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Goltens acquires Nyland Maritime
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Demand
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Oslo, Norway November 22 2004 |
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Significant time and cost savings for
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Goltens: Rotterdam, 04.February.04 |
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Hans Jensen Lubricators goes worldwide
with Goltens - Oslo,
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Goltens acquires Nyland Maritime |
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Oslo, Norway November 22
2005: Goltens is pleased to announce that the company has concluded an asset
purchase agreement with NLI Nyland AS to take ownership of their marine
division “Nyland Maritime”, a leading provider of spare parts for two-stroke
diesel engines
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Under the terms of the agreement, Goltens will acquire a large stock
of spare parts and employees, who will continue to work at the
company’s offices in Arendal, in Southern Norway. While the NLI
Nyland production facilities are not part of the acquisition, NLI
Nyland will continue provide services under a separate production
agreement with Goltens.
For more than 80 years, Nyland, once of Norway's
leading manufacturer of low-speed diesel engines, has provided high
quality spare parts for the most popular range of low speed marine
diesels, providing approximately 27,000 cylinder liners for various
shipping companies over the years. The company, which used to be
owned by Aker Kvaerner, was sold to NLI Nyland in 2004, before being
acquired by Goltens. Nyland Maritime generated more than USD six
million in revenue in 2004.
According to Preben Liltved, Goltens regional
vice president (Europe) the acquisition of Nyland Maritime will help
Goltens meet their increased need for engine spare parts. “As a
global provider of ship service and repair, reliable access to
quality spare parts is a vital part of our business,” he says.
“Nyland Maritime will help us manage this issue more effectively.”
Liltved notes that Nyland Maritime offers a broad
range of engine parts, which includes cylinder liners, cylinder
covers, piston crowns and piston skirts for low-speed marine
diesels. “Soon, we will have available a complete list of engine
spare parts which our network of global services centres will
promote in the marine market.” he says.
According to Nyland Maritime’s general manager,
Tom Erik Johnsen, the two companies have a long history together.
“The relationship between Goltens and Nyland Maritime has been built
up over the last 25 years,” he says. “And we welcome the opportunity
now to work more closely with them under the Goltens umbrella of
companies.” Johnsen says that the deal will improve the
distribution of Nyland Maritime’s spare parts, while Goltens will be
able to provide their customers instant access to quality parts in
Singapore, Rotterdam and, Dubai, as well as other Goltens worldwide
locations.
Liltved notes that Nyland Maritime has complete
control over the production process from start to finish, ensuring
quality of all parts. The company’s facilities are also equipped to
design parts according to individual specifications, quality and
design, and all parts meet with relevant class specifications.
Nyland Maritime also demands the same level of care from their
suppliers, who are required to supply raw materials to meet or
exceed the company’s high standards.
“We are confident that adding Nyland Maritime to
the Goltens worldwide organisation will not only help us serve our
customers more efficiently, but help us gain market share by having
access to our own source of quality parts,” says Liltved.
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Demand
soars for Goltens innovative crankshaft repair tool
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Oslo, Norway, November 24, 2004: Goltens today announced that the company
has performed 13 crankshaft repairs in a 12 month period using their
innovative crankshaft repair tool.
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Goltens: Rotterdam, 04.02.04-
Goltens confirms that it’s three-year crankshaft R&D project has
significantly shrinked repair time frames for two stroke engines, resulting
in substantial time and cost savings for owners and operators.
Goltens recently flew two teams of engineers from Rotterdam and Singapore
and 1300kg of special tools to Korea, undertaking major engine repair work
(a damaged crankpin) on a 150.000dwt tanker newbuild - not yet delivered to
owners.
Goltens shaved 5 mm off the original 760 mm diameter crankpin and machined
new crankpin fillets to avoid misalignment. The yard made a dummy bearing
for the blue fitting of the pin.
“No manual filing or polishing was needed to achieve the blue contact of 90
per cent - an accomplishment deemed highly unlikely just a few months ago.
The end result was a new crankpin diameter of 755 mm at a tolerance ratio
within 2/100 of a millimetre, said Roel Van Etten, Managing Director,
Goltens, Rotterdam.
Machining was performed with a frequency controlled electrical drive and
single point cutting unit. Crankcase cleaning was accomplished in a very
short time and upon completion the vessel left the yard – only seven days
after Goltens arrived.
“Significant repair work of this volume within such a short period has never
been accomplished before. We manned two shifts every day. Both the shipyard,
owner and the engine maker superintendent were very satisfied with the quick
turnaround and the quality of work,” said Van Etten.
He said, “Repair work of this nature could not have been accomplished
without Goltens experience and the technological advancement of its new
range of two-stroke crankshaft repair tools.
There is increasing market demand for repair solutions to handle new
crankshaft designs according to OEM tolerance requirements. All the critical
elements necessary to ensure customer rapid, successful, insitu repairs,
including site preparation, services, testing, and installation, are now in
place.
Goltens confirms that a newly trained team of engineers has performed two
similar repair projects, both achieving highly satisfactory results.
Goltens’ new crankshaft repair tools represent great strides in the rapid
repair of state of the art crankshafts, thus improving bottom line losses
associated with down time. Goltens’ commitment to industry standards enables
manufacturers and shipowners to trust them as a key supplier of worldwide
ship engine repairs.
Goltens, founded in 1940, has built a trusted reputation by providing top
ship repair products and global repair support to shipowners. The company
continues to develop, manufacture and offer new products to better serve
clients worldwide.
A global network of 14 modern workshops, Goltens undertakes difficult and
specialised insitu machining worldwide.
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According to Preben
Liltved, Vice President Goltens Europe, the new crankshaft repair
tool has exceeded performance expectations. “With regard to speed
and quality, the new tool has proven to be vastly superior to
earlier methods of crankshaft repair,” he says. “This has allowed us
to provide our customers with faster service and a significant
improvement in quality.”
Using this tool, Goltens has been able to carry out more than a job
a month without any interruption in the company’s traditional
crankshaft repair work on smaller engines.
Liltved says that since October 1, 2004, Goltens has completed
crankshaft machining on a broad range of engine types, including
Sulzer RTA 52 and 62, MAN B&W 50, 60 and 70 MC and Grande Motori and
Mitsubishi engines. The tool has even been used for cutting the
bearing surface on a propeller shaft.
For customers, the new crankshaft repair tool offers several
benefits. “The big advantage is that we can now cut both the radius
and the pin itself,” Liltved explains. “The pin is machined in one
cut from one radius to the other, without wasting time re-aligning
the tools in between each cut. As a result, there is no need for
manual filing and polishing after the cutting. This process
significantly reduces the time it takes to complete the job while
producing better results.”
Liltved says that Goltens will continue to refine the tool and
currently has plans to develop a similar tool for smaller engines,
based on the same technology. “If we are successful, this new tool
will benefit shipowners and operators by providing improved results
in less time,” he says.
Liltved says that tools for diameters below 400 mm will be developed
and distributed to strategic Goltens locations around the world.
However, Goltens will continue to offer traditional grinding
methods, which are often the best solution for minor repairs.
Liltved notes that when more than 2 mm on the pin must be removed,
cutting will be much faster than traditional grinding methods.
“Goltens has built a reputation for rapid, quality service,” Liltved
says. “Our innovative crankshaft repair tool will help strengthen
that reputation.”
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Hans Jensen Lubricators goes worldwide with Goltens |
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Oslo, Norway, 25 November, 2002 – Danish cylinder lubrication specialist,
Hans Jensen Lubricators A/S has awarded Goltens an “Authorized Service
Provider” agreement for its line of cylinder lubricating equipment,
featuring the leading lubrication technology, Swirl Injection Principal
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The agreement confirms
Goltens’ strong market standing in the global ship repair and
service industry and meets Jensen Lubricators’ demand for a trusted,
worldwide service partner. Jensen Lubricators manufactures
lubrication systems for 2-stroke engines and is a recognized
supplier to leading diesel engine manufacturers.
“Jensen Lubricators manufactures state-of-the-art lubricators and a
growing number of shipowners and operators are appreciating the
advantages of this company’s SIP technology, i.e. considerable
cylinder oil saving and low wear rates,” says Preben Liltved, vice
president, Goltens Europe.
Says Liltved: “Installing and servicing Jensen lubricators perfectly
matches Goltens’ business activity in the retrofit and diesel engine
repair and maintenance service markets.”
“Goltens’ staff of trained technicians, engineers and mechanics are
accustomed to the major makes of main and auxiliary diesel engines
and are the optimal service partner”, says Thomas Jensen, vice
president sales, Jensen Lubricators. He confirms that Goltens’ staff
would undergo special training to undertake retrofit, service, and
mounting jobs, when and where required.
Says Jensen: “Up to now, Jensen Lubricators has used its own skilled
engineers for installation. But we felt that Goltens’ speed of
service, worldwide network and skilled mechanical staff ensured
proper performance of this type of work.”
Says Jensen: “We are convinced that clients are best served with
specialists to undertake many jobs. Ships must depart on time with
the job successfully completed. This agreement is made to ensure
better service to our international customers.”
SIP lubrication can be installed as retrofit on all major engines,
i.e. MAN B&W, Sulzer and MHI designed 2-stroke engines and,
according to Goltens, there is huge growth potential for SIP in the
retrofit market.
“SIP lubrication grants operating economy and is a must in the
retrofit segment. Our focus will be to support shipowners with
retrofit SIP systems on a worldwide basis,” says Liltved.
Says Liltved: “We are ready to undertake full retrofit
responsibility and send our engineers to every corner of the world.
We will also take part in sea trials when required to confirm that
an installation and setting has been properly done.”
About the SIP system
Cylinder wear and cylinder lubrication oil consumption are essential
parameters for the operating economy of large 2-stroke diesel
engines. Products able to minimize cylinder wear and/or the
consumption of cylinder oil are increasingly in demand. The SIP
lubrication concept meets both of these demands. Tests have shown a
potential of up to 50% cylinder oil savings without trade-off liner
wear.
About Goltens
Goltens is a worldwide provider of specialized and general repair of
ships. In addition it offers reconditioning, trading and supply
services. Goltens worldwide staff of 900 consists of technicians,
engineers, mechanics and competent business managers. Each year some
500 shipowners and operators choose Goltens as their preferred
partner of repair services. Goltens worldwide network includes 17
offices and service centers spread throughout the Middle East, South
East Asia, Europe and the USA. For further information about Goltens
view: www.goltens.com
About Hans Jensen Lubricators
The company was established in 1917 and is a market leader in the
development and production of cylinder lubrication systems for
marine diesel engines. Centered around cylinder lubrication of
2-stroke diesel engines, Jensen Lubricators has developed a wide
product range and accessories. The company operates under the
requirements of a certified quality assurance programme according to
ISO9001:2000. For further information about the Jensen Lubricators
view: www.hjlubri.dk
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