A new company, Chemring Marine Ltd, has been formed to handle two of the world’s leading pyrotechnic brands for the leisure and commercial marine sectors.
Currently based at Silver Point, Airport Service Road, Portsmouth, and led by Managing Director Robert Hill, Chemring Marine will market the Pains Wessex and Comet brands, reflecting the strength and importance of both to their respective worldwide distribution partner networks. It will be moving to the new Chemring Group plc head office near Fareham by Easter 2007.
Chemring Marine’s sales team, based in the UK, Germany, and USA will handle sales throughout the world, working through the established and long standing network of sales distributors for both Pains Wessex and Comet. All orders and product support will be handled from Chemring Marine’s UK office.
According to Hill, “Since Chemring Group PLC acquired Comet GmbH alongside Pains Wessex within its Energetics Division, we are proud to have become established as a core competence within the organisation. Coupled with world class manufacturing and logistical capabilities from our factories in Germany, Chemring Marine is the first choice distress pyrotechnic supplier.”
Hill joined the Chemring Group in 2006 as Managing Director of McMurdo and ICS Electronics and has been involved in the commercial and leisure marine industry for over 30 years. Actively involved in all aspects of the industry, he is chair of the Marine Sector Advisory Group to Ian McCartney, the UK Minister of State for Trade. He also sits on the British Marine Federation Government Liaison and International Committees.
