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R.W. Fernstrum

Scania

R.W. Fernstrum & Company & Company

Scania “The global reach and variety of products, combined

R.W. F & CERNSTRUM OMPANY with a record of quality and service standards, place us in a

R.W. Fernstrum & Company has been part of the com- position to be part of a wide variety of projects recognized mercial marine industry for over 70 years. The introduc- in the industry,” Fernstrum said. The company counts tion of the FERNSTRUM GRIDCOOLER Keel Cooler among recent notable projects the Weeks Marine dredge in 1949 created the fully assembled, packaged keel cool-

RB Weeks being built by Eastern Shipbuilding as well as the ing products seen today. Fernstrum’s sole focus is heat ex-

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock dredge Galveston Island being changers, and its expertise in the market bears that out. built by Conrad. It has also recently supplied equipment

The company can provide a variety of options to best ? t for Birdon Bridge erection boats, LCU 1700 series land- any new or existing application. ing crafts being built at Swiftships, Saildrone’s autonomous

Menominee, Mich. based Fernstrum has expanded on vehicles and the largest LNG bunkering barge in the U.S. its heat exchanger expertise and product offerings by add- for being built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Crowley.

ing partners to an ever-expanding keel cooler product line. “We set an expectation of exceeding our customer’s ex-

Since 1997, Fernstrum has been working with Weka Ma- pectations, from tailoring a heat exchanger to their spe- rine in The Netherlands for the sales and manufacturing of ci? c needs, to completing rush orders for no additional copper nickel WEKA Boxcoolers for the Americas. Fern- charge, to expecting standard product performance to last strum has been representing Tranter Heat Exchangers for decades,” Fernstrum said. “We are a family business and 14 years across the Americas with its SuperChanger plate we take that seriously.” and frame heat exchangers. More recently, Fernstrum has contracted with Omega Thermo Products to make its La-

SCANIA ser Plate prime surface heat exchangers available across the

Scania’s customer-speci? c power solutions—consist- commercial marine market.

ing of a variety of products and expert services—help “We appreciate our relationships and the position it plac- es us in,” said the company’s president, Sean Fernstrum. improve industrial and marine processes, increase uptime “In a new age, we can still do business in an old-fashioned and productivity, reduce operational cost and minimize environmental impact. They are the result of more than way. Relationships through trust, quality, exceeded expec- a century of cutting-edge engineering and continuous im- tations, people talking to people instead of automated sys- tems, we provide this and the heat exchangers to match provement—always focused on reliability and ef? ciency. it across the globe. We innovate with our products and Scania USA is a subsidiary of Scania CV AB of Sweden and the importer for marine, industrial and power gen- cultivate our relationships.” 66 | MN October 2022