Renold announced that Renold Couplings, part of the Company's Torque Transmission division, has been awarded a contract to manufacture flexible couplings for Batch 1 of the Canadian Surface Combatant ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, worth £10.6 million. This contract, together with other military work recently awarded, means that Renold's military order book has increased by £13.1 million, over recent months. The contract, to be delivered over the next six years is for flexible couplings, which are an important component of a ship's propulsion system and form part of Renold's Hi-Tec range of couplings, which are supplied worldwide for large marine and industrial projects.
The Canadian Surface Combatant ships will be built by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in the Halifax Shipyard, Nova Scotia. The contract award represents a significant extension of the Group's collaboration with Canada in supplying flexible couplings for naval vessels. The Canadian Surface Combatant will replace the Halifax class warships which also used Renold Flexible Couplings. Manufacture of the flexible couplings for the Canadian Surface Combatant is anticipated to commence mid-2024 in Renold's Cardiff facility.