not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources survitec group news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message survitec group industry survival equipment for marine defence and aerospace founded 1920 founder reginald foster dagnall headquarters kingsway dunmurry belfast bt17 9af area served global key people brian stringer chief executive officer products g suits inflatable liferafts lifejackets immersion suits chemical biological radiological and nuclear suits cbrn fire retardant suits liquid cooling vests marine evacuation systems website survitec survitec group is a leading manufacturer of personal survival equipment for usage after ejecting from aircraft or when at sea . contents 1 history 1.1 rfd 1.2 survitec 2 structure 2.1 customers 3 references 4 external links history edit rfd edit reginald foster dagnall formed rfd in 1920 in surrey . beaufort had been founded in 1852 . rfd liferafts and dinghies were used extensively in world war ii for allied aircrew . rfd beaufort pioneered submarine escape technology in the 1950s known as submarine escape immersion equipment seie . survitec edit the survitec group was actually formed in 2000 . in 2001 it bought dsb deutsche schlauchboot gmbh . in 2009 the shark group founded in 1975 closed its northumberland site and production was moved to birkenhead . in 2004 it was bought by montagu private equity for 146 million . 1 in january 2010 survitec was bought by the private equity firm warburg pincus from montagu private equity for 280 million . 2 in december 2010 it bought revere supply inc of florida to become sspi . in may 2011 survitec began the process of acquiring two further companies ; grimsby based cosalt marine for 31 million . 3 and the commercial liferaft and mes business of bordeaux based zodiac . cosalt marine employed over 450 people at 21 worldwide sites with a turnover of 57 million . structure edit its headquarters and registered office is on beaufort road in birkenhead . the rfd beaufort factory in birkenhead is on the a5030 between poulton and claughton next to the great float . the rfd beaufort factory in dunmurry is on the a1 . it has servicing plants around the world sharon center ohio usa rfd beaufort inc grosseto tuscany italy eurovinil plymouth england eschershausen niedersachsen germany dsb deutsche schlauchboot gmbh les attaques pas de calais france rfd france belgium antwerp ostend netherlands grou rotterdam spain algeciras barcelona birkenhead rfd beaufort dunmurry rfd beaufort dyce aberdeen survivalone and shark group formerly in broomhill northumberland aberdeen 1 survitec survival craft yokohama kanagawa prefecture japan rfd japan shanghai china wh brennan hong kong wh brennan wh brennan singapore wh brennan wh brennan australia auburn new south wales sydney australia rfd australia freemantle melbourne slacks creek new zealand auckland christchurch nelson new plymouth wellington gosport uk crewsaver 2 canada dartmouth mount pearl vancouver dbc 3 norway aalesund bergen stokmarnes sweden gothenburg customers edit customers include ministry of defence us navy us air force royal australian air force royal australian navy shell lockheed martin bae systems carnival cruise lines royal caribbean cruises princess cruises references edit times august 2009 2010 sale belfast telegraph general references northumberland factory closes in march 2009 external links edit survitec group rfd beaufort marine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title survitec group & oldid 732945430 categories companies based in belfastmanufacturing companies of northern irelandrescue equipmentcompanies established in 1920county antrimhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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