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6900 Thrustmaster Drive Houston, TX 77041 Telephone: 832 399 5187 E-mail: Lynn@ThrustmasterTexas.com Website: www.ThrustmasterTexas.com CEO/President: Joe Bekker Number of Employees: 300 The Company: Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. manu- factures heavy duty commercial marine propulsion and thrusters. The factory and production of all thrusters is based out of Houston, Texas with a global network of sales offi ces in Rotterdam, Singapore, Dubai, Brazil and India. A service offi ce is located in Houma, Louisiana to assist offshore clients. The Case: Thrustmaster provides engineered thrusters (to shipyards) for barges, RoRo ferries, Tugs, etc. that are spe- cially designed for shallow draft and brown water applications. All thrust- ers are developed in-house by a com- plete engineering department for mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronic design. Tooling includes machining and measuring equipment, CAD, vessel resistance and propul- sion, 3D modeling and ANSYS Finite Element Analysis. The application of modal analysis, stress and strain anal- ysis as well as rotor dynamic analysis of drive trains and transmissions are all fundamental to the reliability and quality of Thrustmaster’s products. Thrustmaster of Texas MN 65www.marinelink.com 50-65 MN Aug14.indd 65 7/18/2014 1:44:15 PM
