W&O has reached a three-year supply agreement with Norway-based ship designer and builder Vard, a member of the Fincantieri Group. Under the agreement, W&O will provide technical support to the design and engineering departments of Vard, covering all valve challenges on newly built vessels. This will include delivering valves, actuation, and instrumentation packages to Vard in Norway, Romania, and Vietnam.
Vidar Hoel, technical project manager at W&O, based in Ålesund, Norway, will lead on technical support throughout the project. With more than 20 years of marine valve experience, Hoel will coordinate a W&O project team of specialists based in the Netherlands, Romania, and Singapore. W&O’s international network of offices and warehouses will support Vard with a service that makes the supply chain of valves easy, quick, and efficient.
As part of the agreement, Vard will be able to utilize W&O’s data management and radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging systems. W&O creates an easily accessible history for each critical valve installed on a vessel. W&O’s application of digital technology in combination with its technical expertise of W&O will support Vard’s continued efforts to deliver state-of-the-art vessels for its customers.
