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Diverse buys Tropical Engineering

Hamble based Diverse Yacht Services has acquired composite manufacturer Tropical Engineering, writes Iain Sutherland.

Past projects have included the first commercially certified all-composite steering system for the Nigel Irens powered round the world trimaran, Trans Oceanic Adventurer, the mast with which Shirley Robertson won gold in Sydney 2000, and the foils for Ellen MacArthur's recent record breaking trimaran B&Q.

Tropical Engineering also supplies some very well known marine industry companies with production components.

The Founder of Tropical Engineering, Steve Mellors, will be very much involved with the expanding Diverse team.

Joining Tropical as the new managing director will be Bob Cundall, who helped Diverse develop the Loadcell in 1985 and has 40 years experience in mechanical engineering and a long previous association with Diverse.

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