Company: BCB International, WesCom
Business Type: Marine Safety Solutions / Search and Rescue
BCB International, based in Cardiff, Wales, has been developing life-saving safety equipment for the frontline services for over 160 years. Working with the UK Government and military departments, it has held a MHRA GMP license for over 30 years.
It provides equipment such as medical kits, life raft and lifeboat accessories, search and rescue and security products, exporting around 40% of its total inventory.
Andrew Howell, BCB International’s Managing Director, said:
““This announcement is an exciting opportunity and the BCB team are energised to be joining with Wescom Group.
“This partnership will help us to deliver BCB’s innovative MSC technology and world beating FireDragon eco-fuel to a much wider international audience as well as our core products that are constantly evolving.
“We have known some of the Wescom team for many decades and it is invigorating to be working with them to help save lives and protect the protectors to a much larger scale.”
Wescom, with its HQ in Derbyshire, UK, has specialist manufacturing facilities for survival solutions across four sites in Germany, UK, Spain and Australia, from where it designs, manufactures and distributes pyrotechnic rescue signalling devices. It is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of SOLAS, MED and USCG-approved pyrotechnic marine distress signals to the commercial and leisure marine sectors, marketed under the globally recognised brands Pains Wessex, Comet, Oroquieta and Aurora.
Ross Wilkinson, Wescom Group Chief Executive Officer, of Wescom Group, commented:
“This partnership will further enhance Wescom Group’s core safety and survival product portfolio.
“We are excited to work with the management team on growing the business through the Group’s extensive distribution network, whilst also having a strong focus on new product development programs.”
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