The acquisition fully integrates container fire-fighting innovation into VIKING’s one-stop portfolio of maritime safety solutions.VIKING Life-Saving E.
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The acquisition fully integrates container fire-fighting innovation into VIKING’s one stop portfolio of maritime safety solutions
Press Release – VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has acquired HydroPen, the company behind the unique HydroPen
TM container firefighting solution supplied to hundreds of ships.
HydroPens rapid uptake has been due to its combination of innovation, efficiency and ease of use. Attached to a ship’s hose and raised on a telescopic arm by a single crew member, water pressure alone powers its ‘drill and spray’ nozzle to penetrate a container door before switching to spray mode to extinguish a fire with water, foam or CO2 – directly at its source.
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L-R: Jesper Rosenfeldt Hansen (HydroPen CTO), Martin Winkel (HydroPen CEO), Henrik Uhd Christensen (VIKING CEO) and Gert Lillebæk (VIKING CFO). Viking Life-Saving Equipment has bought the company HydroPen, owner of the HydroPen container firefighting solution.
The acquisition comes soon after CMA CGM bought HydroPen systems for 85 of its vessels, systems which will be installed by Viking. An exclusive distribution deal between the companies has been in place since the product s launch.
Attached to a ship’s hose and raised on a telescopic arm, HydroPen can be operated by a single crew member. Water pressure from the hose powers a nozzle which can drill through a container door before switching to a spray mode to apply water, foam or CO2 to a fire.
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has acquired HydroPen, the company behind the unique HydroPen container firefighting solution.
HydroPen, attached to a ship’s hose and raised on a telescopic arm by a single crew member, uses water pressure alone to power its ‘drill and spray’ nozzle to penetrate a container door before switching to spray mode to extinguish a fire with water, foam or CO2 – directly at its source.
HydroPen was founded in 2016 by Martin Winkel, CEO and Jesper Rosenfeldt Hansen, CTO and system inventor, to help revolutionize a persistent problem in maritime: firefighting on board container vessels.
“This is a significant acquisition for VIKING ,” said Lasse Boesen, Senior Product Manager, VIKING.