2011-09-07 Safety Alert – Inflatable lifejackets equipped with Hammar Hydrostatic Inflator manufactured before 2006

CM Hammar’s top priority is you and your safety at sea. To help keep you safe, we kindly ask you to pay attention to this Safety Alert. 

The Hammar Hydrostatic Inflator is attached to the lifejacket

2011-05-04 Norshipping in Norway, 24-27 May 2011

 Dear customers and friends,

We are exhibiting at Norshipping in Norway, 24-27 May 2011. Visit our CM Hammar stand number A1-40g in the Swedish Pavillion and have a look at our new solutions for

2011-03-29 March news

CM Hammar has launched two new help guides that will enable you to select the right products for your ship:

  • The Interactive Guide on our webpage
2010-10-21 Press Release: New technology for life-saving at sea

With current release systems on the market, safety equipment is released first when it reaches a depth of 1,5 to 4 metres. When a ship or a vessel capsizes without sinking, there is therefore a major

2010-08-19 We are pleased to launch our new revised Product Catalogue
  • New updated section for Hammar Remote Release Systems with a number of new components for our Electronic Remote Release System – ERRS. The new components will offer much more flexible and
2010-05-31 Safety Alert on Fenner HRU

”Serious shortcomings with liferaft hydrostatic release units

The Swedish Transport Agency’s Maritime Department has identified shortcomings in a certain make of hydrostatic release unit. Purchasers

2009-06-08 Crew change at Hammar

 

We are happy to wish Malena Feldt welcome onboard. Malena is 25 years old and daughter of our Quality Manager, Agneta Feldt. As you understand, Malena is more or less “born” into the company. She

2009-02-25 Important information on Hammar H20: New solution for better safety

During the end of 2008 it came to our attention that dangerous fake copies of our Hydrostatic release unit, the Hammar H20, had entered the market. We immediately issued a Safety Alert to warn about

2008-12-17 Safety alert - dangerous H20 fake copies!

It has recently come to our attention that someone is producing fake copies of our Hydrostatic Release Unit, the Hammar H20. To an untrained eye, the copy is almost identical to the original product,

2008-05-20 Hammar ERRS product news

The Hammar Electronic Remote Release System (ERRS) has grown and a new standalone system has been developed with single or double activation - ERRS Control

2008-05-06 New life for LifeSaver

The maritime safety company CM Hammar is focusing on the consumer market through the acquisition of the brand LifeSaver, including production and all rights.

LifeSaver consists of a series of

2007-05-06 Hammar Lifebuoy product news

The difference between life and death when someone goes overboard from a ship or vessel can be the time it takes to launch a lifebuoy to the person in the sea. Most lifebuoys nowadays are fitted in a

2006-05-09 Hammar celebrates 150 years' anniversary

The 9th of May 1856 Carl Mauritz Hammar got the King's permission to start the sheet metal shop. 150 years later we still work with better solutions for safety at sea. Read more about it under

2006-04-06 Hammar easy release - New product

To manually release a liferaft, is many times the last possibility to launch a liferaft in a controlled manner, before the vessel is going down. CM Hammar has developed a patented "Easy Release" slip

2004-01-01 Hammar H20 for liferafts - New Red Weak Link:

The new H20 is designed for yet easier installation on liferafts, so that even the last possible errors can be eliminated. It has a 3-step coupling device that eliminates the risk of incorrect

2003-09-01 New ownership at CM Hammar

As from September 2003 C M Hammar has a new Managing Director, Mr Henrik Pålsson.

Mr Pålsson is from January 1st 2004 also the new owner of the company. Mr Pålsson has an academic background as a MSc

2003-05-06 New product: Hammar H20 for small liferafts

The Hammar standard H20 is designed for SOLAS liferafts from 6 persons and upwards.

To ensure a correct function, small liferafts (ex. 4 persons) need to have an EXTRA WEAK link and we have therefore

2003-03-06 New product: Hammar Electronic Remote Release System - ERRS

Our new Electronic Remote Release System is a flexible, economical and user-friendly system for remote release of liferafts, slides, EPIRBs and other safety equipment. The new system will be a strong