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Allan Pirie, Ashtead Technology’s CEO - Credit: Ashtead Technology

Ashtead Technology to Acquire Subsea Dredging Firm WeSubsea

close during Q4 of 2022. This will be the group’s sixth acquisition in the past five years. Allan Pirie, Ashtead Technology’s CEO, said: “WeSubsea is a pioneering technology business with an excellent reputation and strong customer service ethos. Their fleet of high-performance dredge systems and strong technical know-how will be a great strategic fit for our business and will complement our extensive range of dredging, cutting, coating removal and ROV tooling solutions and services.“The acquisition is expected to be completed during Q4 and underlines our ambition to be a global

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STR Expands Dredging Equipment Offering

at STR offices.   The Predator and Gremlin range of dredgers will become the latest offering from STR.   STR said the STS dredgers use cutting-edge fluid dynamic technology and are efficient and easy to use, both by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and divers. This new generation of dredge systems can be configured subsea to either dredge or jet without the need for ROV/diver frame recovery.   “We have created unique, high performance subsea equipment that is unrivalled in both engineering and quality,” Billy Milne, Business Development Director at STS. “Our dredgers

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Ashtead Shines a Light on Subsea Technology

for innovation that will push the boundaries of what is possible and commercially viable in terms of underwater inspection, repair and maintenance.” The event will also showcase Ashtead’s latest subsea tools and innovations from the world’s leading manufacturers including Vortex dredge systems, Teledyne SeaBotix mini ROVs, Innova’s Matrix II system, Tritech’s new Gemini Profiler, nCentric’s Mesh Telemetry system and Ashtead Technology’s new AMS range.  

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