Sembcorp Marine announced that the Group would invest in a multi-functional steel fabrication facility, which will significantly enhance automation and productivity at its offshore rig building, conversion and production and ship-repair businesses.
To be located at its Sembmarine Integrated Yard at Tuas, Singapore, the new steel fabrication facility will offer a streamlined, seamless and extensively automated production process from steel stockyard to final assembly and finishing shop. Total investment in the fabrication facility is approximately EUR 135.6M.
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Once completed in 3Q-2015, the new facility would be equipped with advanced equipment and machinery, and is expected to have a tonnage capacity of more than three times that of the existing hull shop at the Group’s Tanjong Kling yard. Coupled with the optimal layout, overall efficiency is expected to more than double. The steel fabrication facility is designed eventually to be the central kitchen for steel fabrication for all three phases of the new Tuas yard.
