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MIDSTREAM & PIPELINES Cable Management Systems Gouda Holland is a manufacturer of cable management systems for both industrial as well as commercial use. The systems of Gouda Holland are applied in the widest variety of industries, such as the chemical and petrochemical industries, offshore activities, energy, telecommunications and dairy and food industry. Gouda Holland Moordrecht. OGI: Could you start by explaining Gouda Holland BV’s credentials and experience in terms of your products and services for the oil and gas sector? Could you tell our readers the breadth of your experience, how long the company has been active, and its reach? Gouda: Gouda Holland was founded in 1929, when it opened its doors as a producer of table lamps and other mood lighting. The company has experienced strong growth in the first few years. Gouda Holland became a concept in interior lighting in the early 40’s. From 1974 the company has been clearly focusing on this industry, at this time the cable support systems are the most important products in the range. The lighting is being phased out and taken out of production. Gouda Holland had carried out extensive projects in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Innovation and quality has given the company prominence as a high level specialist. The demand for cable support system products was high in the Netherlands. As a result, Gouda Holland has been the supplier for a big part of the mechanical and electrical installations of many Dutch projects. Because of this, Gouda Holland has more and more become a huge name in various industrial projects. installations in oil & gas, infrastructure, chemical and power plant projects. standard products but also special products on request by customers all over the world. Customers like Shell Refinery and Akzo Nobel chemical (Nouryon) made Gouda Holland a specialist in the oil, gas and industrial markets. OGI: Could you enlighten our readers of a case study where you helped a client with your solutions? OGI: What different products do you offer which are applicable to the oil, gas, marine and shipping industries? OGI: Can you talk a bit more about your cable management systems? Gouda: Gouda Holland cable support systems, ladders, trays and supports are used to protect and guide an increasingly complex electrical By working together with these companies and other companies, Gouda Holland is nowadays a major name in cable support systems, both national and international. Gouda: We value quality over price, this is reflected in the production of our materials. We only use high quality steel. We work with the highest possible standards like VCA- Petrochemical, DNV- GL and ISO 9001:2015. For DNV-GL our systems have a type approval certificate for Tray, Crafty MF heavy duty cable ladder and Marine ladder. It’s because of using this high quality in materials, we save time and money in assembling our cable support systems. We not only supply Cable Support System: Crafty MF HDG and SS316L. Gouda: To sketch an example of how we approach a project: In 2015 we were selected to produce cable support systems for the beams of the Pioneering Spirit of Heerema’s offshore heavy lifting vessel. We were asked to fabricate the marine ladder in 316L welded all around and to provide it with a double layer coating. Per beam, 40 different individual products had to be produced, coated, packaged and labelled. We have successfully completed this project and to the customer’s satisfaction. Since 2013, Gouda Holland has become part of the Niedax Group. The Niedax Group specializes in cable management systems and has 19 production locations worldwide and is provided with sales and distribution activities in 80 countries. Because of the growth of the company which is currently experienced Gouda Holland is moving to a new location at the end of year 2019. • Gouda Holland BV +31 (0)182 506200 [email protected] www.goudaholland.nl Kabeldraagsystemen