Funds managed by IK Investment Partners are to acquire a majority stake in Ampelmann, a Dutch-based leading supplier of Motion Compensated Gangway (MCG) systems to the offshore energy sector, from its founders.
Headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, Ampelmann is the leading supplier of MCG systems for the offshore oil and gas, and wind power industries.
Changing Offshore Maintenance
The company’s unique MCG technology actively compensates for the six degrees of motion caused by waves during transfers from vessels to fixed structures and between vessels at sea. It ensures efficient and safe transport of personnel, and it can be used without the need for a specific docking device. The increased use of MCG systems is changing the way that companies perform maintenance offshore.
Number of Offshore Transfers Grows
Ampelmann develops, engineers, assembles, rents and operates the MCG system. The market it operates in is driven by demand for regular maintenance of offshore structures and is therefore a stable market whilst the number of transfers offshore is growing.
Moving Beyond the North Sea
IK’s investment will give Ampelmann the ability to expand further among its existing client base in the North Sea and will also allow it to increase penetration in overseas markets, for example in the Middle East, Brazil, Australia and Asia.
Financial details for the transaction were not disclosed.
Picture: Ampelmann's MCG allows for safe transfers (from SWZ Daily 2010)
