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Intertek invests in center of excellence

Intertek invested a further US$1.04 million (£800,000) in its “Investing in The Manchester Technology Centre will

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Manchester, UK, corrosion and materials center, renamed The enhance our failure investigation, materials evaluation and

Manchester Technology Centre for testing capabilities,” said Gareth research, consulting and testing John, director of consulting services. services, Intertek P&IA. “This state of the art facility also

This latest investment has places Intertek in an ideal enabled Intertek’s Production and position to conduct specialist

Integrity Assurance (P&IA) to inte- investigations, including innova- grate its specialist consultancy, tive research and development corrosion management, infrastruc- programs.” ture, asset integrity and produc-

Last year, P&IA invested $1.56 tion chemistry facilities into one million (£1.2 million) into the purpose-built center of excellence, center and expanded the site to to answer increasing demand for 40,000sq ft. • these services worldwide.

Subsea 7 acquires Swagelining

CEO of Solstad, of the merger plans. industry and has the capacity to support

Subsea 7 moved to acquire polymer “The combination of Solstad and REM is future growth.

lining technology ? rm Swagelining in one step in the right direction, but there Syntech is used to provide buoyancy

August. The two ? rms have already remains a strong rationale for further modules for use in remotely operated cooperated together, designing and in- consolidation.” vehicles (ROVs) and other submersible stalling in excess of 150km of reeled and equipment. The new plant not only

Van Oord adds bundled polyethylene (PE) lined water allows the expansion of Forum’s ROV wind farm expertise injection ? owlines in the North Sea, for ? otation manufacturing capabilities, but a number of operators and developments. Van Oord, a dredging, marine engineer- also includes the expansion into manu-

Swagelining employs about 50 people ing and offshore projects contractor, facturing larger installation buoyancy and occupies leased space at North will acquire the offshore wind activities modules, rigging buoyancy and cus-

Clydesdale Industrial Park, Glasgow. of Bil? nger Marine & Offshore Systems, tom/project speci? c ? otation modules. “The acquisition of Swagelining will a German company active in the engi- Syntech will share the property with enable Subsea 7 to enhance its ? owline neering, construction and installation of another of Forum’s brands, Dynacon.

and riser technology portfolios, and sup- foundations for offshore wind parks and

James Fisher ports Subsea 7’s commitment to develop harbor construction. buys Lexmar, HSSE and apply technologies that reduce cost, The agreement covers the acquisition enhance production and extend ? eld of assets and employees related to the August was a busy month for UK-based life,” said Thomas Sunde, Subsea 7 VP offshore wind activities. marine specialists James Fisher & Sons.

Technology. Van Oord will also replace the The group moved to acquired Singapore- crane on the Aeolus installation vessel based Lexmar Sat Systems and England-

Solstad, REM agree to merger with a crane with a lifting capacity of based Hughes Sub Surface Engineering.

Norwegian offshore support vessel ? rms 1600-tonne and extend the transport The US$20 million Lexmar acquisition

Solstad Offshore and REM Offshore capacity. This will enable Van Oord to is thought to strengthen James Fisher’s have agreed to combine. The united continue to install the increasingly larg- specialist diving equipment services, company will operate a combined ? eet er foundations and heavier turbines at and will be strategic due to its place- of 62 vessels. wind farms. Modi? cation to the Aeolus ment in the Asia Paci? c region.

After the merger, Solstad will retain will be completed in early 2018. Bootle, England-based Hughes Sub its Skudeneshavn head of? ce, from Surface Engineering is a specialist div-

Forum opens which the combined ? eet of construc- ing, subsea and marine project com-

Houston Syntech plant tion support vessels will be operated. pany. James Fisher expects the acquisi-

The combined ? eet of platform supply Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has tion to further enhance existing subsea vessels will be operated from the cur- opened a new plant outside Houston activities and, through the combination rent REM head of? ce in Fosnavåg. expanding its syntactic foam manufac- of complementary capabilities, create ”Solstad and REM both see the need turing capabilities. a comprehensive portfolio of services to create larger entities with ? nancial The six-acre facility in Bryan, Texas, focused in the oil and gas, marine re- and operational strength to weather the brings Forum’s Syntech product line newables, power generation and marine • downturn,” says Lars Peder Solstad, closer to clients in the oil and gas civil engineering sectors.

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