Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd were delighted to present the award for Great Marketing Initiative at this year’s Spirit of Enterprise Awards dinner hosted at Great Yarmouth Town Hall. The high profile awards evening celebrated all that’s outstanding in business and enterprise in the Borough of Great Yarmouth, focusing on and recognising the achievements through innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and sheer determination of businesses of all sizes and from every sector.
The finalists for this award, sponsored by STR, had to demonstrate that a marketing initiative undertaken (since 01 April 2012) had directly improved either sales, increased footfall or visitor numbers, visits to website or enquiries. This award was open to all sizes of businesses with an operating base in the Great Yarmouth Borough Council where the impact of a marketing campaign had benefited this area.
Hollie Moran, Sales Co-ordinator at STR said: “All 3 finalists for this award submitted excellent entries. However, I was pleased to announce WT Skip Hire as STR’s winner of the Great Marketing Initiative Award 2014. Their skip-painting campaign was innovative; creating a synergy between Great Yarmouth’s industry, tourism and community, whilst raising the profile of their company across a range of media.”
Other awards presented during the evening included:
Great Engineering/Manufacturing Award
Great Investment in Young People
Great New Business Award
Great New Business Idea
Great Customer Service Award
Great Community Contribution Award
Great International Growth Award
Great Business Growth Award
Great Personal Contribution to the Great Yarmouth Economy
Business of the Year
Inspired by the whole experience, STR plan to enter themselves for an award at next year’s event.
Sonar Equipment Services becomes Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR)
Great Yarmouth-based Sonar Equipment Services will now trade under the name of Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR) to better reflect the broader range of products and associated services they now supply to the subsea sector following a restructure and significant investment in premises, people and equipment.
The name change is part of a global growth strategy which aims to see the company double in size in the next few years. STR has made several investments in its research and development capability, a new building with larger workshop area and new test facilities. The company is currently looking to recruit ten technical and sales support staff with more jobs to be created as the company opens in new overseas regions.
Neil Jackson, Sales and Operations Manager for STR said: “In recent years we have invested heavily in subsea technology to offer a first-class rental service and in developing our dedicated engineering team to carry out research, design, manufacture and delivery of integrated technical solutions. With a heritage in towed sonar equipment, we have built on our reputation for delivering quality by diversifying our surface to subsea technology and incorporated services. The new name and branding better reflect our capabilities and vision for the future.”
After nearly 20 years of operating within its original premises, STR has moved into a modern, purpose-developed building in a riverside location at Gorleston-on-Sea. The new building has over 15,000 square feet of workshops fitted-out with state of the art test facilities to maintain, configure, repair and customise rental equipment for bespoke requirements.
The new premises also have a dedicated production department to manufacture a range of products designed in-house and to provide a service centre for EdgeTech sonar products. STR operates a range of specialist in-house facilities including an acoustic test tank, pressure test chamber and, due to growing demand, a fibre-optic cable moulding facility has been created to offer customers a one stop solution for custom cable requirements.
STR is aiming to rapidly become the preferred global rental specialist to support offshore survey, subsea construction, IRM as well as the marine renewables sector. The company can now compliment their equipment supply with skilled offshore engineers to attend vessel mobilisations and support worldwide operations. All our offshore personnel are qualified in a relevant engineering discipline and certified for offshore operations.
The company has delivered trusted solutions for seafloor investigation and inspection to the offshore community for over 15 years. STR will continue to specialise in the design and manufacture of underwater imaging systems, advanced sonar systems and marine winches. For further information please contact us: enquiry@str-subsea.com
Leading marine survey equipment rental specialists Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR) has announced an exciting agreement with Western Advance, who have become the company’s exclusive rental partner in Australia.
Western Advance Pty Ltd (WA) are an established supplier and integrator of survey instrumentation, security and surveillance systems, and with over 19 years of delivering unrivalled solutions to the Oil and Gas industry and defence industries, are an ideal partner for STR as part of their continued growth in the rental market.
STR specialises in the design, production and rental of advanced marine survey equipment and has gained a reputation of delivering the finest technology covering geophysical survey, environmental monitoring, navigation and positioning – all of which will now be available in Australia through Western Advance.
STR Sales and Operations Manager Neil Jackson comments “STR is committed to supporting our customers global operations and we see Australia as a key region to position our diverse range of products and services. This partnership significantly strengthens STR’s presence in the rental market and we welcome Western Advance as an integral part of the company’s global expansion.
Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR) are delighted to announce the opening of its Aberdeen Office.
The facility, which is based in Cults, Aberdeen, will be the organisations second facility within the United Kingdom, out with the Headquarters based in Great Yarmouth. Both facilities will allow STR to continue to specialise in the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology and provide 24-hour operational support to its clients.
This strategic expansion is being driven by STR’s Managing Director Scott Johnstone and will allow STR to provide its full suite of technology and support services to its continuously evolving North Sea clientele. Scott Johnstone, Managing Director, STR said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our Aberdeen Office. We believe this is a natural evolution for STR, who already cater to a variety of global clients from our Great Yarmouth facility within the United Kingdom. This strategic initiative to expand into Aberdeen will allow STR to further support its existing North Sea clients with the expertise they have grown to expect, but also allow us to develop relations with new clientele.
In recent months, STR has invested in its in-house R&D capabilities to design and deliver an innovative solution for its Cathodic Protection and Flooded Member Detection Systems. These systems have been developed in response to bespoke key client requirements in the Offshore Energy Industry, resulting in an increase of awarded contracts from our elite Aberdeen based clients. We expect potential revenues for these products will increase by over £500,000 within the next 12 months”.
As part of the organisations growth, STR have appointed Ka Henney-Cant as Sales and Business Development Executive. Ka will be primarily based in the Aberdeen Office to support the organisations growth and maximise opportunities.
Scott Johnstone, Managing Director, STR said, “During this exciting time, we are delighted to welcome Ka to the STR team. This appointment highlights our continuous commitment to developing our team and expanding our business development opportunities. Ka is a highly respected professional within the Offshore Energy sector and has near 10 years of industry experience, primarily with ROV & Survey service providers and brings with her a wealth of Commercial & Business Development expertise”.
For further information on this and other products and services offered by STR:
Visit: https://www.str-subsea.com
Email: enquiry@str-subsea.com
Tel: +44 (0)845 388 6383
Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR); global specialists in the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology for the offshore industry continue to grow their rental equipment inventory with the addition of the Applanix POS MV WaveMaster II.
POS MV WaveMaster II is a user-friendly, turnkey system designed and built to provide accurate attitude, heading, heave, position, and velocity data of marine vessel and onboard sensors. POS MV is proven in all conditions, and is a popular georeferencing and motion compensation solution for hydrographic professionals.
POS MV blends GNSS data with angular rate and acceleration data from an IMU and heading from the GPS Azimuth Measurement System (GAMS) to produce a robust and accurate full six degrees-of freedom position and orientation solution.
Neil Jackson, Sales and Operations Manager at STR, commented: “The POS MV WaveMaster has proven a popular system. Often used in nearshore multibeam survey operations, our customers take advantage of a simple setup and high accuracy performance, therefore making it an easy decision to add further systems to our rental pool.”
For further information on this and other products and services offered by STR:
Visit: https://www.str-subsea.com
Email: enquiry@str-subsea.com
Tel: +44 (0)845 388 6383
Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR), a specialist in the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology are delighted to announce it has formed a new partnership with CDI, an elite International Pipeline Pig Tracking, Signalling and Communications Equipment Company.
This agreement will provide STR’s global customer base with access to CDI’s pipeline pig locating, tracking, and passage detection equipment. Coinciding with STR’s recent expansion into Aberdeen, this will allow STR to provide this this offering, along with its full suite of technology and support services to its continuously evolving North Sea clientele.
Scott Johnstone, Managing Director, STR said, “Following our recent expansion into Aberdeen, we are pleased to announce our strategic partnership with CDI. This relationship was formed in Houston at OTC in May 2017, in which STR exhibited as part of Scottish Development International on the Scottish Pavilion. CDI, who are based in Oklahoma, USA, were looking to partner with a Scottish based organisation and visited the Scottish Pavilion to introduce themselves to STR”.
Following OTC 2017, CDI visited STR’s UK headquarters in Great Yarmouth to meet the team and provide training on its equipment before travelling to Aberdeen to visit STR’s newly opened offices and attend Offshore Europe.
Scott Johnstone, Managing Director, STR said: “We firmly believe that our partnership with CDI demonstrates the importance of continuing to market our organisation and attending elite trade shows as part of the Scottish Pavilion in the current market conditions. We are excited to work CDI, who are a well-established organisation that come with a wealth of experience”.
Ewen Cameron, Head of Trade and Investment for Energy at Scottish Development International, said: “This is a fantastic outcome for STR and is testament to the strength and international profile of the Scottish delegation at OTC, which was a great event by all accounts. That we were able to attract high calibre US companies to the Scotland Pavilion to meet with our companies really underlines the value of taking part in these key industry events in overseas markets.
“All credit to the management team at STR; the fact that they quickly followed up introductory meetings to agree a deal with CDI within only a few months will, I’m sure, have played a big part in securing this result.
“These shows play a key role in helping Scottish companies to broaden their horizons by providing a ‘safe environment’ to explore overseas markets and make valuable international connections. So I would encourage any company considering international trade to get in touch to find out about how we can support them.”
For further information on this and other products and services offered by STR:
Visit: https://www.str-subsea.com
Email: enquiry@str-subsea.com
Tel: +44 (0)845 388 6383
Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR) are delighted to announce the recent appointment of Kirsty Ferris as Technical Operations Manager.
The Company which specialises in the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology, has made this appointment following a sustained period of growth and recent expansion into Aberdeen.
Neil Jackson, Sales and Operations Manager, STR said, “We firmly believe that STR’s success is founded on a core team of passionate and experienced professionals as without this, it would not be possible to provide our clients with the service and support that they have become accustom too.
We are delighted to welcome Kirsty to the STR Team. Kirsty is a well renowned elite professional within the offshore survey industry with a career that spans over twenty years. Kirsty has proven technical and operational knowledge in offshore survey and ROV and it is this experience that will further strengthen the foundations for the organisation as we continue to evolve”.
STR Contact Information:
Web: www.str-subsea.com
Email: ka.henney-cant@str-subsea.com
Tel: +44 (0)7944 636518
