Toutenkamion Launches its Composites Shelter to Answer the Armed Forces Needs
December 23 , 2005
The composites shelter for a Command post, designed to fulfil armed forces needs toutenkamion, european leader in the manufacture of special purpose trucks, launches its shelter made in composites, made of high performance glass fibre, reinforced resins and polyurethane foams. This combination enables the usable volume of the container to be multiplied by 5, without the use of supporting columns and gives a work space of 76m2.
Transportable anywhere by land, sea or air, the shelter can be set-up for operation in less than 2 hours by 4 people in a downpour or 50kmph winds. ISO 20 based, the Command post is sturdy and weather proof with integrated thermal and acoustical insulation. It took no less than 10 000 hours of 3D CAO design in addition to prototyping and testing to reach this level of performance.
Housing the sensitive electronics
This shelter allows the setting of a Command post that responds to critical requirements of the French armed forced and OTAN forces. Featured with computer desks and as many telephones, up to 30 people are able to undertake high tech tasks in an exceptionally safe and comfortable environment even under the most extreme climatic conditions anywhere on earth (temperature, wind, snow…) and also chemical and biological attacks.
This Command post is interconnected two by two and they can be connected to some others to make a sophisticated extended facility that can still be rapidly moved to another site. Modern armies need this type of equipment to house the sensitive electronics used in electronics wars, pacification operations or in backing up humanitarian organisations. In 2005, toutenkamion provided the last shelters (on a range of 28 shelters) to the French army.
Toutenkamion is extending its distribution network into the U.K
After setting up in the Belgian and German markets, toutenkamion, is extending its distribution network into the U.K through a partnership agreement with Angloco, itself the leader in providing rescue and fire-fighting to the British market. Thus Angloco becomes the exclusive dealer of toutenkamion's products in the UK
"4 Cinemobile s have already been delivered to British customers, including one to the Hi-Arts Council in Scotland and another to SSVC in 2002 for entertaining British troops in Kosovo. This success for our products has shown us the potential in developing the British market. An important advantage is the real synergy between toutenkamion and Angloco; this complementarity in our products, convinced us of the benefits of joining forces" explains Cyril Bonnaire, toutenkamion's marketing manager. "Angloco is proud in becoming toutenkamion's business partner. This agreement fits in with our strategic development plan which calls for extending the range of our products for the home market" adds W T Brown, Angloco's chairman and managing director. "toutenkamion's trucks are truly operational mobile units for all types of professional activity, made-to-measure to respond exactly to a client's requirements, be it for leisure or cultural activities with a Cinemobile or for health care or military purposes, not forgetting our television units for outside broadcasting" according to Stephane Girerd, toutenkamion's production manager.
Toutenkamion is the acknowledged European leader in the manufacture of special purpose trucks : Cinemobiles, OB vans, Simulators, Formula On. The company employs 82 staff and has an annual turnover of 6.9 ME. It will be celebrating 70 years of excellence in 2006.
