Whether you visited us in person or followed from afar, we want to thank you for your interest in Fender Innovations and Poly Marine Fender Systems during Seawork 2025 in Southampton.
It was a very successful exhibition, filled with inspiring conversations, new connections, and a strong interest in our custom-made fender systems—ranging from lightweight, high-performance designs to ultra-durable heavy-duty fenders for tugs, pilot boats, and workboats.
To everyone we had the pleasure of meeting/ speaking at our stand: thank you for taking the time to explore possibilities and share your challenges with us. Also thank you for your trust, and valuable input.
For those who couldn’t make it: we’ve included a few photos below to give you a quick impression of the event.
From 11 to 13 June we attended the 25th edition of Seawork. As always, the Fender Innovations Group participated in this magnificent international marine exhibition with great pleasure. The exhibition was impeccably well organised and a great succes for us. With many inspiring meetings, and promising business leads. Once again we enjoyed three bustling, fun and fruitful days of exhibition in Southampton. We hope you’ve also enjoyed a succesfull visit!
Fender Innovations of Wieringerwerf, manufacturers of lightweight fender systems for fast-sailing vessels, has completed a commercially important acquisition. The new partner is PolyMarine Service based in Vlaardingen, manufacturers of cast fender systems for slightly heavier workboats. Both companies will form part of the Fender Innovations Group.
For Fender Innovations, this is the first acquisition since the company was founded in May 2012. The company continues to grow and has reported a 25 percent rise in production across the whole of 2021. Some 85 percent of the fenders manufactured by the company are intended for export to around 40 different countries. Technical director of Fender Innovations, Koos Bijsterveld, expects the acquisition of PolyMarine Service to lead to further growth in production, “As a result of the acquisition, from now on we will be able to offer our international customer base a much wider range of innovative fender systems. The products from the two companies complement each other perfectly.”
Erik de Neef, chairman of the board of the Koninklijke Roeiers Vereniging Eendracht (KRVE) and Peter Budde, founder and co-owner of PolyMarine Service, share this opinion. “We are delighted that PolyMarine Service, a company established in 2007, finds itself in good hands with a solid partner like Fender Innovations, and will be able to expand further in the maritime sector.” The Vlaardingen base of the newly acquired company will continue to operate. Because many of the customers of Fender Innovations are located in the port of Rotterdam, it is useful to also have a production location and a warehouse in which stock products can be stored, in the area.
Although the shares of PolyMarine Service were officially transferred on 24 March, the acquisition of the company is effective retroactively, to 1 January 2022. In the words of managing director Roemer Boogaard of Fender Innovations, “The name of the company in Vlaardingen will be changed to Poly Marine Fender Systems. That new name better reflects the scope of the business. Both companies are now officially part of the Fender Innovations Group of Wieringerwerf.”
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Photograph: Signing of the transfer documents. L. to r.: Sylvia Ruizendaal -Fender Innovations, Erik de Neef- KRVE, Roemer Boogaard- Fender Innovations, Koos van Bijsterveld- Fender Innovations, Peter Budde- PolyMarine Service, Cliff Scheurkogel- KRVE, Claire Groenewegen- KRVE
