Lifebuoys approved by the shipping inspection with Solas Striping. We can also offer all kind of accessoires for this lifebuoyes as lineholders with line, signals, throw rings, MOB signals.
We also take care that the name of the vessel can be placed on the buoy.
Many different types of life jackets are possible, for inland vessels and sea going vessels in sizes for children and adults.
Hammar
Better solutions for safety at sea
Hammar is the company behind the world famous lifesaving Hammar H20. We develop, manufacture and supply release units for liferafts and EPIRBs, remote release systems as well as hydrostatic inflators for lifejackets. As the market leader we continuously develop state-of-the-art products for safety at sea by unconventional and innovative thinking. In collaboration with our customers we design new products that increase safety at sea owing to their combination of ingenuity and top quality production.
Better solutions than authorities demand – all over the world.
Our products often exceed the standards of IMO-SOLAS, EU-Marine Directives and current ISO standards. And of course, we are certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2008. The entire world is our market and all of our products are exported through our extensive network of over 160 highly competent distributors. We are totally committed to our customers and as everybody knows, we do our outmost to deliver top quality products and services.
Better solutions from the same place for a long time.
CM Hammar AB, as our juridical name is, was founded back in 1856 and we have been working with ‘Safety at Sea for almost as long. Hammar has always been located in Göteborg on the west coast of Sweden, in an area with long tradition of shipping and shipbuilding. Here was the home of the East India Company and it has the biggest harbour in Scandinavia.
Comet Marine Distress Signals
Pyrotechnic History – COMET
Background:
Blackpowder rockets were developed in Bremerhaven as early as the mid 1800s to shoot harpoons and line-throwing gear. At the beginning of the 20th century the entrepreneur Friedrich Wilhelm Sander received worldwide acclaim for his development of rocket propulsion for aircraft and land vehicles. During the 1960s we consolidated on our core competence sector of marine distress signals and today we are a market leader in this area.
Technology:
The application of leading-edge technologies affirms the good name of our products. R&D is the cornerstone of our corporate activities. We permanently invest in our company, to optimize the products and production processes.
In manufacturing pyrotechnic effect packages we make almost exclusive use of environmentally compatible, inorganic raw materials, which are continually quality checked by our experts using state-of-the-art measuring and process technologies to ensure that they meet valid specifications before being passed for production.
Quality:
Performance, availability and safety under all conditions go without saying. To maintain this high quality level we work in all departments in accordance to ISO 9001 standards. Additionally we fulfil the demands of the German Explosives Act, which is one of the world´s most rigorous in respect of pyrotechnic products and explosives. Provision of the most sophisticated testing equipment and proving routines are used for Quality Assurance. Successful cooperation with many approval authorities and quality assessment services worldwide confirm our competence.
2005 Chemring Group PLC acquires Comet Gmbh, manufacturers of a range of SOLAS Marine Distress Signals
2007 Chemring Marine Ltd is formed to handle the Marine Distress Signal businesses of Pains Wessex and Comet. Chemring Marine Ltd re-locates to Whiteley in Fareham
