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HATLAPA Acquires Triplex AS HATLAPA Marine Equipment pur- chased a majority shareholding in theNorwegian deck machinery company Triplex AS. In doing so HATLAPA?s tra- ditional product portfolio of compressors,steering gear and winches has now been significantly expanded to include all components of a typical deck machinerypackage for supply vessels and AHTs. With oil and gas exploration and produc- tion taking place in deeper and deeperwaters the requirements of support ves- sels is developing significantly and with it the need for more sophisticated and au-tomated equipment. This is in addition to the growing demands of wind farm sup- port vessels. ?We are now in a position to deliver everything from winches and re- mote controlled gantry cranes (Multi Deck Handler ? MDH) with manipulator, to stern rollers ? basically all the deckmachinery you need?, said HATLAPA Managing Director Alexander Nürn- berg. The Norwegian company is the global market leader for anchor han- dling systems, buoys and ropes on board ships. ?Our companies comple-ment each other totally ? it?s a perfect fit,? said Nürnberg, who will be Chair- man of the new subsidiary. Triplex AS has 70 employees, based in the small North Atlantic town of Averøy near Kristiansund and has an annual turnover of 30 million Euro. In addition Triplex has a site in Chile, with 17 employees. Liebherr Celebrates MilestoneLiebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH cele- brated its 35th anniversary with an open day with over 20,000 visitors in the Austrian village of Nenzing. Festivities started on Wednesday, September 28th, and on the second day Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH welcomed around 500customers from all over the world. The open day was a showcase of the Nenz- ing factory, with company tours, ma- chinery presentations, multi-visionshows, and information booths. The company tour led through all production facilities and offered the guests an in- sight into production technologies suchas fully automated robot manufacturing in the new workshop building VIII. One of the highlights was the presentation of the first hydraulic hybrid drive Pactronic for mobile harbor cranes, pro- viding an increase in turnover combined with reduced fuel consumption. This in- novative drive system and its positive effects on the working speed were im- pressively demonstrated on the proto- type of the new mobile harbor crane LHM 420. Another innovation intro- duced for the offshore industry was the Active Heave Compensation (AHC) system, which registers the strength of wave movement and accurately aligns the suspended load. http://www.liebherr.com 102Maritime Reporter & Engineering News TECHNICALDECK MACHINERY MR Nov.11 # 13 (98-104):MR Template 11/4/2011 1:57 PM Page 102