Marine Performance Systems

Alfa Laval Closes Marine Performance Systems

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Alfa Laval has exercised an option for the acquisition of a 100% stake in Marine Performance Systems (MPS), says an article published on ship technology.

Completely integrated

The Dutch firm will now be completely integrated under the Alfa Laval brand.

In 2021, Alfa Laval acquired a minority interest in MPS, with an option to buy the remaining holding later.

Facilitate green shipping

Established in 2018, MPS is the developer of a fluidic air lubrication system...

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Alfa Laval takes a stake in hull air lubrication innovator

Aiming to expand its toolbox for sustainable shipping, Alfa Laval today acquired a minority stake in a company developing a technology for which its founder, Gustaf de Laval first registered a patent in 1883: hull air lubrication.

Gustaf de Laval was looking at the solution as a speed increaser and it was never commercialized. Today, though the focus is all on fuel savings.

The company that Alfa Laval has just invested in, Netherlands-based Marine Performance Systems, has patented an innovative...

https://www.marinelog.com/video/video-1/alfa-laval-takes-a-stake-in-hull-air-lubrication-innovator/