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Everything Shipshape – Pesupalvelu Hans Langh Oy W hen it comes to industrial and ship cleaning of tanks, bilge and engine room land to Greece and lifted it onboard the cleaning, Pesupalvelu Hans Langh cleaning, rinsing of pipe systems, handling damaged ship berthed in Piraeus. The cli- Oy – which is based in Piikkiö, Finland – of hazardous substances and chemicals as ents were highly impressed by the result has the experts turning even an apparent well as asbestos removal. But many jobs of cleaning and conserving, stating that “mission impossible” into just another suc- go far beyond this: Some time ago a large the job had been completed in exception- cessfully completed job. Having been in car carrier was on fire in Greece with heat al quality and at astounding speed. As a business for over 35 years, the company causing damage to the main and auxilia- matter of course Pesupalvelu Hans Langh is renowned for always finding a solution, ry engines. Cleaning the ship after the fire Oy works with great concern for the en- no matter how big, small or complex a job proved to be a challenging task, involv- vironment, fulfilling the standards of ISO is. And if a solution does not already ex- ing a lot of neutralisation, chloride meas- 9001 and ISO 14001. ■ ist, Pesupalvelu Hans Langh will develop urements and conservation. As the repair one for its client. dockyard did not have the necessary ma- Standard ship cleaning services in- chinery in place, Pesupalvelu Hans Langh More information: clude – among others – the emptying and transported vast equipment from Fin- www.hanslangh.fi NEW BUSINESS MODEL K SS Interior Oy, based in Naantali, Fin- KSS Products now consist of different land, has established a new business zinc coated or aluminium profiles, honey- www.kssinterior.fi model to the European shipbuilding mar- comb plates, different pipe penetrations for more details. ket. The company is now focused on im- as well as other steel prefabrications. ■ porting specified shipbuilding materials from Asia to Europe. The main advantages are competitive prices, local Quality Assurance in Asia, a wide supplier network and close relationship with the global logistic partners. In cooperation with DNV, the company is also processing a new ISO 9001 Quality Assurance System for the business model. The company has previously worked as a subcontractor in the Finnish shipbuilding market. KSS Interior Oy is now expanding to the Central and South European market, especially Italy, France and Germany. The business in all these countries will be handled by local personnel and sales agents in order to achieve direct, face-toface customer relationship. 44 seatec 2/2009 Visit our website at