Decades of expertise and experience go into VIKING research and development

Our research and development department has two areas of expertise; life-saving systems (e.g. evacuation chutes and slides) and personal protective equipment (e.g. lifejackets and immersion suits).

Our designers know their materials and they know maritime conditions
We have a long history of designing and manufacturing our own suits and VIKING has been learning from experience for decades.

Thanks to direct contact between sales, servicing and research and development, they know how products perform and what happens when they are serviced - even in extreme conditions from the arctic to the tropics. This provides invaluable information which means they can design the best products perfectly suited to our customers’ real needs.

Decades of feedback mean that we know how our products work after years at sea
Design, production and servicing works as one global unit. Hands on information from servicing is passed right back up the chain to research and development. At VIKING we have our hands on our products, even where they have been in service for many years.