Southern Spars invests in South Africa

by Southern Spars Media on 1 Jul 2008
Southern Spars is pleased to announce the acquisition of Southern Spars Cape Town and Sparcraft Cape Town, manufacturers of carbon fibre and aluminium masts in South Africa.

Southern Spars has a close association with the South African spar operation, and four years ago formed a separate entity 'Southern Spars Cape Town' to manufacture carbon fibre masts for the production market under a license agreement for Southern Spars.

With increasing demand for carbon fibre spars worldwide, the acquisition will increase production capabilities, enabling Southern Spars to manufacture a full range of production type rigs and in particular, for low volume production and One Design yachts.

'It’s an exciting time as we can fully integrate the expertise of two companies under one banner and start fulfilling the market’s demand for production type carbon fibre masts,' comments John Clinton, General Manager of Southern Spars, One Design.

Plans are in place to expand Cape Town’s new 4800sq metre purpose-built production factory that currently has a staff of 80.

The facility will continue operating under its current management, and production of aluminium masts will continue to be marketed under the Sparcraft brand.

Some of the hottest one-design class rigs are currently produced by Southern Spars Cape Town, including Melges 24, Mumm 30’s, Farr 40s and the recently successful GP42 rigs and Open 40 rigs.