Rockwool Marine and Offshore increases focus and activities in Far East

So far the marine activities have been coordinated from the Hong Kong based sales office. The new Shanghai sales office gives the opportunity to get closer to the customers providing improved service and support.

In the Shanghai office, Rockwool Marine & Offshore is located in the same office as the Group’s activities with Lapinus fibres. The marine and offshore activities are lead by Sales Manager Catharina Heliang, who has a wide background in the marine business and is educated as a Bachelor in Industrial Automation and holds a Master Degree in Supply Chain Management and Business. 33 year old Catharina has 10 years experience in sales and procurement of which 6 years in the Marine segment. The Rockwool Group’s activities within general buildings in China are run from another office also located in Shanghai.

The company says that they notice a tendency in the market for more and more high-end quality products and services as the focus on fire safety, improved sound reduction and comfort, technical support, the right documentation and certificates is getting more and more important. These requirements are often influenced by international owners, typical European, having their ships and platform built in China as being the biggest player in the market. They say that they see this trend mainly in specialised ships, like passenger ferries, as well as within the offshore segment. 

Besides the new office in Shanghai, Rockwool still has a sales office in Hong Kong responsible for the marine sales and offers in the rest of the region. This office has recently been merged with the Rockwool Group office from the recent acquisition of the CSR stone wool division. This merger will add more resources for the marine and offshore in the Far East region. The marine and offshore activities in the rest of the Far East region are lead by Sales Manager Tony Leung, located in the Hong Kong office.