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Currently, the company is run by brothers Roberto and Manuel Derungs, located in Narón (5km from the Atlantic Ocean) and close to the Galician cities of A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain.

As a small locksmith workshop designing and creating small parts for major contractors, the company's influence and standing have grown over the past few decades. Today, it employs 80 people at its 4,000sqm factory in Narón and has diversified its product range, manufacturing parts from mechanised items to large boiler-making structures and complex mechanical assemblies.

Quality supplier

Mr Martínez said the company has built up its reputation as a leading Spanish shipbuilding industry supplier and a direct supplier to regional shipyards. It has sup - plied extensive specialised components for ships, including stairs, ladders, registers and pipe fittings.

One of their key projects was working with a contractor supplying a local shipyard whose end client was the Australian Navy. Tamega was tasked with manufacturing internal and external doors for a series of frigates.

“With constant growth, TMG’s activity has diversified organically into other sectors, including renewables, offshore, automotive and civil work,” Mr Derungs explained.

Renewable energy has become a major business growth for TMG, collaborating with clients across the sector by designing and manufacturing parts for land and offshore energy projects. Its engineering team has produced a multitude of components for wind towers, from machining parts, counterweights and footings to structures such as supports or defences.

“Currently, offshore wind is the sector that occupies most of our work, producing large numbers of secondary structure components, such as boat landing platforms, accesses and communication lines ,” said COO Jose Martinez Rodriguez.

One milestone for the company was the development of a prototype wave energy buoy for a wind farm. Developed with its partner, GM Renewables, this buoy has an energy generation capacity of 1MW, offering enough derived energy to supply 1,200 homes annually.

“TMG has been active in the renewables sector since 2000, mainly supplying to land-based windfarm projects in Spain,” Mr Martínez continued. “From around 2015, since renewables expanded offshore, the company has been equal to meeting client demands and products they require.”

The company is also a noted industry supplier of carbon and stainless-steel structures. It has completed projects, including supplying parts for a carbon crane for the port of Ferrol, on behalf of clients Industrias Mecánicas Del Noroeste, SA (IMENOSA) and ENDESA for the end customer, German engineering company PWH.

Tamega has also manufactured and supplied accesses, railings and stairs with a hot-tip galvanised finish (for greater corrosion resistance) for a series of Goliath cranes for Finnish company KONECRANES . Tamega has also previously worked on other projects with multinational General Electric.

Expansion plans

While the company completes around 130,000 production hours annually, business performance over the past few years has remained consistently strong, with a median average growth of 20%. Tamega expects double-digit growth again in 2023, according to Mr Martínez: “The Spanish government has plans to promote offshore windfarms locally. I believe this will positively impact the local industry, which Tamega is primed to take advantage of.”

Current contracts include supplying components to Windar Renovables and Navantia as part of their joint venture with offshore windfarm contracts in Spanish waters. Tamega is also planning to support the Windar-Navantia consortium in a joint venture project in France, called Diéppe le Tréport marine park, for end client Ocean Winds.

The consortium will manufacture 62 jackets for offshore wind turbines at the Fene shipyard and is the largest commission to date. Dieppe Le Tréport will have a capacity of 496MW to supply sustainable electricity to some 850,000 homes a year from 2026.

Mr Martínez highlighted how TMG’s flexible approach to client orders was underpinned by ongoing in-house training for its young skilled recruits, and continuous investment in modernising its manufacturing plant. “A new management system is also being implemented to make our operations more efficient and practical,” he added. “This aligns with plans to expand our facility as the needs of the regional offshore wind sector grow exponentially.”

The company, which is ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO 45001, EN1090 and ISO 3834 -approved, has developed an innovative and highly functional infrastructure, with investments in high-tech machinery, to produce efficiently and improve environmental protection.

Due to the high cost of energy bills and rising inflation, Tamega is seriously considering installing solar panels at the facility. For a long time, the company has minimised waste because it works with metal and any off cuts are repurposed.

“Our long-term relations with clients and suppliers are based on seeking a common thread through which both can work successfully, harmoniously and profitably,” Mr Derungs concluded. “Our know-how and long-standing in the sector, the continuous training of young staff and modern machinery at hand will all ensure Tamega can continue to diversify and expand production for years to come.” n