WiredInUSA September 2019

Leadership changes

New equipment gets subsea try-out

All change at the head offices of Nedschroef

Automotive manufacturer Nedschroef has announced that its current CEO, Dr Mathias Hüttenrauch, will resign from his position in September 2019. Dr Hüttenrauch joined Nedschroef in September 2011 and has been CEO since January 2012. He led the development of the company’s China plant, and implemented a diversification strategy by setting up the Aviation business unit, and acquiring the high tech company CP Tech. Under his leadership, Nedschroef achieved over 50 percent growth in turnover between 2012 and 2018. He will remain as advisor for Nedschroef’s management and supervisory boards until 31 st December 2019 to support the new management. Dr Hüttenrauch said: “I believe it is time for a personal change to seek for a new challenge. I am thankful to Nedschroef, its shareholders and supervisory board, and, most important, its employees for this incredible journey over the past eight years.” fastener

Deme has used its cable installation vessel, Living Stone , to complete the installation of 85km of subsea export cable for Elia’s modular offshore grid (MOG). The cable will connect Elia’s offshore switch yard to the shore station at Zeebrugge, and the Rentel wind farm offshore substation. Deme reported that Living Stone collected the cable from Hellenic Cable in Greece, transported it to the site in Belgium, and completed the cable installation, offshore jointing, and four pull-ins. The dual-lane cable installation system is capable of installing one cable while the next cable is being prepared on deck, including the application of a cable protection system. The MOG in the North Sea is the first of its kind for Belgium. It will group and connect energy generated offshore fromwind farms including Rentel, Seastar, Mermaid and Northwester 2. Connected energy from the MOG will be transmitted to the Belgian onshore grid. The MOG is of strategic importance for Belgium to further develop renewable energy in the North Sea. Deme also deployed a new trailing suction hopper dredger, the Bonny River , to backfill the 45km trench for the project. Deme’s Living Stone vessel during the cable-laying process. Photograph courtesy of Deme

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