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 The workshop produced a unique Swedish composite material which has attracted much attention internationally. It's about panels consisting of carbon fiber and vinyl ester and used in the hull of the five Visby corvettes.
German group ThyssenKrupp Marine is about to sell out the Swedish defense secrets. They want to spin off composite workshop and composite technology at Kockums for a mysterious newly formed Swedish company. FMV will stop the deal.
Swedish company Kockums owners ThyssenKrupp has the autumn brought into
direct negotiations on an offshoot of the so-called composite workshop
at Kockums Karlskrona Shipyard. The other party must have been a senior
official at Kockums. The person was until mid-January, employed as
head of Kockums Business surface vessels, as he agreed with her employer
to stop because of discussions with Kockums owners.
The workshop produced a unique Swedish composite material which has attracted much attention internationally. It's about panels consisting of carbon fiber and vinyl ester and used in the hull of the five Visby corvettes. Composite technology is strong and suitable to the hull with low radar signature. According to ThyssenKrupp wants to sell the production of civilian kolfiberkatamaraner to the officer. It has Kockums itself has not succeeded so well with. But the deal would also include composite workshop, where the panels to the Swedish naval vessels are manufactured. The negotiations came as a complete surprise to the Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, which says definite no to the deal. Production of panels to Visby corvette makes the workshop important for the defense, and it focuses on technology that was developed largely with money from the Swedish state. In a critical letter to Kockums writes Andreas Olsson, head of the lake system at FMV, the Kockums' composite technology, "largely contain confidential information with respect to national security." How long the negotiations going on is unknown, but we did not get information from Kockums until the 19th or January 20th. It was a total surprise, says Ulf Lindstrom, press officer at FMV. FMV's position is that ThyssenKrupp under previous contracts can not sell "design and production of the composite to a third party" but that the deal is approved by the Swedish state. There are clearly identified so that they can not do this kind of business. Normally one would have sought our views on the matter earlier, when we had made it clear this right away, says Ulf Lindstrom. Kockums company management is said to have known of the negotiations between the former official and ThyssenKrupp, but they are described at the same time have been "over the heads of the Swedish management." Formal negotiations take place between the Swedish company TBS Yard and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. TBS Yard was formed in July 2011. ThyssenKrupp confirmed in emails to new technologies that it has signed a letter of intent with TBS Yard and that now for detailed discussion of composite workshop. Due to the ongoing negotiations leave ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems no further details at this point, writes Cosima Rauner at ThyssenKrupp press department in the mail. For Kockums, waiting for more details about the deal, on TBS Yards intentions and who are the financiers behind the deal. We are waiting to introduce themselves and explain what they intend and what investors are said John Ahlmark, CIO at Kockums to new technologies. The former official is reported to have stopped at Kockums January 16, in agreement with company management. New technology has during the day in vain to reach representatives of the TBS Yard without success. |
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