Survitec Group Limited, a global leader in critical safety and survival solutions, has today announced the acquisition of Survival Craft Inspectorate, headquartered in Aberdeen, with operations in the UK, Norway, Australia, Singapore, USA and Canada.
Focusing on the marine and offshore oil & gas markets, Survival Craft is a manufacturer and service provider of lifeboats and associated products such as release hooks and davits. The business has strong relationships with a number of blue-chip operators and is highly regarded in the industry. The acquisition enhances Survitec Group’s lifeboat and davit capability, providing access to a number of key geographical offshore and marine markets, whilst extending its capability offering to its key customers.
Greg Allanach, Survitec Group Regional Managing Director commented on the new business: “This acquisition forms part of our overall strategy for Survitec to become the Total Survival Solutions provider with the largest global service and distribution network. Not only will it provide the Group with a strong lifeboat and release system capability from which to grow our service network, it opens that platform up to access a number of key geographical offshore and marine markets, particularly in the North Sea, where a multi-brand service will be more attractive for customers.”
Angus Campbell, Managing Director of Survival Craft Inspectorate added: “We at Survival Craft
Inspectorate and our associated companies are delighted to become part of the Survitec Group. With our high quality range of lifeboats, davits, winches and related inspection and testing services, as well as our award winning Safelaunch LRRS systems, we are highly complementary to the Survitec product and service portfolio. This also introduces the Survival Craft brand to an additional 52 locations worldwide which enhances Survitec Survival Craft’s global presence to support the offshore and marine industry.”
Following the acquisitions over the past couple of years of SKB Trading, Newfoundland, Goteborgs Flottservice AB and Brude AB, Survitec Group has expanded its global footprint yet again, establishing itself as a service provider with a truly global reach that surpasses any other. This forms part of Survitec’s global expansion in key strategic markets for offshore and marine whilst maintaining and growing strong partnerships in order to deliver the best value, highest quality safety and survival solutions to end user customers.
As a result of this activity, Survitec Group has also acquired SCI’s two subsidiary companies – The SCI Marine Training Academy and Viscom, which provides HSEQ related media, such as training programs, briefings and instructional material for the aviation, oil & gas, energy and marine industries.
With immediate effect, Survival Craft Inspectorate will be renamed, Survitec Survival Craft; The SCI Marine Training Academy becomes the Survitec Survival Craft Marine Training Academy; and Viscom will now be known as Survitec Viscom.
Further details can be found on the Survitec Group website: www.survitecgroup.com/news