A SUBSTANTIAL increase in global orders has propelled Fife marine
engineers Ulstein into a new era.
The worldwide contract work follows on from the firm matching a #2m
investment with 32 new jobs which almost doubles and simultaneously
safeguards the existing workforce.
Part of Norway's Ulstein group, the Dalgety Bay-based firm has bought
two heavy machine lathes used to produce ship's propellers.
Accountant BDO in Scotland helps advise the company on how best to
spend its finances which has included keeping abreast of computerised
developments.
Mr David Borthwick, originally a service engineer and now managing
director, said: ''We are having to increase our productivity to cope
with orders coming in thick and fast.'' Recent work has involved
contract work from Colombo, Sri Lanka, Canada, Scotland and Norway.
BDO involvement has spanned the 20 years Ulstein has expanded from an
Edinburgh sales and service office to its present thriving site.
The company's first computer system ''had to match the rigorous
specifications of marine engineering,'' said Edinburgh partner Mr Robert
Clarke.
Recent home-based contract work has included the provision of a new
diesel generator for Darlington Memorial Hospital.
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