HOUSTON, Feb. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) is pleased to announce the appointment of two senior management positions within Forum Subsea Technologies' DPS Offshore group. The DPS Offshore group is the leading provider of rental equipment and calibration services to the marine survey, construction, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), geophysical and environmental industry. Colin Erskine has been appointed Global Business Director and will be responsible for all global activity and business development at DPS Offshore. He brings over thirty years of experience in the subsea industry.
In addition, Mike Grubb has been appointed as Technical Manager for DPS Offshore. Mike brings over 20 years of technical and survey management experience to this position. Mike will be responsible for all DPS Offshore workshop operations. In this position, Mike will oversee an experienced core team of support engineers while ensuring the highest standards are met for equipment supply and maintenance.
Forum Subsea Technologies' product offering ranges from electric observation class ROVs to large hydraulic work-class vehicles, which are used for inspection, survey and deep-water construction, as well as other remote intervention technologies and services.
About Forum Energy Technologies
Forum Energy Technologies Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a global provider of manufactured technologies and applied products to the energy industry. With approximately 3,200 employees strategically located throughout the world, FET is well positioned to provide the products and technologies essential to solving the increasingly complex challenges of the subsea, drilling and production sectors of the oil and gas industry. For more information, please visit www.f-e-t.com.