C D K Technologies Port La Forêt
CDK Technologies is a French composite boatbuilder specialising in large, high-performance composite structures for offshore racing yachts, including IMOCA and ULTIM platforms, masts, booms and foils. Founded more than 35 years ago, it operates a technical site at Port la Forêt (La Forêt-Fouesnant) and, through its Keroman Technologies subsidiary, a construction and refit facility at Lorient with direct water access and heavy handling capacity. Its oven and autoclave capabilities include one of the largest autoclaves in Europe at 50 m. The company also builds industrial composite parts and carries out refits of yachts, maxi yachts and racing multihulls.
C D K Technologies Port La Forêt
CDK Technologies, created more than 35 years ago, positions itself as a global builder of large high-performance composite parts. Historically a specialist in composite structures, it now covers the full range of technical high-performance components making up a racing yacht: multihull and monohull platforms, masts, booms and, more recently, foils for ULTIM and IMOCA classes. The Port la Forêt site acts as a high-technology laboratory, while larger units are assembled and refitted at its Lorient subsidiary, Keroman Technologies. The group states 21 IMOCAs built and six Vendée Globe wins, and has also built an AC75 mast for an America's Cup campaign.
Services
- Construction of racing yachts and multihulls in composite
- Manufacture of masts, booms and outriggers, including sandwich and monolithic masts
- Foils for IMOCA and ULTIM classes
- Refit of yachts, maxi yachts and racing multihulls (Lorient)
- High-performance industrial composite parts
Facilities
- Port la Forêt: 3 heated workshops totalling 2,250 m²; lifting capacity 2.5 t; assembly of units up to 70 feet
- Port la Forêt ovens: gas class 120°C ovens (35 x 7 x 4 m and 25 x 7 x 5 m)
- Autoclaves at Port la Forêt: 50 x 1.8 m class 120°C at 6 bar, and 12 x 1.6 m class 120°C at 4 bar, with programmable temperature cycles
- Lorient (Keroman Technologies): buildings from 1,000 m² to 1,700 m², built in 2007, with direct water access and launching means up to 800 t
- Lorient handling: 650 t forklift, 300 t crane, 150 t hydraulic trailer, overhead cranes up to 2 x 20 t
- Lorient processing: 25 x 4 m autoclave rated 200°C / 10 bar, ovens up to 160°C, digital fabric cutting table, 3-axis machining centre
Vessel Types
- IMOCA monohulls
- ULTIM and Maxi trimarans
- MOD 70, Ocean Fifty and ORMA multihulls
- Cruising yachts and motor boats
Location
- Port la Forêt, 29940 La Forêt-Fouesnant, France
- 34 rue Ingénieur Verrière, 56100 Lorient, France