NOW WE CAN POST SATELLITE TEAMS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: WE’VE BEEN TO CHILE AND CHINA - WE’RE EQUIPPED TEAM-WISE TO GO ANYWHERE
Growth is the watch word for Cerashield in 2020: New offices in Monaco, including management and a local workforce; There is also representation in Thailand, UK and Malaysia.”That’s where our competitive advantage lies; all our preparation and application teams are fully mobile and will travel to any shipyard in any part of the world to undertake their clients works.”
Due to demand the company has also launched a range of exterior cleaning products including a wash down soap, a ceramic topper, a detailer for stainless steel, glass and paint and a degreaser for removing stubborn marks. Says Steel, “All of the Cerashield cleaning products are pH neutral and are completely compatible with our ceramic coatings. They also work with the coatings to improve durability and longevity.”
CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES Based at STP in Palma, BM Composites are experts in the field of composite yacht construction. Combined experienced spans 30 years and the company uses the latest developments in carbon fibre tech and CNC tooling.
Commercial Director Luke Hendy reports an increase in clientele during the 2018/19 season largely thanks to off-island business. He says, “We had one ginormous project last year and that made a difference. We’re also now providing a much more end-to end project solution instead of just one small part of an overall project. These days we offer full project management providing design, engineering, fabrication - all in- house.”
For the forthcoming refit season Hendy is confident: Business has been ‘huge’ over the summer and throughout the year, plus a large M5 project in Italy involving the concept, design, engineering and fabrication of some huge parts. The spurt in business results from the high quality team that BM Composites has consolidated at the STP HQ. Hendy explains, “ In the past it was hard to keep staff because our work was either feast or famine. As business has steadied, we can now keep more people and we have more availability. That’s a big advantage for clients as we can cope with last minute demands and cater to them better. We now have 20 staff working in production and more than 7 in the office.’
BM COMPOSITES BMC offer a one-stop project management service, providing end to end solutions for the yacht industry, with highly experienced project managers leading refits across Europe. Their brand-new composite facility in Palma is designed for state-of-the-art construction methods, including the latest equipment and systems. BMC are currently working with the M5 team and the shipyard NCA Refit in Marina de Carrera in Italy on a project. Works involve a large-scale makeover of the bridge deck, three hard- top biminis, redesign and building of new helms stations. For more details Tel: +34 971 254 181 or visit
www.bmcomposites.com
So business has stabilised and grown and so too have the projects: “We are now on a different level in terms of what we can tackle. Now we can do major changes on site rather than go to a build yard. That’s a really important message. The type of projects are now more important in terms of size and type.”
The depth of experience of the team, the supply chain, knowledge of the refit sector (considerably more complex than the build sector) both large and small puts BM Composites ahead of competitors believes Hendy. “Now we can post satellite teams anywhere in the world: we’ve been to Chile and China - we’re equipped team-wise to go anywhere for jobs small or large. In 2018 we tackled one of the largest composite repairs in a refit yard worth 25,000 hours of work. Since then, we’ve gone from strength to strength.”
For the year ahead Hendy is set on increasing the in-house product line such
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