Royal IHC and Breman Machinery have signed an agreement to cooperate on building complex and steel structures with high tolerances and high precision as part of the tender to replace the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Walrus-class submarines, the company said in its release.
IHC is competing in the tender as a partner of the highly experienced Naval Group. If the group goes a stage further in the process – which will be announced in a so-called ‘B-letter’ – it will be able to draw on Breman’s extensive expertise and experience.
IHC and Breman have been working together for decades on various shipbuilding projects, as well as the construction of large steel structures for pipelaying systems, and installation tools for offshore wind turbines. Characteristically, these projects demand a high degree of complexity and precision, which is Breman’s specialty. Alongside its expertise and domain knowledge, Breman has a large-scale, cutting-edge machine park, which is required to construct the new generation submarines.