Barum & Dewar has built up extensive experience working in the complex and challenging Subsea and Offshore sector for over 15 years. The harsh environments that typify the sector place considerable demands not only on personnel but on the equipment that is needed to support these operations. Our clients’ equipment is often extremely high value with IP ratings requiring bespoke protection solutions.

With access to the world’s leading ranges of waterproof and rugged cases, an in-house design team and a dedicated foam facility we are perfectly placed to support this sector. Whether the requirement is a heavy-duty plastic case, sealed aluminium or a bespoke designed container, Barum & Dewar has the supply partners for the most complex equipment protection challenges.

Barum & Dewar has completed many different projects in the sector ranging from bespoke one-off requirements through to ongoing supply contracts for large Offshore organisations operating globally. As such, B&D solutions are employed in every continent proving the industry leading quality of the products we provide. Our team have built extensive experience from the wide variety of projects delivered to date and further enhance this knowledge with cross sector experience from the Defence and Marine sectors due to their similar complex nature.

Recent sector wins and successful delivery of completed solutions have established Barum & Dewar as a knowledgeable and trusted partner for product protection within this sector. Looking ahead, the emergence of more collaborative projects between the likes of the MOD and Offshore/Marine companies will provide Barum & Dewar with a real opportunity to add value through our combined sector knowledge and innovative design capability.

“Our clients requirements range from specialist singular items right through to large scale production. The B&D service process remains the same regardless of project size. We are able to handle multiple projects simultaneously, accommodating evolving design changes and working to a very high standard and very often to tight deadlines, which is specifically relevant to this sector.” 

Emma Wilkinson, Business Development Manager.

Barum & Dewar is delighted to welcome Mark Speck to its UK Sales Team. Having previously worked for B&D, Mark re-joins the team as a Regional Sales Manager assuming responsibility for client account management and developing business growth in the South East of England. His appointment is driven by our continued commitment to further improving and developing exceptional client engagement and service.

Mark brings with him extensive experience of the UK specialist packaging sector having worked for large leading industry players, as well as knowledge of the Defence, Aerospace, Manufacturing and Automotive sectors.

“I have been working with the team at Barum & Dewar, both as part of the team and as a supplier to them, for a number of years now. This opportunity to re-join the team came at an excellent time for me as I was looking for a chance to once again be involved in a more technical challenge in my career. I am looking forward to getting to know all our key client accounts and working closely with them to deliver the service B&D has built its reputation on. I will bring a combination of energy, determination and experience to the role and with this, really make a difference in continuing to grow the business.” Mark commented.

Barum & Dewar’s Managing Director, David Frame, commented, “Our business is all about building trusted relationships with our clients and that can only be achieved by ensuring we firstly fully understand their needs and challenges. Mark has the specialist experience to be able to do this and brings not only professional integrity but enthusiasm and commitment to the team and our business.”

Mark can be contacted directly at m.speck@barumanddewar.comor on 07501 015653.

Following the annual Quality Assessment undertaken by leading global independently accredited certification body, NQA, Barum & Dewar is delighted to have retained BSI certification for our quality management system (ISO 9001). This certification is one we have held for over 20 years. 

ISO 9001 is an International Quality Management System Standard that specifies requirements within which an organisation demonstrates its ability to consistently provide product or service to meet customer and legal requirements, enhancing customer satisfaction and opening the way to continual improvement.

Technical Design Manager, Andy Harrison, said,

“At Barum & Dewar we have built our reputation on the quality of our products. It is hugely important to keep striving for better to ensure we keep improving our business in an effort to stay one step ahead of a highly competitive industry. The achievement of this accreditation highlights our continued focus on quality as a key priority.”

David Frame, Managing Director of Barum & Dewar, said,

“Quality sits at the heart of everything we do. Our processes are regularly reviewed to ensure they effectively support our quality objectives, so that we can continue to deliver highly dependable solutions for all of our clients. To have these processes once again confirmed as meeting the ISO 9001:2015 accreditation is a reflection of our success in this area and highlights our ongoing commitment to continuous improvement.”

For almost 25 years Barum & Dewar has developed a reputation within the Defence sector for both our proven ability to design innovative, cost effective and performance focussed product protection solutions and for our project management capabilities.

Defence packaging is by its nature unlike any other sector with the need to deploy equipment rapidly into unforgiving environments in the knowledge that it will function as expected when called upon.

In recent years Barum & Dewar has developed its project management capabilities and now operates a partnership approach on all key projects ensuring a high level of client engagement throughout. Defence projects are often complex, multi-disciplined with changing deadlines and priorities which require flexibility and high levels of engagement. This partnership approach suits the nature of this sector perfectly ensuring projects remain on time, on budget and achieve the goals originally set.

Recent high profile defence contract wins have established Barum & Dewar as a knowledgeable and trusted partner for product protection within the UK defence sector. Looking ahead, emerging projects in the deployable arena in particular should provide us with the opportunity to demonstrate our significant experience and innovative design capability as a valued partner to both the MoD and defence primes alike.

“The Defence sector and the packaging challenges it presents fits perfectly with the skills, experience and range of ruggedised case solutions developed and offered by Barum & Dewar. For nearly 25 years Barum & Dewar have designed, developed, produced and supported the UK Ministry of Defence and wider defence sector with industry leading specialist packaging products.

The increasing need for IT, Tactical Comms and unmanned air systems (UAS) to be fully deployed with speed and at short notice places increasing importance on case and container selection. B&D’s recent contract award for all containerisation on the New Style of IT Deployed (NSoIT(D)) project confirms its reputation as a trusted and experienced partner to the UK Defence sector.”

David Frame, Managing Director.

To discuss your requirements further please contact our team. 

At Barum & Dewar, our team includes expert and industry leading designers, supply chain managers and project managers with experience in successfully developing packaging solutions that consistently exceed customer expectations. Central to the success of our solutions is the design phase and our in-house design experts have developed our process based on years of experience.

When clients engage with Barum & Dewar they can trust that they are working with market leading experts. We work closely with a range of clients, in diverse sectors, across the world to develop our depth of knowledge and continually work with clients to look for ways in which to improve our process.

Our process begins by working closely with our clients to really understand the detail of their requirements. Taking the time to discuss the project provides the opportunity for our designers to add value, challenge thinking and come up with a bespoke solution that best meets the requirement. Often our clients do not have a clear brief and so we work very closely with them to ensure there is a full understanding of the intricacies and specific needs for the project before progressing further.

“Their ability to communicate our ideas into designs is very impressive.” B&D Client Feedback 2020

Once the brief has been finalised and approved, our designers use Creo, our 3D modelling software to create a virtual prototype and realistically visualise how the final solution will appear bringing complete project confidence for our clients.

In our most recent client feedback exercise we received excellent comments regarding our in-house capabilities. Both our people and design approach were identified as differentiating us in the market and this is something we as a company are extremely proud of.

Importantly we must continue to work closely with our customers to ensure we always have the best design expertise in the market, bringing value to them and all projects we work on.

Andy Harrison

Technical Design Manager