Danish epoxy repair company expands workshop concept

To date, 12 workshops have been certified and, in March 2010, a workshop in Italy was added to the list. “Our goal is to have a certified workshop in all the ports in the world where our customers usually get repairs done,” says managing director John T Nielsen.

If, for instance, a shipowner chooses to refurbish a seawater filter with Wencon the company says that it will, when done correctly, retrieve both its initial durability and functionality and typically at a fraction of the cost of a new spare part. Often the refurbished part is claimed to be better than new, since epoxy protects against wear and galvanic corrosion. The company adds it is much easier and faster to mount back the refurbished part then adapting a new one.

“I would almost call it a quadruple win-win situation because the customer saves money, the workshop gets the repair job, we deliver the products and the environment is spared of the CO₂ it would cost to produce a new spare part” Nielsen continues.

The goal for 2010 is to certify an additional eight workshops around the world, and to inform customers. “Most of the workshops have made a good start and have some tasks already, but we and they can do much better. There are plenty of repair jobs out there, especially in these times where focus is on keeping operational costs down” concludes Nielsen.

Wencon currently has certified workshops in Piraeus, Szczecin, Varna, Rotterdam, Ågotnes, Hafnarfjördur, Hamburg, Algeciras, Rio de Janeiro, St. John’s, Dubai and Shanghai.