Outils Océans: A pictorial tour of the textile storage specialist
The specialist in stowage and storage equipment for yachts and ocean racers, but also for industry, welcomed its partners to discover its new production site in La Forêt Fouesnant. Take a look at the pictures of this modern plant and the manufacturing process for the famous bowsprit straps, matossage bags and other covers so popular with sailors.
Outils Océans was founded in the late 1980s with the creation of a semi-rigid framed tool bag. Founded by Vianney Ancellin, and taken over in 2012 by a trio of company executives, Tristan Poder, Marine Hache and Fabien Le Sciellour, the company has continued to grow and diversify into mail and storage for industry, while continuing to offer equipment for yachting and ocean racing, from winch crank pockets to mast-rigging bags, as well as fenders for IMOCA foils, bails and hook and roller furler protectors. Here's a look at the company and its 2,400 m2 premises, due to open in 2023.
Design offices for mass-produced or customized parts Outils Océans works with fittings manufacturers, and based on their models Handling equipment for rolls of material weighing up to 120 kg A well-sized logistics warehouse Presses for cutting parts in series, several at a time
Hundreds of cookie cutters for different models stored CNC cutting tool for large or complex parts Thermoforming tool for rigid materials Sewing and product assembly room, with 3 production lines Manual stations Automated systems for repetitive assembly
Prototyping and customization workstations Custom parts Variety of fabrics used. We are working on single-material fabrics for better recycling The challenge of recycling Fenders Tools Oceans Variety of nautical offerings on an IDB Marine Maxi 6.50 Products for fishermen
