Haizea to Supply Steel Structures to Smulders for Offshore Wind

Belgian headquartered infrastructure service provider Smulders and Spanish steel fabricator Haizea Bilbao have signed a Selected Supplier Agreement under which the two companies, subject to them concluding on the final contract, will cooperate for the supply and fabrication of more than 70 transition pieces for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Haizea Bilbao will be manufacturing the primary steel in its Bilbao facilities. Smulders will manufacture the secondary steel and assemble, outfit, coat, and test fully equipped transition pieces. The secondary steel will be manufactured at its facilities in Poland. The assembly of the transition pieces will take place at the yard in Hoboken or Newcastle, which was recently modified to enable the assembly of transition pieces.This is the second project in which the two companies cooperate, and the first one for transition pieces.Founded in 2018, in the Port of Bilbao, Haizea Bilbao is a company engaged in the manufacture and assembly of large metal structures for offshore wind turbines, such as wind towers, monopiles or primary steel for transition parts. Although the manufacture of offshore towers and foundations is predominant, the Haizea Bilbao also has experience in the manufacture of onshore towers. In its facilities we manufacture large diameter tubular foundations, such as monopile foundations, primary steel for transition pieces, pin piles for jacket foundations or components for floating structures.Smulders is an international steel construction company with more than 1,000 employees working across offices in Belgium, Poland and the United Kingdom. We have a proven track record in the engineering, construction, supply and assembly of heavy, technical complex and architectonic steel constructions. It is active in following markets: Civil & Industry, Offshore Oil & Gas and Offshore Wind. Smulders is a member of the Infrastructure branch of the Eiffage Group, a leading figure in the European concessions and public works sector operating through four business lines: Construction, Infrastructure, Energy and Concessions.