ITALY Somec Group consolidates
Specialised in the engineering, design, and execution of glazing and special marine and civil architectonic projects, in addition to public areas and cooking equipment, Somec Group has grown quickly in the last three years through acquisitions and establishment of a strong international network.
‘After consolidating Somec’s position as a reference partner in the glazing sector globally, we expanded our marine sector involvement through the acquisition of Oxin in 2016, specializing in cooking equipment and established marine interiors start-up Hysea a year later, as well as the acquisition of the majority share in Total Solution Interiors (TSI) company in 2019 which has 20 year’s experience in the design and production of public areas,’ said Giancarlo Corazza, Somec Group’s Chief Operating Officer.
To further support its commercial
penetration in the different market areas, Somec Group created local branches in the US (Navaltech), UK (Seatech) and more recently in China (Somec Shanghai) in 2019 to support both newbuildings as well as after-sales and refit/renewal activities.
Giancarlo Corazza
‘Today we are present with branches and installation teams in all the major shipyards building cruise ships including Fincantieri, Chantiers de l’Atlantique and Meyer Werft in addition to key yards involved in drydocking and refit and refurb activities, explained the Somec Group coo.
‘Somec Group manages all stages of the project, starting from the
GIN expands and rebrands
Established in 2008 from the joining of T. Mariotti and San Giorgio del Porto companies, the Genova Industrie Navali (GIN) group has recently unified under a single logo to reinforce its strategic positioning in the global market.
GIN offers turn-key solutions from engineering to newbuilding, conversion, refitting, repair, drydock and other special projects on cruise ships through its Genoa-based oldest group site and the newest Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNM) joint-venture company, where Costa Group is a shareholder.
CNM registered a strong order intake on the latter site in the last two years with an average 15-20% increment per year over the previous one.
Looking to 2020, CNM has already secured 12 projects. The most complex activity so far completed in Marseille between January and February – a 30 day $100m revitalisation of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Spirit.
Between February 3 and 13, CNM also welcomed TUI’s Mein Schiff 4 which received its first renovation since its delivery in 2015.
The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority-controlled Genoa docks capable of accommodating 270mtr ships, are mainly used by GIN for repairs and conversions such as Costa Cruises’ Costa neoRiviera transformed into the new AIDAmira for AIDA Cruises between October and November 2019.
design, prototyping and customised industrialisation, to the production and installation and support on board the ships, in order to offer the customer a unique solution, the highest quality and control over the supply programme.
All R&D, design, production and validation are conducted in Italy by highly-skilled engineers.
‘Due to marine-environment peculiarities and customer requirements, 24% of our personnel is involved in R&D and working in technical offices and laboratories. We have dedicated facilities to test, evaluate and certify our innovative product solutions,’ highlighted Corazza.
Somec Group also acquired Squadra design bureau last year and Fabbrica Works Landscape – Building Façades company in early 2020 covering both marine and land activities.
SHIPYARDS & SUPPLIERS
GIN transformed Costa neoRiviera into the new AIDA Cruises’ AIDAmira
the ship’s hull and superstructures are being built while the outfitting will be performed in Genoa.
GIN has more recently re-entered into the cruise shipbuilding sector building a pair of ultra-luxury expedition ships to be delivered in June 2021 and May 2022.
Keel laying for the first, Seabourn Venture started last December at CIMA (the joint-venture between Mariotti and Cimolai whose facilities are in San Giorgio di Nogaro near Monfalcone on the Northern-east Adriatic Sea) site, where
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The GIN Group also entered a new market, with the building at CIMA of a new Ro-Ro ferry for the Italian Railway Network (FS Italiane Group) destined to serve connections in the Strait of Messina.
In March 2019, the Genoese group also reached a cooperation agreement in the cruise shipbuilding and repair sector with Fincantieri, which holds a minority share in the Group with mutual benefits.
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