The Ulstein Group

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Ulstein Mekaniske Verksted Holding ASA
Type	Aksjeselskap
Founded	1917 (as Ulstein Mekaniske Verksted)
Headquarters	Ulstein, Norway
Key people	Gunvor Ulstein (CEO)
Industry	Shipbuilding, Ship design, Electrical, control and communication systems.
Products	Offshore vessels, ship designs and electrical solutions for the marine and the industrial market.
Employees	approximately 580 (09.05)
Website	www.ulsteingroup.com

The Ulstein Group builds and designs vessels with a strong focus on innovative technological solutions and methods. In the past year, the Ulstein Group has gained a lot of attention due to the innovative bow solution, the ULSTEIN X-BOW®. An inverted bow with improved seakeeping abilities.

Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 2.1 Ulstein Verft AS 2.2 Ulstein Design AS 2.3 Ulstein Elektro AS 2.4 Ulstein Belga Marine 3 Design range from Ulstein Design 3.1 ULSTEIN A-Series 3.2 ULSTEIN P-Series 3.3 ULSTEIN S-Series 3.4 ULSTEIN X-BOW® 4 Products from Ulstein Elektro 4.1 ULSTEIN COM™ 4.2 ULSTEIN IAS™ 5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Organisation

[edit] Ulstein Verft AS

Ulstein Verft is a shipyard situated in The Ulstein Groups base of operations, Ulsteinvik, along with Ulstein Design and Ulstein Elektro. Ulstein Verft is the largest employer in the group.

[edit] Ulstein Design AS

Ulstein Design designs advanced vessels for demanding offshore operations. The designs are primarily vessels for the offshore market as for example Anchor handling tug supply vessel, Platform Supply Vessels, subsea vessels and offshore construction vessels. The ULSTEIN X-BOW® is an example of the innovative ideas within the Ulstein Design team.

[edit] Ulstein Elektro AS

Ulstein Elektro delivers solutions involving elctrical, control and communication systems. In their product range ULSTEIN COM™ and ULSTEIN IAS™ stands out as their most innovative solutions.

[edit] Ulstein Belga Marine

Former Belga Marine of Rio de Janeiro Brazil is now a part of the Ulstein Group as Ulstein Belga Marine. Ulstein Belga Marine are part of the Ulstein Group's electrical & control system product area.

[edit] Design range from Ulstein Design

[edit] ULSTEIN A-Series

The ULSTEIN A-Series designs are Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels. (AHTS)

[edit] ULSTEIN P-Series

The ULSTEIN P-Series are Platform Supply Vessels (PSV)

[edit] ULSTEIN S-Series

The ULSTEIN S-Series are Specialized Vessels including, among others, Offshore Construction Vessels and Specialized Multifunctional Vessels.

[edit] ULSTEIN X-BOW®

The ULSTEIN X-BOW® is a new inverted bow designed to improve handling in rough sea and lower fuel consumption. The design is introducing an innovative change in design and appearance of offshore vessels. The Bourbon Orca is an Ulstein A-Series Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel, ULSTEIN AX104, the first ship built with the inverted bow solution ULSTEIN X-BOW®.

[edit] Products from Ulstein Elektro

[edit] ULSTEIN COM™

ULSTEIN COM is an integrated solution for telecommunications and data communications for the marine market, and is developed by Ulstein Elektro.

[edit] ULSTEIN IAS™

ULSTEIN IAS™ is the latest addition to Ulstein Elektro's product range. ULSTEIN IAS™ is an integrated automation system for vessels, and stands out for having a true redundant architecture.

[edit] External links

• The Ulstein Group
• The Bourbon Orca