Maritime Developments Ltd
Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) is an engineering specialist for the energy industry, with a focus on subsea lay and retrieval operations. From its base in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, MDL offers a turnkey service for global operations, including project engineering, equipment for rent or sale and personnel support, on or offshore. MDL has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category, recognised for Outstanding Continuous Growth in overseas sales over the past six years. The company has seen its exports grow 192% in the six-year award period, with top markets including Norway, China, Angola, India and the Netherlands. Thanks to the versatility of MDL equipment and its in-house skillset, the company’s offering has historically been applicable to the oil and gas sector (including decommissioning), but is now pivoting towards the renewable markets, including offshore power generation. MDL’s main market differentiator is its in-house technology, which focuses on top safety and efficiency of lay or retrieval operations, with the key goal being to reduce project length, and therefore associated costs and environmental impacts. MDL technology allows its customers to convert their vessels into efficient lay vessels temporarily, improving their fleet utilisation without the
A MDL Reel Drive System installing mooring lines offshore in South America
requirement to move dedicated vessels around the world for specific projects or campaigns. Employing over 70 people across its two key bases in Westhill and Peterhead, MDL was set up in 1999 as an engineering specialist to the North Sea fishing sector. In the early 2000s it transferred its skillsets and marine expertise into energy sectors, providing equipment, personnel and consultancy services for handling flexible subsea products such as cables, moorings, umbilicals and fluid transfer lines. Derek Smith, MDL CEO, said:“This Award is a recognition for the dedication of One Team MDL to our mission: to solve challenges faced by our customers. I want to thank all our employees for their hard work and commitment in continuing to deliver the MDL standard of service every day, as well as our
A MDL horizontal lay system in a South China Sea umbilical installation
customers over the years for trusting our company in enabling their projects. “With solid foundations in place and fantastic talent on our team, I trust that this trend will continue - so I am excited for our onward journey!” MARITIME DEVELOPMENTS LTD Maritime House, Discovery Drive, Westhill AB32 6FG Tel: +44 01224 252900 hello@maritimedevelopments.com @MaritimeDev maritime-developments-limited maritimedevelopments @ingeniousinstinct
MRT Castings Limited is celebrating a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the second time in six years. Following its 2016 award for International Trade, MRT has experienced a further period of exceptional growth. MRT produces aluminium diecastings and machined components for a range of UK and international customers. These components are used in applications as diverse as hi-fi equipment to supercars, and designer lighting to military control systems. One of the company’s largest markets is in medical devices, and in particular, critical care ventilators. When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, hospitals around the world were in MRT Castings Ltd
built, state-of-the-art diecasting foundry to accommodate future growth. With the challenge of rapidly scaling up operations to respond to the Covid-19 crisis, the business invested in additional diecasting cells and CNC machining centres, and almost doubled its workforce, instantly transforming the new foundry into a hive of productivity and innovation. International sales have grown by 437% over the past three years, and the proportion of sales exported has increased to 85% of total sales. Managing Director, Phil Rawnson, explained: “To have won two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise just six years apart is testament to the relentless
MRT’s new world-class diecasting foundry
energy and enthusiasm of our team, and to receive this honour during the company’s 75th anniversary year is particularly special.” MRT CASTINGS LTD South Way, Walworth Business Park, Andover, Hampshire SP10 5JT Tel: +44 (0)1264 324021 general@mrt-castings.co.uk • www.mrt-castings.co.uk @MRTcastings mrt-castings-ltd
desperate need of additional ventilators to treat critically ill patients. Since 2014, MRT has worked with one of the world’s leading manufacturers of these ventilators, supplying 21 components in each unit. Prior to the pandemic, MRT produced approximately 4,000 kits of these precision engineered components each year, but between April 2020 and March 2021, MRT dramatically scaled up operations to manufacture over 26,000
sets, enabling its customers to supply life-saving ventilators to every corner of the globe. This year MRT celebrates its 75th anniversary. The family-owned business was originally established in London, then relocated to its current production base in Hampshire in 1965. It has steadily expanded the scale and complexity of its production facilities over the years, and just prior to the pandemic, opened a new, purpose-
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