On May 16th, 1974, Hydrex was officially born. In the 50 years since then we have grown from a small diving firm operating from a home office into a large underwater maintenance and repair company with a 5,000 m² headquarters in the port of Antwerp.
Hydrex founder and CEO, Boud Van Rompay recalls how it all started with him dropping out of law school. “I wanted to do something that was tangible, that I could touch with my hands, that I could look at with my eyes. Not some theory from a book. It had nothing to do with formal education: I had to find out for myself.”
Over the years Hydrex has worked in just about every part of the globe, sending highly trained diving teams world-wide to get work done. We have built up a network of support bases in over 50 countries, enabling us to provide fast service at reasonable costs.
In the previous magazines we have started an ongoing retrospective that looks back on some of the most memorable examples of each of our underwater repair services. Often the ship owner thought ‘it could not be done,’ but we always found a solution, in most cases breaking new ground. If you have missed any of these articles, they can be found on our website (hydrex.be/projects/).
If you need assistance with the underwater part of your vessel, give us a call. We can then tell you if the repair is feasible and start working on its handling.
