SCI Inks Scandinavian Distributor Agreement
Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI), a global provider of emergency marine evacuation systems, has selected a Swedish company to drive further growth in Scandinavia.
Scanunit has agreed to a partnership with SCI for sales and installation rights of Safelaunch lifeboat release and retrieval systems (LRRS), which comply with the latest Solas MSC.1 / Circ 1392 guidelines.
SCI said Scanunit’s success in Denmark and Sweden will complement its existing office in Norway. SCI, which has 14 operations of its own worldwide, has also expanded the business through distributor agreements in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Holland and Hong Kong.
SCI’s headquarters and manufacturing base is at Findon, just outside Aberdeen. Scanunit, which has a team of more than 150, has its main office in Helsingborg, with additional operations in Denmark and Norway.
SCI has additional U.K. operations in Great Yarmouth and Stonehaven, where its Marine Training Academy is based. The business has operations in Florida, Houston and Louisiana in the United States, Canada, Holland, Singapore, Malaysia, Western Australia and Qatar. The company has a staff of 180.
