Subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has moved to larger premises as it prepares for significant business growth.
ESS was established in 1996 and has a number of innovative patented technologies, including the SCAR plough and trenching system, which is in demand for specialist projects in the oil and gas and renewables sectors.
The company has just completed its largest contract to date, a multi-million pound boulder removal and cable trenching project on behalf of Siem Offshore Contractors on a wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
The move from Aberdeen to Brathens Eco-Business Park in Banchory gives the company the facilities to expand its team, which currently includes 13 office staff and 50 offshore personnel.
The relocation represents an investment of £400,000 and includes a research and development manufacturing unit. A recruitment drive is underway to fill a number of senior management, business development, accounting and administration positions and the total workforce could double in the next three years.
Ecosse Subsea managing director, Mike Wilson , said: “Our business has taken huge leap forward in terms of growing our revenue and extending our client base in new markets and we are planning for the future.
“Our new office gives up the ability to grow our capability and we have easy access to some of our major clients at Westhill, the city centre and the airport. There has been a marked increase in the number of tenders we have been invited to bid for and we envisage doubling our workforce in the short to medium term.”
Brathens Eco-Business Park also fits with ESS’s environmental objectives and makes sustainability a core issue, providing office heating from a biomass wood fuel system and renewable solar electricity.
Mr Wilson added: “The green ethos at Brathens fits well with our philosophy of trying to be carbon neutral and the majority of staff have reduced their individual carbon footprints by cutting down on mileage and travelling time.”
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Press release, July 30, 2013; Image: SUREPR