Dutch walk-to-work technology company Ampelmann has acquired fellow Netherland’s based firm Offshore Solutions.
Delft-based Ampelmann provides systems to safely transfer people and cargo from ships to offshore oil rigs or wind turbines, even in high wave conditions. The company has a fleet of more than 25 systems, which it leases to its clients globally.
Image: One of Ampelmann's systems in use in the North Sea. Courtesy Chevron.
Offshore Solutions B.V. was established in The Netherlands in 2007, as a result of the formation of a 50/50 joint venture between AMEC & Cofely Nederland N.V. It provides marine access solutions.
With the acquisition of Offshore Solutions, Ampelmann adds seven offshore access systems (OASs) to its fleet, and an office in Qatar, as well as the personnel to operate, maintain and continue development of the systems.
“We are quadrupling our presence in the Persian Gulf with this acquisition and are broadening our current product portfolio which includes the A-type and the larger E-type, with the OASs,” said Ampelmann CEO Jan van der Tempel.
“Moreover, the Offshore Solutions employees bring along a welcome expansion of knowledge and experience to our fast-growing organization.”
The acquisition follows a recent acquisition of a majority stake in Ampelmann by IK Investment Partners (IK).
Ampelmann also plans to open an office in Singapore in December, and an office in Houston in early 2014, following its first project win in the region recently.
Advisors to Offshore Solutions were Holland Corporate Finance and Ploum Lodder Princen. Advisors to Ampelmann were Kempen & Co Corporate Finance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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