French counter Admiral Olivier Coupry announced that the new French Navy Commando boat, ECUME, has been admitted to active service. This formal acceptance allows the new Zodiac Hurricane® ZH-930, manufactured by ZODIAC MILPRO, to be deployed on the field and launches the delivery of the 15 ECUME boats before the end of the year 2015.
Further to the various newscasts, relative to the insolvency procedure concerning Z-MARINE company, ZODIAC MILPRO would like to make clear that our company is completely independent from Z-MARINE.
The ECUME contrat is highly ambitious and challenging RHIB (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat) project, conducted by ZODIAC MILPRO group and its subsidiary Zodiac Hurricane Technologies in Canada.
The ZODIAC MILPRO Group is a medium-sized French Group, of more than 300 employees worldwide, that is totally independent from the other groups coming from the historical ZODIAC Marine environment, in terms of shareholders as well as in terms of commercial, technical and industrial organization.
ZODIAC MILPRO INTERNATIONAL, headquartered in Paris (32bis, Bd Haussmann – 75009), provides Inflatables and RHIB crafts for Military (Special Forces, Navy, Coast Guards…) and Professional (Rescuers, Fire-brigades, Customs, Fishery controls, etc.) applications under the brands ZODIAC MILPRO®, ZODIAC HURRICANE®, HURRICANE® et MILPRO®. World leader on its markets, the company is on a regular expanding trend for several years, in France as well as internationally.