ALMACO
ALMACO (Full name: ALMACO Group) is a full turnkey firm with offices in China (Shanghai1), Finland (Raisio2), France (Nantes3),Italy (Venice4), Singapore (Singapore5), and USA (Boca Raton6). Founded in 1998, the Finland-based company specializes in complete outfitting of Accommodation areas (cabins, public spaces) and Food Handling areas (galleys, bars & counters, provision stores, refrigeration machinery,) on passenger ships, offshore platforms, accommodation barges and land modular construction.
Company facts
Founded: 9.10.1998
Owners: The management
Own Personnel: App. 80 persons
Partner Suppliers: App. 100 companies
Market: Passenger-ship, floating-accommodation, offshore-accommodation, and land-based accommodation building worldwide
Customers: Owners and builders of passenger ships, floating accommodation units, offshore accommodation platforms, and modular land-based accommodations
Companies & Offices:
China - ALMACO Group Shanghai office
Finland - ALMACO Group Oy, Raisio (Turku)
France - ALMACO Group S.A.S., Carquefou (Nantes)
Italy - ALMACO Group Venice Office
Singapore - ALMACO Group Pte Ltd
United States - ALMACO Group Inc., Boca Raton, FL
History highlights
1998 – ALMACO Group established company in Kaarina, Finland and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The founders were Mikael Hedberg, Ulf Hedberg, Antti Kaskinen and Lars Pellas. Mikael Hedberg was appointed President & CEO.
2005 – ALMACO purchased MacGREGOR’s Food Handling Technology Business Unit 7. ALMACO’s French office was established in Nantes. Vilhelm Roberts was appointed Group President & CEO 8.
2006 – ALMACO received the Born Global – Entrepreneurial Spirit of Turku Award 9 for its successful international operations.
2006 – ALMACO Group’s Italian office was opened in Venice.
2007 – ALMACO received the Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic of Finland for its achievements in international business operations.10 11
2007 – ALMACO Group’s global supply representative office opened in Shanghai, China 12.
2008 – ALMACO Pte Ltd, Singapore office was established.
Sample project deliveries
1998: Refurbishment of cabins into Asian-type luxury suites onboard the vessel M/S Europa, which had been acquired by Star Cruises, and later became MS SuperStar Europe. The project started in Germany, where the vessel was located, where the working crew and materials boarded in order to refurbish the ship during her way to Singapore.
2003: Revitalization of Royal Caribbean’s MS Monarch of the Seas, where ALMACO provided total turnkey deliveries for seven project areas, refurbishing all the 1178 staterooms on the vessel including bathrooms 13.
2004: Delivery of galleys, bars, pantries, refrigerated counters, provisions stores, refrigeration machinery and cooling distribution systems, onboard Cunard Line RMS Queen Mary 2, by MacGREGOR’s food handling technology unit, which became ALMACO since May 2005 14.
2005: Revitalization of Hotel Areas onboard Royal Caribbean’s MS Enchantment of the Seas, refurbishing several areas from deck 3 to 10, including specialty restaurants and bars, counters, new refrigeration machinery, several publics spaces and new cabins 15.
2006: Major cabin refurbishment and Windjammer conversion projects onboard Royal Caribbean’s MS Majesty of the Seas 16, where all the cabins and bathrooms underwent extensive refurbishment and new food handling equipment was installed and supplied throughout the new Windjammer, Hamburger Restaurant and Pizzeria 17.
2007: Addition of cabins and cold stores onboard Celebrity Cruises’ MS Celebrity Journey and MV Zenith, including the technical and interior design for cabins and balconies, full turnkey material and installation, as well as the responsibility for producing a classification material package for Class approval.1819
2008: Delivery of the contract to supply and install the material to refurbish 186 cabins onboard Club Med 2 20 2009: Delivery of the Total Conversion Management contract for Bibby Maritime Limited’s (Bibby Line) 336-cabin accommodation vessel Bibby Renaissance 21, worth over USD 20 million 22 2324. The scope included widening the vessel, splitting the top-side accommodation structure to allow the creation of light wells, with a total of over 730 tons of new steel installed. The project also involved internal outfitting to include rooms with en-suite facilities, public rooms including restaurant, mess room, bar and galley, installation of passenger and service elevators, and an HVAC system to suit worldwide trading. The number of cabins installed was 336. The vessel was also fitted with adequately sized generator sets with redundancy, sewage treatment plant, hot and cold domestic water systems, ballast and bilge systems, fire detection, and sprinkler and alarm systems. 2009: Delivery of the refrigeration plant with the highest number of cold consumers ever installed on a cruise ship to Royal Caribbean International's MS Oasis of the Seas. The four systems serve approximately 550 refrigerated catering equipment, 87 air coolers for frozen and cold rooms, and one ice rink.25
2010: Delivery of the newbuilding contract for Keppel FELS (Keppel Corporation) onboard Floatel International's offshore platform Floatel Superior 26. The Accommodation Systems scope includes 440 single-bed, NORSOK—compliant cabins and 1,500 square meters of public areas such as corridors, lounges, and offices. The Food Handling Systems deliveries include equipment supply for galley, mess, scullery, and coffee shop, as well as provision store panels. 2728
References
- ALMACO Group Company Facts
- ALMACO Group Company History
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