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Marshall Specialist Vehicles and Camp Supply International announce partnering agreement

Eurosatory Paris Tuesday 17th June 08; Two world leading shelter system and infrastructure providers have signed a formal teaming agreement today at Eurosatory. Marshall SV (MSV) the Cambridge UK based shelter supplier and Camp Supply International (CSI) the Skien, Norway based camp infrastructure supplier announced a partnering agreement to work together on joint marketing, sales and capability provision.

Both MSV and CSI produce and integrate items into shelters but these activities involve different segments of the market and different items of equipment. The systems provided by CSI Norway are container-based solutions for kitchen, sanitary, laundry, demolition, waste treatment, accommodation and administration whilst MSV’s solutions are primarily in the technological sector, for example operating theatres, command centres and UAV ground stations.

The alliance combines the strengths of both CSI and MSV to deliver innovative deployable infrastructures to customers. The complimentary fit between the two companies allows them to maximise their strengths in the solutions they provide. MSV and CSI will co-operate to identify future markets and sales prospects for their shelter solutions, and work together to develop business and sales opportunities.

Peter Callaghan Chief Executive of MSV said "MSV is committed to partnering with best-in-class companies such as CSI to help solve customer problems. Partnering with a leading company in deployable kitchen and other camp infrastructure systems like CSI, will bring MSV strength in delivering deployable systems such as hospitals."

Harald Andersen Managing Director of CSI said "Teaming CSI’s deployable infrastructure systems expertise, such as kitchen, sanitary, laundry and other specialised containerised facilities, with MSV’s quality approach to offer a one stop capability to the customer makes good practical and economic sense."

Where beneficial MSV and CSI will jointly prepare sales and promotional documentation, and responses to tenders for their products. These will stress the one stop capability approach of CSI and MSV.

MSV will assist CSI to identify business opportunities in the UK, including meeting requirements of the UK Ministry of Defence. CSI will assist MSV with identifying business opportunities in the Nordic countries.

Initial contact between the two companies was made as a result of introductions made by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization as part of Marshall SV’s work on the offset obligation resulting from the supply of integrated surgery units to Norway. Informal co-operation were first revealed at the DSEI exhibition in London in September 2007. Since then further areas of potential co-operation in addition to the offset issues have been identified.

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Notes for Editors

Marshall SV (www.marshallsv.com)
Marshall Specialist Vehicles (MSV) is the Land Systems Arm of Marshall Group. Marshall Group is a large (£750M) family owned independent group of companies involved in the automotive, aerospace and land systems areas. Predominantly based in Cambridge UK, Marshall Group can trace its history back to 1909.

MSV specialises predominantly in defence vehicle and shelter design, manufacture, integration and product support. MSV has three major divisions - MSV itself (shelters and specialist vehicles) Marshall Vehicle Engineering (MVE) (vehicle load bed manufacture) and Marshall Systems Design Group (MSDG) (UOR work, EOD, EMI, EMC, Safety Cases and Consultancy).

Recent Major Contracts;

  • Load beds for MAN Logistic Support Vehicle for MOD UK.
  • Role 2 Transportable Hospitals for Norwegian Defence Logistic Organization
  • Ground Station Shelter Systems for HERTi for BAEInsyte
  • Command and Ground Station Shelter Systems for Thales Watchkeeper for UK MOD.

Camp Supply International (www.csinorway.com)
CSI - Camp Supply International produces specialised solutions for military camps. The company’s main focus is on container-based solutions for kitchen, sanitary, demolition and laundry, living quarters and administrative use. CSI also performs technical installations of water purification systems, waste incinerator systems, power supplies, refrigerators and freezers, and air conditioning systems.

CSI has employees with many years’ solid experience in their particular fields. In carrying out previous missions in Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Afghanistan, the company has amassed solid expertise in warzone working methods, including expertise in logistics, security, and project planning and implementation to extremely tight deadlines.

Contact:
For Marshall SV

Tim Otter
Future Business Director
T: +44 (0) 1223 373079
F: +44 (0) 7748 090802
tim.otter@marshallsv.com www.marshallsv.com

Mark Broughton
Marontech Communications
T: +44 (0) 1428 647979
F: +44 (0)7880 506345
mark.broughton@marontech.co.uk www.marontech.co.uk

For Camp Supply International

Leif Morten Ramberg
Vice President
T: +47 35 59 81 60
F: +47 99 38 19 00
morten@csinorway.com www.csinorway.com

Harald Andersen
Managing Director
T: +47 35 59 81 60
F: + 47 90 19 19 53
herald@csinorway.com www.csinorway.com

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