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THE COMPANY:

H C , I .YDRO OMP NC

J.K. F , I .ABRICATION NC

J.K. Fabrication well known 3101 West Commodore Way 13 Jenkins Court, Suite 200

Seattle, WA 98199 as a builder of commercial ? sh-

Durham, NH 03824

Tel: (206) 297-7400

Tel: (603) 868-3344 ing equipment, but also serves

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.jkfabrication.com/index.html the workboat market in many,

Website: http://hydrocompinc.com

President/CEO: James Kreider

President/CEO: Jill Aaron innovative ways. Other prod- ucts include winches for use on yachts and research vessels.

Products are primarily hydraulic driven, but the ? rm also works

THE COMPANY: with and produces electric and

Responding to the growth in desk- air driven equipment. top computing during the mid-1980s,

HydroComp introduced the ? rst ver- sion of the NavCad software in 1987.

THE CASE:

NavCad is still HydroComp’s ? agship

The ? rm notably has designed and produced an Emergency tow wire stor- product, with users in all corners of age reel for use in retrieving a lost barge as well as an innovative petroleum hose the world from design to construction reel system. The ? rm reports contracts with both Vigor Marine and Harley to academia. In addition to NavCad,

Marine for the Emergency tow wire storage reel, as well as its new petroleum

HydroComp’s software products have hose reel that holds 2000 feet of 3.56” diameter hose. Their thru-hull / deck grown to include PropExpert, PropCad, ? ttings are commonly used to transfer oil, air, and/or electrical through bulk-

PropElements, SwiftCraft, and Swift- heads and deck surfaces. J.K. Fabrication has also received DNV Type ap-

Trial – programs for propeller sizing and proval for their anchor windlass.

analysis, propeller CAD, resistance and powering, and sea-trial & analysis. Con- sulting services have always been an im- portant part of HydroComp’s business offerings. Using the same commercial software sold to industry, HydroComp provides a broad range of technical ser- vices to companies large and small.

THE CASE:

For 31 years, HydroComp has pro- vided hydrodynamic software and services for resistance and propulsion prediction, propeller sizing and de- sign, and forensic performance analy- sis. The ? rm provides service to naval architectural design ? rms, shipyards, yacht owners, ship operators, propel- ler designers, universities and militaries around the globe. Most of the world’s major propulsion equipment manufac- turers and research institutions count themselves among HydroComp’s cli- ents. Today, HydroComp is justi? ably proud of the loyalty of more than 700 companies directly in? uenced by Hy- droComp software and services.

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