Industrial Strategy services - Appledore International

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Industrial Strategy services

Examples of Appledore international assignments:

¨ European Bank of Reconstruction & Development: Reports on the World shipbuilding market and the Eastern European and former Soviet Union shipbuilding sector for the review of a private sector Romanian shipyard applying for a working capital loan from the bank.

¨ European Commission: Review of shipbuilding and shiprepair industries in five applicant countries to the EU—Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia. Included review of structure, composition, ownership and competitive situation of the shipyard sector and companies.

¨ Shipbuilding Marine Equipment Study: EU study into the Marine Equipment Industry, covering shipbuilding activity forecasts for 10 years, and development of a cost model to project the value of the marine equipment market.

¨ European Commission: Major study with DNV into ship scrapping practices and prospects within Europe.

¨ Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association, UK:

· Study of Concurrent Engineering practices and applicability to the UK shipbuilding industry.

· Study of advanced and optimised outfitting techniques world-wide in the shipbuilding and other industries, and their adoption in the UK shipbuilding and conversion industry.

¨ China: In-depth review of the Chinese shipbuilding industry for a major institutional investor.

¨ Privatisation Work

· Karachi Shipyard, Pakistan: Technical assistance in support of the privatisation process for the shipyard.

· Bulgarian Shipyards: Provision of technical support with regard to market analysis and shipyard valuations for the privatisation of three shipyards, including preparation of the Technical Memoranda.

· Bulgarian Shipyard: Assistance to the shipyard management at the planning stage of their proposed management/employee buy-out, as part of the privatisation process of the Bulgarian shipbuilding industry.

· UK Shipyards: Present Appledore international senior management was involved in the organisation of the management/employee buy-out of the Cammell Laird and Vickers shipyards from the nationalised British Shipbuilders, including floatation on the London Stock Market.

Rounded Rectangle: Key Consultancy Services

Market Studies

Competition Studies

Sector Development Studies

Restructuring and Rationalisation Investigations

Privatisation Strategies and Implementation

Government Support Studies