Manufacturing

The decline in global manufacturing jobs has led to widespread de-industrialisation across developed economies, particularly in Europe and the United States. Ensuring access to high-quality, locally produced infrastructure is now more critical than ever – both for economic resilience and environmental sustainability.

By integrating low-carbon, high-performance materials, marine infrastructure can be manufactured in a way that reduces emissions, supports local industries, and meets stringent engineering standards.

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Manufacturing for Performance, Sustainability & Local Impact

Sustainable, Localised, and High-Quality Production

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Low-Carbon, High-Performance Materials

Manufactured using proprietary marine crete, each unit incorporates up to 98% locally sourced recycled materials, eliminating the need for toxic additives or plastics. These solutions provide a 91% carbon saving compared to traditional OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement), while still achieving an industry-standard density of 2,400 kg/m³ and compressive strengths of 15-60 MPa.

Localised Production for Reduced Carbon & Cost Savings

Manufacturing as close to the deployment site as possible minimises transport emissions and strengthens local economies. This is achieved through two scalable approaches - on-site mobile manufacturing and partnering with local pre-casters. Deploying a fully transportable UK-based manufacturing spread to produce units locally, and working with established, high-standard manufacturers in-region to ensure compliance with environmental and quality objectives. By manufacturing “in-country,” projects benefit from reduced logistics costs, lower carbon footprints, and access to local raw material suppliers while maintaining global production standards.

Permanent UK Production Facility

For projects across the UK and parts of Europe, a dedicated South West England production facility enables rapid manufacturing, product storage, and around-the-clock production capacity when required. This ensures efficient, on-demand supply for marine infrastructure projects without delays.

By manufacturing “in-country,” projects benefit from reduced logistics costs, lower carbon footprints, and access to local raw material suppliers while maintaining global production standards

Start-to-finish Turn-Key Process

Working closely with our clients, we’re able to assist with each stage of the project, ensuring it’s carried out to the highest standards possible. Rest assured in knowing it will be driven by innovative technology, scientific expertise, and a commitment to sustainability and increasing biodiversity.

Backed by multiple industry awards and accreditations such as B-Corp, ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001 – to ensure this highest standard of delivery.

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Consultation
The first phase is to talk things through and gauge your situation, and which of our products is the best solution for it. We would establish the scale of the requirements, location, application and anything else bespoke that may be required for your project.
Design
We then work closely with our in-house science and engineering teams to create tailored designs based on the deployment location and project goals.

This enables us to deliver a nature-inclusive design to reflect the local marine environment and target the growth of specific species.
Manufacturing
At this stage, we ensure all our products are built as close to the deployment location as possible, using local labour and raw materials where possible.

Further carbon reductions and cost savings occur through manufacturing “in country” and utilising a combination of our globally transportable mobile production plant and using local raw material suppliers.
Permits & Licensing
We will assist with bid writing right from the tender stage & compliance through to conditions, obtaining permits and licensing for deposits onto the seabed with government bodies.

We can even take care of stakeholder management with fisheries, government, community groups and governing boards.
Transport & Logistics
Local deployment at your project location ensures that the entire process supports the local economy and follows industry-standard procedures with industry-standard hardware and vessels for added efficiency. We also have our own portfolio of deployment equipment that has been designed by our team from over 30 years of industry experience
Monitoring
Pre & post-deployment, we can deploy multiple monitoring techniques such as eDNA or ROV’s to assess the effectiveness of our subsea protection and artificial reef products. This allows us to track progress, monitor the development of marine life, compared to the baseline and fine tune our solutions for optimal results.

Featured Projects

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ARC Marine’s Intertidal Reef cubes technology is being demonstrated at Newlyn breakwater as a partial replacement for Rock Armour.

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Accelerating Reef creation at UK Aquaculture site in just 12 months
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As part of a UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) funded project, ARC Marine deployed 111 Reef cubes in an innovative scallop farm based in Torbay.…

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Enhancing biodiversity with nature-inclusive Reef mat installation for NICE
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Four of ARC Marine’s Reef mats were deployed alongside four conventional protective mattresses as part of a trial that looks at Nature Inclusive Design (NID)…

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