Exports Fuel Headhunter's Growth

Headhunter Inc. of Fort Lauderdale has witnessed significant growth recently through exports of its technologically advanced wastewater treatment systems and plumbing products for the marine industry.

Following a technical meeting with Jack-Up Barge in 2014, which is a Dutch shipbuilder and operator of liftboats for oil and gas platforms and windfarm structures, Headhunter contracted for six portable treatment systems worth nearly $1 million.

The performance of these sewage treatment plants were required to meet the strictest international effluent standards. Additionally the electrical design and construction of these sewage treatment plants was reviewed and approved by MET, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab, for installation in a Class 1 Division 2 Hazardous Location. These qualifications will allow Jack-Up Barge to complete contracts in the redevelopment of Natural Gas platforms worldwide.

“Our company’s specialty is adapting our proven range of products to a customer’s unique requirements. The contract with Jack-Up barge is a perfect example. Their installation requirements stipulated that our products would be installed in a hazardous area, on the open deck of a vessel that could be operating in the North Sea or the Arabian Gulf. We love a challenge.” said Mark Mellinger, Headhunter’s President.

Headhunter now derives more than forty percent of its annual sales from exports. About sixty percent of its business is in the commercial and military sectors with the remaining forty percent in the recreational market.