Hanwha Ocean strengthens partnership with WB Group for Poland’s Orka Submarine Program

Hanwha Ocean press launch

The MOU, which was signed by Steve Jeong, Vice President of Hanwha Ocean and Adam Bartosiewicz, Vice-President of WB Electronics, is aimed toward establishing a complete framework concerning MRO(Upkeep, Restore, and Overhaul) of the submarines acquired by the Orka program.

Primarily based on the settlement, the 2 firms will forge methods to collaborate on mutually expertise areas with respect to MRO of the Orka submarines. Moreover, it’ll function a stepping-stone for the 2 firms to facilitate exploration for subsequent agreements amongst their respective industrial companions to conduct the switch of particular MRO capabilities.

Attending the ceremony weren’t solely the representatives of Hanwha Ocean and WB Electronics, but additionally KOLON SPACEWORKS and KTE, Hanwha Ocean’s main companion firms concerned within the KSS-III Batch II submarine supplied to the ROK Navy to specific their willingness to take part within the Orka program.

Following the MOU signing, Hanwha Ocean proposed to the Polish firms and authorities representatives an over-arching plan for expertise switch associated to localizing submarine MRO together with broader initiatives encompassing each shipbuilding expertise and sectors that transcend shipbuilding. Subsequently, KOLON SPACEWORKS briefed on its plan for switch of composite materials expertise in collaboration with WBCK, an affiliate of WB Electronics.

“This MOU will pave the best way for solidifying partnerships with the Polish firms to foster their unbiased MRO capabilities. I’m assured that WB Electronics, with its experience in protection resolution, will likely be a powerful ally of Hanwha Ocean in the midst of the Polish Orka Submarine program.”

Steve Jeong, Vice President of Hanwha Ocean

Over the previous 40 years, Hanwha Ocean has efficiently achieved over 80% of home manufacturing throughout the improvement and development means of the KSS-III Batch II submarine, due to its steady efforts for technological independence. Constructing upon this experience, Hanwha Ocean seeks to help the Polish trade and shipyards to conduct MRO independently sooner or later. As a part of such efforts, Hanwha Ocean hosted Business Day in Gdansk, in Might, to advertise interactions between its industrial companions and the Polish firms and to vitalize technological collaborations to construct a sustainable provide chain.

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