Wescom Group’s latest news

Wescom Group’s latest news about its survival solutions. The company has specialist manufacturing sites in Australia, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom and circa 360 employees. Wescom Group manufactures and supplies survival provisions, pyrotechnic and electronic distress signalling, survival rations, perimeter safety lights and medical and pharmaceutical solutions. Its brands include ANP Pharma, Comet, Eflare, Pains Wessex, sMRT and Wescom Defence.

Wescom sMRT ALERT DSC Man Overboard beacon

Wescom announces first sMRT Alert products

Survival solutions specialist Wescom Group has released the first of its new series of distress beacons. The firm says...

April 24th, 2024

Leisure Marine

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Wescom Group launches sMRT Alert distress beacon

Survival solutions manufacturer Wescom Group has launched its new sMRT Alert DSC AIS man-overboard device. Wescom says the distress...

December 1st, 2023

Leisure Marine

DAME Awards winners 2023 revealed

Oceanvolt’s HighPower ServoProp 25 has been announced as the overall winner of the DAME Design Awards at METSTRADE 2023. Andre...

November 15th, 2023

Leisure Marine

Wescom Group acquires medical supplies company

Leading survival solutions manufacturer Wescom Group has expanded its presence in the maritime market by acquiring medical supplies company ANP...

June 12th, 2023

Leisure Marine

Wescom showcases ‘next-generation’ PLB

Emergency distress signal manufacturer Wescom Group is showcasing its new sMRT Shield 406MHz ‘next-generation’ PLB at METSTRADE this week (15-17...

November 15th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Man wearing marine safety gear at the side of a harbour with the water and town in the background.

Wescom Group acquires Marine Rescue Technologies

Emergency distress signal manufacturer Wescom Group has acquired UK-based personal locator beacon manufacturer Marine Rescue Technologies (MRT). The acquisition,...

November 4th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Pains Wessex collects over 3,500 unsafe pyrotechnics

Pains Wessex, a UK-based producer of pyrotechnic marine rescue distress signals, says it has received over 3,500 expired pyrotechnics...

June 14th, 2022

Pains Wessex launches sustainable flare packs

Pains Wessex, part of the Wescom Group which manufactures pyrotechnics for the commercial and leisure marine markets, has launched...

April 12th, 2022

Wescom appoints new marine sales director

Jonathan Hirsh has joined Wescom Signal and Rescue as its new marine sales director. Jonathan started his career at...

June 22nd, 2021

Maritime, Commercial & Defence

WesCom Group acquires PW Defence Ltd

Emergency distress signal manufacturer WesCom has expanded its presence in the defence sector by acquiring UK-based defence signalling manufacturer,...

February 5th, 2021

Maritime, Commercial & Defence

WesCom Signal and Rescue launches green initiative at METSTRADE

WesCom will be launching its green initiative – WesCom’s Environmental Impact Charter – at METS, highlighting the need for...

November 14th, 2019

Leisure Marine

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