Connecting sea craft with space craft | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Athanasios Potsis, president of the Hellenic Association of Space Industry noted the Greek space industry is no laggard and has manufactured equipment which is now in service on Mars.

There are 42 companies in Greece producing space equipment, employing some 2,000 people with an annual turnover of some Euro 170m. Potsis was addressing the summit at which Hellenic Marine Equipment Manufacturers and Exporters (Hemexpo) companies presented their products and discussed with shipping companies ways to get the local products included on shipyard makers lists, as is often sought by Greek owners building ships in the Far East. Greece’stechnical directors, through association Martecma, already work with Hemexpo, but both bodieslack the government backing, and thus market clout, enjoyed by the space sector.