Innovative answers to your questions “COMPETITIVE POSITION AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN MARINE SUPPLIES INDUSTRY” Funded by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry Contract No. SI2.630862 Final Report Annex 3 European Marine Supplies Industry – Identification of Major Players, Examples for Market Consolidation, System Suppliers, M&A and Globalisation and COMPETITIVE POSITION AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN MARINE SUPPLIES INDUSTRY Authors: BALance Technology Consulting GmbH Contrescarpe 33 D-28203 Bremen Germany Tel.: +49 421335170 E-mail:
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[email protected] © European Commission, [2014] The information and views set out in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. The reproduction of any indicated third-party textual or artistic material in the report is prohibited. January 2014 File: 2014-01-15 Annex 3_Final_report_r3 Final Report to contract no. SI2.630862 page 2 of (66) COMPETITIVE POSITION AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN MARINE SUPPLIES INDUSTRY Table of contents 0 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4 1 European Shipbuilding Suppliers – Global Players / Mergers & Acquisitions ..... 6 1.1 ABB Marine, Finland/Norway ................................................................................................... 6 1.2 AkzoNobel Corp., Netherlands ...............................................................................................