MARINTEK opens office in Brazil

MARINTEK has been active in the Brazilian market for more than 30 years, assisting the booming shipbuilding industry in the late 70s, and then the growing offshore oil industry, most importantly represented by Petrobras. For the past 10 years, Petrobras has been one of our major clients. In addition to a long list of verification model tests, several research programmes have been carried out in close cooperation with the company.

The Brazilian market is experiencing tremendous growth, with the development of several fields in ultra-deep water, a situation that offers interesting opportunities for all of MARINTEK’s areas of expertise.

MARINTEK is now establishing a subsidiary in Rio de Janeiro, with the aim of signing agreements and establishing cooperation with universities, research institutions and R&D companies, and to further develop our relationships with existing clients.

The subsidiary will be called MARINTEK do Brasil, and the office will be located in Torre Rio Sul. The director of MARINTEK do Brazil is Svein I. Karlsen, who has many years of experience of the Brazilian market. Mr. Karlsen has also been the president of MARINTEK (USA), Inc. in Houston for three years.
 
The opening has been celebrated with a technology seminar at the Hotel Iberostar Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday April 19. We were honoured by that Dr Julio Bueno, Secretary of State for Economic Development, Energy, Industry and Services, Rio de Janeiro, held an introductory speech.

For more information, please see www.sintef.no/marintekdobrasil

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