Our Brands
We have highly skilled Sales, Marketing, Technical and Logistics teams on hand to give expert advice and information about each product range and distributors of the products in your area.
Comet
Founded in Bremerhaven, Germany in the 1930s by weapons engineer Friedrich Wilhelm Sander, Comet has grown from a pioneering manufacturer of line throwers and rockets into one of the world’s most trusted names in marine pyrotechnics. For over 90 years, Comet’s rockets, flares, and smoke signals have been standard equipment on the bridges, life rafts, and lifeboats of naval and merchant vessels, fishing boats, and yachts across the globe. When lives depend on being seen, seafarers depend on Comet.
Pains
Wessex
Pains Wessex has been a leading supplier of marine distress signals for over 100 years. Trusted by naval forces, commercial shipping operators, and recreational sailors alike, Pains Wessex products are specified wherever performance and reliability are non-negotiable. From handheld flares to parachute rockets, every product is engineered to perform in the most demanding conditions, because in a distress situation, there is no margin for failure.
sMRT
sMRT has been at the forefront of electronic distress signalling since inventing the first marine grade personal locator beacon in 1975. Today, sMRT is a global industry leader in designing and manufacturing world class electronic distress signals for the commercial marine, aviation, defence, and renewables sectors. Operating in more than 70 countries, sMRT’s mission has remained unchanged from day one: to protect and save lives through innovative technology.
ANP Pharma
ANP Pharma is a UK based, MHRA licensed supplier of regulated pharmaceuticals to the marine sector, with specialist expertise in controlled products logistics and remote medical support. Serving commercial shipping, offshore operations, leisure craft, and cruise lines, ANP Pharma provides vessel medical store supply, audit services, and remote medical consultation, ensuring crews and passengers have access to the right medicines wherever they are in the world.
Wescom
Defence
Wescom Defence is a trusted global manufacturer and solutions provider to the defence industry, specialising in advanced military pyrotechnics, multispectral camouflage, soldier survivability, chemical and explosive detection, and man-portable obstacle breaching. Drawing on over a century of technical expertise and operating from manufacturing and testing facilities in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Spain, Wescom Defence delivers field proven, mission critical capabilities to armed forces worldwide. The acquisitions of PW Defence, Ketech Defence, and BCB International have significantly expanded the portfolio, making Wescom Defence one of the most comprehensive suppliers in its sector.
Eflare
Eflare Corporation has more than 25 years of experience designing and manufacturing perimeter safety lighting for emergency services, mining, aviation, and transport sectors across more than 20 countries. Based in Australia, Eflare’s battery powered LED safety devices are built to perform in the harshest environments, durable, reliable, and simple to deploy. Eflare provides safe, reusable lighting technology that dramatically improves the safety of workers and the public when it matters most.
Oroquieta
Founded in Navarre, Spain in 1885, Oroquieta is one of the country’s most respected industrial pyrotechnic manufacturers. Part of Wescom Group since 2012, Oroquieta specialises in smoke generating devices for military and marine applications, combining over 130 years of manufacturing expertise with continuous investment in research, development, and production capabilities. Oroquieta’s products are exported globally, complementing the wider Wescom Group portfolio with specialist European manufacturing capability.
Aurora
Aurora traces its origins to the late 1800s, operating as Phoenix Fireworks Company before a long association with James Pain and Sons led to a joint venture under the name Pains Wessex (Australia) Pty Ltd. The Aurora name was born in the early 2000s, and today Aurora’s distress signals are the brand of choice in the Australian recreational marine market, trusted for their quality, reliability, and proven life saving performance. As part of Wescom Group, Aurora extends the group’s global reach in marine safety pyrotechnics across the Asia Pacific region.
BCB
BCB International has been equipping those who operate in the world’s most challenging environments for over 160 years. Founded in Cardiff in 1854, BCB is a trusted provider of soldier survivability and sustainability equipment, operational infrastructure, prime contracting support, and the ATMIS multispectral camouflage system, concealing personnel, vehicles, and assets across visual, infrared, thermal, and radar spectrums. Serving defence, security, government, humanitarian, and maritime customers globally, BCB brings unmatched heritage and proven innovation to every mission.
