Mulot.
Established in 1971, this second generation family business is situated in Charante Maritime, at the centre of French shellfish production and marketing. From a small start it has grown to become the most successful of French machinery manufacturers, with a significant proportion of business now from export to other European countries, Canada, U.S.A., Asia and Africa. . It has developed the widest range of products, for the greatest no of species, in this the most competitive area market in Europe. Its automatic oyster grading systems are the first choice of most French growers and All In A Shell have supplied Mulot Oyster Graders to seven of the nine companies using automatic grading systems in Ireland.
The addition of an aluminium boat / barge building facility has given MULOT the complete range of products for the shellfish producer from shore to door. www.mulot.fr
Hydrosphere UK Ltd.
The company was formed in 1994 to supply scientific instruments for the marine research industry. This included instrumentation for marine data collection often on data buoys at sea. Then in1997 with the purchase of company, Specialised Lighting Ltd ., it further expanded the range of buoys lights and other Aids to Navigation, which has since become the core business of Hydrosphere for the past decade. www.hydrosphere.co.uk
Mobilis
Mobilis is a French designer and manufacturer of buoys and other Aids to Navigation, AtoNs, for use in rivers, coastal areas and open oceans. It is a world leader in this field and today more than ever Mobilis contributes to the developments of tomorrow’s products. With twenty years of innovative experience with design, new materials, and in service testing of its products Mobilis, has a world wide customer base and is the ideal partner for Irish customer’s needs in the area of floating AtoNs. www.mobilis-sa.com
Carmanah
Carmanah Technologies Corp, was established in 1996 in Victoria, B. C. Canada. They have developed a range of highly efficient LED based navigation lights in the 1 to 4 nautical mile range. The Models 501 and 601 and 702 have led the field in integrated power supply lights for the past 10 years. This equipment has enabled end users to greatly reduce costs of lighting isolated stations, no mains power, no maintenance required. The current Model 650 2-3 mile light has a reasonable service lift expectancy of up to ten years. www.carmanah.com
Vega
Vega Industries Ltd, was formed back in 1972 to commercialise a new concept on leading lights developed in the Physics and Engineering Laboratory in New Zealand from which it took its name the PEL Sector Light.
PEL Sector lights continue to guide worldwide shipping, through the narrowest, most confined and congested waters all over the world, for example the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal has 14 PEL lights installed to allow two way traffic, in a channel of only 500 ft wide. From this stable of precision and excellence have come a series of 2 to 14 mile range LED based marine beacons, now leading the industry in terms of power requirements, performance of the LED, and lowering cost. Vega is a company born out of innovation and continues to be driven by that spirit. www.vega.co.nz
