Smulders acquiring platform engineering group HSM, subject to approvals

Eiffage Métal’s Belgian subsidiary Smulders has entered into an agreement to acquire fabrication group HSM Offshore Energy.
April 1, 2025

Eiffage Métal’s Belgian subsidiary Smulders has entered into an agreement to acquire fabrication group HSM Offshore Energy.

Based in Schiedam, the Netherlands, HSM provides engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPOCIC) services, such as electrical and mechanical systems for offshore energy projects as well as platform topsides for offshore wind and oil and gas developments. Its services range from design and engineering to offshore hook-up and commissioning. The company employs 140 staff, with annual revenues close to EUR300 million ($324 million).

Smulders performs engineering and construction of transition pieces, jackets and HVAC substation structures for the offshore wind sector.

The two companies are already collaborating on large-scale offshore wind projects. Recent programs have involved integration of auxiliary and high-voltage equipment for developments offshore Germany and Belgium.

The transaction remains subject to approvals from competition authorities in Europe.  

Smulders in the news:

Courtesy HSM Offshore Energy
HSM Offshore Energy Rolls Out Jasmund Offshore High-voltage Substation
The HSI joint venture has moved the topside for the Jasmund offshore substation and lifted the transformers at HSM Offshore Energy’s Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands.
March 28, 2025
Courtesy Equinor and Polenergia
Equinor and Polenergia award contract for offshore wind foundations for the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms
Equinor and Polenergia-owned companies have awarded Smulders construction contracts for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea.
Sept. 6, 2024
Courtesy HSM Offshore Energy
A Dutch-Belgian consortium will design and build high-voltage AC substations for what they claim is the world's first energy island.
A joint venture between HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv has won an EPCIC contract for the Modular Offshore Grid 2 project.
June 21, 2024
Photo courtesy Eiffage Métal
Smulders new site for DC platform fabrication in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.
According to Arnaud De Villepin, Director Energy & Industry at Eiffage Métal, Smulders has built over 30 AC platforms for fixed offshore wind developments over the past 15 years...
April 12, 2024

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