UK winch maker Romica is to ‘redouble its exports drive’ after its Romania-based manufacturing partner successfully acquired accreditation with DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society.
Yorkshire based Romica is one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and suppliers of lift equipment and winches for use within the marine, renewables, ports and terminals, oil and gas and oceanographic sectors. It provides a 24/7 build, repair and maintenance service worldwide with agents in South Korea, Taiwan, India and Spain.
Romica is owned and run by Bob Turner and works in partnership with TIE Services International SRL, based in Satu Mare, Romania. TIE is a British-owned, Romanian-registered company run by Bob’s son Mike Turner. TIE has secured the accreditation with DNV GL for its repair and manufacturing operations which it operates from its 7000m2 fabrication facility.
Bob said TIE provides Romica with its fabrication services and has been the backbone of Romica ‘s activity for the last 13 years. He said TIE gaining the prestigious DNV GL accreditation sends a strong message to the marine and offshore industry about the calibre of Romica’s winches, being manufactured by TIE, which already has certification for welding and fabrication including TUV ISO 9001, ISO 14001-2009, and TUV DIN EN ISO 3834-2.
“Romica and TIE work in partnership and our teams have worked tirelessly to win this approval from DNV GL,” he said. “A group of surveyors came to inspect the TIE repair and manufacturing processes. Securing this accreditation gives the marketplace confidence that Romica’s engineering meets the highest standards expected in the marine lift and offshore platform environment. I would point particularly to the calibre of TIE’s welding which is now DNV GL certified. The Romica TIE teams work hand in hand and are always learning and always looking for ways to innovate and improve engineering processes. We hope TIE winning this accreditation will help Romica stand out even more for our quality. We especially want to market our fabrication services across the oil and gas and ship yard industries which require a wide range of outsourced fabrications services from furniture manufacturing to watertight doors to hatch covers. With 80pc of our sales coming from exports we see real scope for future growth in China, India, America, Korea and Australia.”
Mr Turner, one of the world’s most experienced winch engineers and designers, said Romica has built its reputation on the quality of its work, a factor reinforced by the acquisition of the DNV GL approval.
“Our ethos is to work as a trusted partner of our clients,” he said. “We want to deploy our engineering know-how to offer bespoke solutions – not easy off the shelf products. Romica is not removed from our customers we work as part of our clients’ teams as a trusted supplier which is why we have so many long term customers. We will listen to what the client wants and together with TIE deliver a tailor made solution. That collaborative approach to problem solving gives Romica a real competitive advantage.”
DNV GL is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. DNV GL enhances the safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. DNV GL invests heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.
Romica’s team has recently been strengthened by the arrival of technical director, Sarah Turner, also one of Bob’s children, North East and Scotland business development manager Iain Fullerton and UK project manager Adam Springall.
For more information visit: www.romica.co.uk Phone: (+44) 148 285 3884 Email: robert.turner@romica.co.uk
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About Romica
Romica Engineering Ltd provide specialist subsea lifting and winching equipment to the oceanographic and offshore oil & gas exploration and exploitation markets, based in Beverley, UK the company exports worldwide, manufacturing primarily in Romica’s factory in Satu Mare, Romania utilising a highly skilled and dedicated workforce. Support is provided across the; concept, assessment design, manufacture, in service, and disposal (CADMID) cycle.