Faith in the future

Aimed at both larger commercial as well as leisure engines the facility will cost around £700,000: this first phase includes a fabrication shop, cleaning bay, specialist tool store and a dedicated training area: the workshop is also equipped to support the through-hull IPS drive that VP has been developing. The second phase will see the inauguration of a 60ft, 40 ton lifting dock which will be in place this summer. RK Marine’s Neil Kimish added that the large investment “demonstrates our faith” in the buoyancy of the industry, even in difficult times.

“The move from mechanical to electronic,” Mr Carlsson pointed out, “demands change.” However, he was clear that it’s not simply reactive: “This move is not just driven by emissions legislation,” Mr Carlsson said, “there’s a growing need to respond to customers needs for more efficient engines.”