A Stainless Steel Strategic Partnership
Ocean Footprint is proud to be working with Midway Metals Marine a very renowned and established stainless steel specialist company manufacturing railings and exclusively from AISI 316 stainless steel. Many of the most prestigious vessels in the world are crowned by stainless steel fabrications that have passed through the BV ISO9001 factory of Midway Metals Marine (MMM), a division of Midway Metals of Australia, the largest non-governmental stainless steel distributor in Australia
It was a chance meeting at the METS Trade show in the superyacht pavilion where Peter Harrison of Ocean Footprint and Anthony Jolly (Managing Director of MMM) first met and discussed high-end stainless steel fabrication and polished products. Some time later was the first opportunity for the two businesses to be able to team up and fulfil their first project together. The project was a two-vessel tri-deck catamaran project for Ultramar ferries in Mexico, both built at the Wight Shipyard Co in Cowes on the Isle of Wight
…zero NCR rate on the project…
The Ultramar project consisted of three 40′ containers of stainless steel railings, manufactured on time and delivered on time, with zero non-conformance (NCR) to the drawings, this is a testament to the capabilities of Midway Metals Marine and the team Anthony Jolly has developed, trained and retained in the factory based in Hanoi Vietnam
Bringing the design team of the Wight Shipyard and MMM together was much easier than we imagined and through regular drawing shares and online meetings, the railings for the project were quickly turned into manufacture drawings in 2D by the Midway Team and quoted, drawings signed off, and the project went into production. Weekly production updates followed with photos of levels of production and reports to show the status of the build that was shared by Ocean Footprint and the weekly updates continued once the product was loaded onto a container vessel and tracked on the entire journey with continual weekly updates
On arrival to the yard, our team were there with the yard checking each and every item into stock, completing due diligence and ensuring quality was in line with our own Lloyds ISO9001 system
Our Combined Capabilities
- Drafting
- 3D Scanning
- Design
- Custom Made Manufacturing
- Bill of Material Management Services
- Minder Manufacturing IT Solutions
- QA / QC Systems
- Production Schedule Management
- Boat Fits
- Stainless Steel Handling
- Freight Forwarding
- Customs Clearance
…continually been investing in new technologies…
The MMM factory boasts a serious punch when it comes to their equipment, and since Ocean Footprint have been doing business with MMM has been continually been investing in new technologies to increase production capacity and capabilities
- CNC High definition plasma
- CNC Round and Square Tube Bender
- CNC Vertical Milling facility
- NC Lathe Capacity
- Rolling Machines
- Tig Welding
- Bead Blasting
- Gilo – Folding & Bending
- “Atlas Copco” – Sanding & Polishing
Through our strategic alliance with Midway Metals the Australian stainless-steel manufacturer, Ocean Footprint can design, manufacture and supply stainless steel deck furniture for private yachts and commercial vessels worldwide. Read more about the Ocean Footprint and Midway Metals alliance here. To make an enquiry and send us any drawings please contact us here.
