Ulstein Sea of Solutions wins award

Ulstein Sea of Solutions, designer of complex offshore vessels, has won the Industrial Marketing Award 2008. Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, revealed the winner, which according to the jury has used marketing most convincingly in its industrial environment.

The Dutch-based Sea of Solutions has, since 1 March, been part of the Ulstein Group and renamed Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The jury report read: ?Ulstein Sea of Solutions investigates the needs of its customers from the end user perspective and translates these into practical and innovative solutions. They design vessels that are fully customised to improve the value creation for the client. The company uses its full organisation to translate the wishes and requirements of its clients into working units and as such proves to be a truly market driven organisation. This market driven approach is also strongly reflected in the innovative designs that are in-house developed at own costs and risks. These designs are presented to the client and are a source of inspiration for the project that needs to be realised.?

?The Industrial Marketing Award shows the great importance associated with the combination of technical innovation and the realization of value for the client and even the client?s customer. Ulstein Sea of Solutions has convinced the jury the most in this respect? says Bernard Fortuyn, chairman of STEM, Foundation for Technology and Marketing.