As Naust Marine had ambitions to produce deck machinery compete packages, instead of seeking another manufacturing partner, the decision was taken to sub-contract work in some regions while also producing itself by establishing Naust Marine Serbia.<\/p>\n
Now Naust Marine has established a new branch in Vigo, with Naust Marine Spain staffed by a group of engineers with an extensive background in deck machinery, and with locally-based fabricator Thune Eureka.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a big steel fabrication specialist able to produce and test, and we have reserved production capacity with them, plus we can also produce in Serbia as well \u2013 but in logistic terms, having production in Galicia is a big advantage,\u201d Helgi Kristj\u00e1nsson said.<\/p>\n
According to Ram\u00f3n Carreira who heads Naust Spain, the Vigo team brings an innovative design team to the partnership, with experience of both electric and hydraulic winch systems for both fishing and other markets, as well as its proximity to Thune Eureka\u2019s manufacturing capacity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe choose Thune Eureka because they have experience building this kind of winch equipment, they are fully certificated, and will guarantee us a minimum of 25,000 hours per year, with priority on the production line. Having this as part of our structure without the fixed costs of production means that we can approach the market with competitive prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe capacity we have in electrical and mechanical engineering at Naust Marine Spain is outstanding,\u201d Helgi Kristj\u00e1nsson said, commenting that Naust Marine is in some ways back where it had been, with electronics and control systems designed and produced in Iceland, and with winch design and production in Spain<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that we can bring so much more of the process in-house, we expect to be able to offer lower prices than we could only three or four years ago,\u201d he said, commenting that the market for deck machinery for fishing vessels has been in turmoil in recent years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are companies that traditionally concentrated on the oil sector in the past, but as that business experienced difficulties, those companies turned increasingly to the fishing market, making it highly competitive,\u201d Helgi Kristj\u00e1nsson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo now we are also more competitive, and in a strong position to compete, including in the growing Russian market for deck equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n
He commented that Naust Marine is a well-known name in Russia, primarily for its ATW power management systems that improve energy efficiency and which have been installed on larger fishing vessels around the world over the last couple of decades, including a number of Russian trawlers.<\/p>\n
Naust Spain has already been busy in its first few months and Ram\u00f3n Carreira is optimistic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are bringing together the expertise, experience, knowledge and traditions of Spain and Iceland, and we believe that both can benefit from this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to do things in new ways, looking into different designs that will bring the customer additional value,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018For these first few months we have been working on new and innovative designs for trawl winches and auxiliaries that incorporate developments, plus we are bringing to this new products on the control side such as Naust Marine Smart View and Smart Trawling. These are both products that we will be introducing to the market in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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