Engineered from a place of passion

For more than een years, Tec Wire has been successfully supplying the superyacht industry with stainless steel and standard and bespoke carbon bre products. The company’s strong suit is that it does everything inhouse; from design, to engineering, to production and assembly.

Tec Wire’s products have all been designed, engineered, and manufactured in-house by a talented and professional team which possesses a great amount of skills, cra smanship, and experience in the superyacht sector. Some Tec Wire products you can expect to nd on iconic superyachts throughout the world include sun awnings, ag poles, stanchions, sea fastenings, and railings.

When it all comes together

One of Tec Wire’s recently completed projects is a carbon ber sunawning system delivered on MY Come Together, the rst of the 60 series from Amels, HN6001. Following the design of Espen Øino, triangular shapes of the windows on both sides of the yacht, Tec Wire developed a triangular carbon ber sunawning pole. The project was a turn-key project where they delivered a perfectly working system which included a 3D survey, the installation of the deck inserts, the structure ttings, and nally the composite fabric sunawning sails.

The man behind Tec Wire

We spoke with Arjaan Stevens, proud Owner and Director of Tec Wire, to get some more insights about Tec Wire and to get to know the man behind the company.

Mr Stevens was born and raised in Zeeland, a province located all the way in the southwest corner of the Netherlands. Located right on the leeward side of the North Sea, Zeeland (which literally means ‘sea land’) consists of a number of islands and peninsulas and the southern border is shared with Belgium. The beautiful Tec Wire building is located in Goes, one of Zeeland’s larger cities. The state of the art building is where it all happens, as it holds an R&D centre, the head o ce, o ces for design and engineering, and the production facilities.

“We are committed to innovation, thinking outside of thebox and above all, we are customer focused. We dedicate our in-house expertise, extensive experience and knowledge of onboard operations to nd solutions and deliver superior quality and nish. We always go the extra mile for ourcustomers.”

With a smile on his face, Mr Stevens shares, “I started fabricating tailor-made solutions for the superyacht industry in my shed in the garden. With a great passion for water sports, I just wanted to make the best solutions one can possibly think of. A er a while, Iwas discovered by some major shipyards, which set the ball rolling. The industry was very welcoming and cheered me on when they saw I was a hard worker with apassion for my cra .”

Who was your rst big client and what did you produce for this client?

Mr Stevens shares, “My rst big client was Oceanco. In short, Oceanco called me for anything that didn’t yet exist yet or solutions that the company had not yet engineered. At one point, around een years ago, some of the Oceanco yachts had a self-levelling boarding ladder with aluminium steps. This posed a great challenge for the crew, who had to hold up the heavy framework of the ladder outside of the yacht to install it. They asked me to make a midship hoist installation which goes over the bulwark. Basically, they asked for an aid to install the ladder, which had been almost impossible to do manually because of the weight of the steps. This was my rst big project.

In the end, I engineered a crane that you can assemble on >> aceiling or a wall, under which the ladder can be stored. With this system, the ladder can be carefully pushed outside the yacht via a rails system, a er which the ladder can be slowly dropped into place with the help of the crane.”

What is your vision for Tec Wire?

Mr Stevens concludes, “I don’t see the company as just a workplace or a corporate o ce. I see every employee as part of a mechanism, to ultimately reach the same goal together. My vision is to have everyone working together from a place of passion, to create only the best products, with great freedom to innovate, and most of all to have fun during the journey.” i. tecwire.nl

Currently, Tec Wire’s customer base consists of approximately 200 shipyards, management rms, and superyacht owners, to which they mainly provide carbon ber sunawning systems, carbon ber and stainless steel stanchions, carbon ber railing systems, carbon ber and stainless steel agpoles, carbon ber and stainless steel jacksta s, carbon ber swim ladders, carbon ber dock steps, and carbon ber seasonal covers. Their spanner system is unique because of the method of attachment with special stainless steel ball pivots and cups between which the non-stretch line with Dyneema sleeve is attached. Another unique feature is the tensioning mechanism, which allows tensioning the lines by hand without the use of tools.

MCM, superyacht builders from Newport, Rhode Island, is expanding. It has appointed the excellently named Bolt LaMotte in the role of business director among a number of other new hires. This means MCM is expanding its yacht-management office to 85% of the building MCM operates in. Mr LaMotte, a former collegiate and professional sailor, has hands-on experience aboard yachts ranging from cruisers to Maxis. He enjoyed a successful career in financial services and technology, working with such highly respected firms as Accenture, Microsoft, and AXA XL.

The shareholders of the shipyard, Rönner Group and Gustav Zech Stiftung have appointed Friedrich Norden as the Managing Director of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven. Mr Norden started his new role on 1 December 2022 and will act as Managing Director for the German shipyard together with Thorsten Rönner. Mr Norden was previously the Project Manager at Lloyd Werft and has spent his entire career with the shipyard. As a result of this, he has participated in the highs and lows of the company from the very beginning.

Huisfit announces the appointment of Jelmer Koopman as Sales Manager.

Mr Koopman has earned a Technical Business Engineering degree (BEng) at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and held various positions within the maritime industry. Amongst others with Damen, Stolt Tankers, and Wilhelmsen, in both Project, Contract, and Sales Management.

Mr Koopman is eager to begin his new career at Huisfit, “I am looking forward to meet our clients, crew and co-makers and visit the Royal Huisman and Huisfit fleet as well as to preparing the refits yet to come as good as possible.”

Denison Yachting is delighted to announce the latest addition to their team, new Charter Management Director, Nicholas Fry. Mr Fry will be based from Denison’s Monaco office, pushing efforts for expansion throughout Europe in the hope of growing the charter division. Mr Fry has since shared his admiration for the brokerage, commenting, “I am very excited about this great opportunity to develop, expand, and oversee the charter fleet of Denison Yachting in Europe. I will be sharing my passion for sailing and hospitality with our clients and will make sure we build successful charter programs for their yachts.”

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A+T Instruments, one of the leaders in the high-end yacht instruments market, have announced Nils Jolliffe as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Jolliffe is responsible for general management, scaling the business operational processes, including manufacturing, to support growth which is running at 40% year on year. Mr Jolliffe, who has been working with A+T since October 2022, has over 20 years of experience in leading roles in fast-growing manufacturing and aerospace companies who share their quality, reliability focus and reputation that is such a key part of A+T’s success so far.

Pearl Yachts announces Ross Donohoe’s appointment as International Sales Manager, Mr Donohoe brings a wealth of experience from more than two decades in the industry. Fresh from a busy boot Düsseldorf, where the brand held a European premiere for the Pearl 72 and announced the new Pearl 82 project. Mr Donohoe is the latest addition to their growing team. Following a foundational education and career in Marine Engineering, Mr Donohoe’s flair for sales shone through and he began to make a name for himself in the yachting industry.

Williams Jet Tenders, the world’s leading jet tender specialist, has announced that Oscar Hemmings has joined the design and engineering department as Junior Designer, Special Builds and SOLAS. Mr Hemmings will be responsible for the design and technical foundations of its customised builds, including the new SOLAS versions of the 505, 565 and 625, as well as some new models that are currently in development. Mr Hemmings is delighted to join the team following the completion of an Industrial Design degree at Loughborough University where he gained a first-class honour.

Wärtsilä appoints Saara Tahvanainen as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications and a member of the Wärtsilä Board of Management. Ms Tahvanainen will commence in her role latestby the end ofJune 2023 and she will report to Wärtsilä’s President & CEO Håkan Agnevall. Ms Tahvanainen will succeed Mr Atte Palomäki, who will leave Wärtsilä with immediate effect.She has extensive experience in the field of communication, branding, and marketing and joins Wärtsilä from UPM, where she holds the position of Vice President for stakeholder relations, communications, and marketing.