m x 3m, which can be combined to
investment programme as sales volumes generate bigger images.
have increased, pumping money into a new Recent deliveries of Lautex include ceilings
powder coating plant, enabling the company for the cruiseships Liberty of the Seas and MSC
to work with large dimensions and units of up Orchestra and ferries Tallink Star and Color
to 7m, and the modernisation of its wet coating Magic, all built at Aker Yards in Finland and
plant and pre-treatment washing, flushing, and France. Typical areas are ceilings in public
drying processes. spaces, corridors, and some cabins.
With recent deliveries primarily for shipyards New production technology introduced at AIDAdiva, built at Meyer Werft, also
in Europe, including Aker Yards, Fincantieri, Lautex includes the powder coating plant received ceilings from Lautex. Lautex also
Meyer Werft, and Lloyd Werft, the company’s (left), and a bending robot (right picture). provided panels, typically for public spaces, for
Nummela-based plant in Southern Finland Finnlines’ ro-pax vessel newbuildings Finnlady,
manufactures demanding thin sheet products Finnmaid, Finnstar, and Nordlink built by
based on CAD/CAM programming. The manufactured to fulfil high quality criteria. In Fincantieri, and for a number of cruiseships
steel and aluminium raw material thickness order to provide interior materials of highest which were retrofitted at Fincantieri, Meyer
is between 0.4mm to 3mm and panel width quality, powder coating is a vital element of Werft, and Lloyd Werft. Lloyd Werft and
50mm to 300mm. They are certified to C, B- its production. Lautex provides some 400 Götaverken also utilised Lautex panels for
0, or B-15 fire resistance classes using, when different shades and surface textures, including a number of retrofit ferries, including Stena
needed, fire resistant wool filling. genuine wooden coatings. Digital coating Germanica, Stena Britannica, and Stena
All pre-treatments at Lautex are allows any images to be transferred onto the Hollandica. NA
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