Fishing & Workboat 2007 to ride French high-tech wave

As part of the Fishing & Workboat 2007 trade show, the French national pavilion organised by UBIFRANCE (the French Agency for International Business Development) will showcase the best of French marine technology. Fishing and Workboat 2007, the leading European exhibition of commercial fishing and workboat technologies, will be held in Glasgow (in Scotland) between 24 and 26 May 2007.

[ClickPress, Mon Apr 30 2007] As part of the Fishing & Workboat 2007 trade show, the French national pavilion organised by UBIFRANCE (the French Agency for International Business Development) will showcase the best of French marine technology. Fishing and Workboat 2007, the leading European exhibition of commercial fishing and workboat technologies, will be held in Glasgow (in Scotland) between 24 and 26 May 2007.

UBIFRANCE invites French companies to promote their know-how at an event which is internationally recognised in the field of fishing and workboats. (The UBIFRANCE booth at the trade show will be H41 and C10 for Fishing and Workboats respectively.) France enjoys a high level of expertise in this field, and UBIFRANCE will be seeking to ensure that this expertise reaches a wider audience.

With the French pavilion, UBIFRANCE offers each French exhibitor the chance to achieve greater recognition through co-ordinated action, and to identify new business opportunities by sharing their experience with other companies present at the pavilion (and at the exhibition more generally).

ABLE, a supplier of fishing gear, will present its new monofilament long lines for deep and surface catching. The Monoline tub system has been used successfully since 2002 by bass, conger-eel and hake fisheries and is now used by 92% of French tuna boats that line-fish albacore. The strong and safe hauler allows the release of lines at high speed without twisting. Storage is instantaneous thanks to the Filehook, and hooks lines are automatically ready for baiting. Automatic release can be carried out with buoys and weights set as required. The ABLE Monoline tub system is fast, safe and easy to use, while allowing both quality and selective fishing.

For 60 years, BOPP has been a major French designer, manufacturer and sellor of hydraulic equipment and complete engineering services for marine companies around the world. The company employs 55 staff, who produce various kinds of deck machinery for a range of vessels (winches, windlass, capstans and steering gears). BOPP manufactures trawlers from 10m to more than 50m in length. BOPP also provides a wide range of split winches, monobloc winches, net drums, Gilson winches and steering gears. BOPP’s client companies include LA HOULE, ARMEMENT BIGOUDEN, DHELLEMES, INTERMARCHE, NICOT and ACAV.

The company also manufactures tuna boats from 25m to 90m and, in 2006, provided the complete hydraulic equipment needed for two 85-metre tuna vessels for French owner Cobrecaf. BOPP also supplied several tugboats owned by French company Les Abeilles with complete electronic equipment. Furthermore, the company won an order for eight boats to be delivered in 2007 and 2008 to French Group BOURBON–SURF. Finally, BOPP provides equipment for IFREMER, the French marine research establishment, while developing its activities for the petrol industry. It supplies equipment to companies such as CGG, DCN, CNRS and THALES.

CCI International Bretagne provides information and strategic advice to companies from Brittany (in western France) that wish to export both within the European Union and throughout the rest of the world. Thanks to its network of partners abroad, the CCI International Bretagne organises trade missions and helps companies take part in trade shows. It ensures that the products offered by Breton companies always match the needs of the target market.

Chantier Naval Ernest SIBIRIL is a shipyard located in Carantec, a small town near Brest (in western Brittany). The shipyard was founded in 1789 and the staff is composed of 20 workers. The company specialises in the use of different materials and employs modern methods such as 3D conception (CAD station) and vacuum infusion. The company builds workboats such as pilot boats, lifeboats, passenger boats and hydrology boats, ranging from 10m to 22m in length.

Ifremer, the French public institute for marine research, contributes, through studies and expert assessments, to the knowledge of the ocean and its resources, the monitoring of marine and coastal zones, and the sustainable development of maritime activities. To this end, it designs and operates observational, experimental and monitoring tools and facilities. Specifically, Ifremer manages the French ocean research fleet for the scientific community.
Ifremer will present DynamiT — a trawling simulation software package especially designed for trawl designers, net makers, fishing companies, research institutes and training organisations. Typical studies performed with DynamiT concern trawl gear understanding and optimisation (how to improve efficiency, to reduce impact on the seabed, etc.). The research institute will also present METRI, a project which allows free-of-charge access to Ifremer's testing facilities for some research teams through the European Specific Support Action project.

Organisers of the 7th International Professional Exhibition ITECH'MER LORIENT will attend the trade show to present the event, which will take place at the Exhibition Centre of Lorient (Brittany) from 25 to 27 October 2007. The international convention is dedicated to the fishing industry, workboat manufacturers and other shipbuilders, marine equipment suppliers and ship repairers. The 2005 event welcomed 250 exhibitors and over 8,000 visitors from 30 countries. The 2007 event will include conferences on fisheries, on safety, on regulations, and on energy issues affecting passenger boats, as well as workboats and fishing vessels. ITECH'MER LORIENT is designed to promote new technologies and products, and to create business opportunities involving the French professional maritime market.

IXTrawl SAS is a leader in the development and manufacture of fishing equipment based on marine electronics and acoustics technology. IXTrawl has developed a range of fishing systems — GEONET and DATANET — that make it possible to control and position the trawl, by providing essential information on its positioning, the spreading of the panels, the vertical opening, the rate of capture, the evolution of the trawl and its overflows, as well as the immersion and the temperature on the level of the fishing gear. IXTrawl is committed to manufacturing products meeting the highest requirements in terms of quality, performance, reliability and design. IXTrawl equips trawlers across Europe that range from 10m to 85m in length, from coastal artisanal fishing to industrial fishing in deep sea, and from simple trawls to twin trawls. IXTrawl has distributors across Europe.

Masson, which was founded nearly 100 years ago, manufactures a complete range of marine gearboxes and controllable pitch propellers (CPP). The 26,000 Masson gearboxes and 1,000 CPP already manufactured have been purchased by motor manufacturers such as Caterpillar-MAK, Cummins, Mitsubishi, MTU, Volvo and Wartsila. Masson manufactures a flexible range of gearboxes for all types of workboats, for both sea and river applications. The Masson gearboxes powers range from 500kw to 2500kw and adapt perfectly to propellers with fixed or variable pitch. Masson-Marine provides solutions for reducers, shaft lines, controllable pitch propellers, and clutches as well as brakes, whether integrated or external.

MOTEURS BAUDOUIN SA is a private limited company devoted to the design, manufacturing and distribution of marine diesel engines and complete propulsion packages from 85hp to 1300hp. With a workforce of 165 employees (15 of them employed in R&D), MOTEURS BAUDOUIN posted total sales of €24 million in 2006, two thirds of which came from exports to companies in European countries other than France, in Africa and in Asia.

NAUDEQ develops high-tech systems and turnkey solutions for maritime professionals. Its products include navigation systems such as integrated bridge systems (including ECDIS, radar, conning display, steering controls, loading and stability systems), fleet monitoring systems using all types of communication systems, and marine simulators (full-mission navigation and ship-handling/ fishing/ GMDSS/ engine-room simulators). Having worked on R&D and certification processes (with Germany’s BSH) in order to create a range of high-tech competitive products, NAUDEQ is now promoting its products internationally.

About UBIFRANCE

UBIFRANCE is the French Agency for International Business Development, and is part of France’s export-support framework. UBIFRANCE, a French government agency, came into being in February 2004, as a result of the merger of the French Centre for External Commerce (CFCE) with what was then the Ubifrance Association.

As the partner of reference for French companies wishing to export, UBIFRANCE offers a complete range of services based on the provision of information concerning export markets, legal issues and regulations, international finance and tenders, while also supplying sectorial data. Besides, UBIFRANCE offers export advice and targeted support to companies’ commercial activities, such as exploratory visits, partnership meetings, foreign exhibitions, and international press communication. Finally, UBIFRANCE runs the International Voluntary Service in Business employment scheme (VIE) for deploying qualified personnel and young graduates outside France.

To provide support for French companies of all sizes and from all sectors in their development in foreign markets, UBIFRANCE relies on the expertise of 2,500 staff in France (in Paris and Marseilles) and in 120 countries through the Trade Missions (Missions Economiques) of the various French Embassies, clubs, associations and a network of press offices.

The French Technology Press Bureau (FTPB) is the London bureau of UBIFRANCE, whose unique, worldwide network of 13 press offices includes Bangkok (for South-East Asia), Beijing, Cairo (for the Middle East), Chicago (for North America), Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico, Milan, São Paulo, Tokyo, and Warsaw. Two additional press bureaux are due to open this year — one in Moscow (Russia) and the other in New Delhi (India).

For further information, please go to: www.ubifrance.fr


FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kate AMBLER – Press Officer
French Technology Press Bureau (FTPB)
21, Grosvenor Place
London, SW1X 7TB (United Kingdom)
Telephone: 020-7235-5330
Email: contact.ftpb@ubifrance.fr

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