About Us - IOG History
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2013 Jul. 04IOVTEC establishedInternational Ocean Group(IOG) is formerly known as International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant Co. Ltd(IOVTEC), which is established by Vincent Tsai on 4th July 2013. IOVTEC is also the first local survey company that steps into offshore wind market in Taiwan and provides geophysical, hydrogeological survey, met ocean and unexploded ordnance survey, etc.
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2013Acquired Ocean Surveyor 1
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2014IOVTEC assisted Taiwan Generations Corporation(永傳能源) to execute Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
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2015Acquired Ocean Surveyor 2
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IOVTEC signed operation and maintenance contract with Swancor Renewable Energy(上緯新能源).
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2015Acquired Ocean Surveyor 3 from CWind UK
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2016Acquired Ocean Surveyor 6
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IOVTEC signed operation and maintenance contract with Taiwan Power Corporation (台電).
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2017 Oct.Fugro moved forward to Taiwan Offshore Wind FarmIOVTEC and Fugro, the world's leading Geo-data specialist, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in 2017, which marked the start of Fugro’s involvement in providing geotechnical services to Taiwan’s OWF market.
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2018 Mar. 152018 TAIWAN-EUROPE Wind Industry SummitTaichung City Government Economic Development Bureau held “2018 TAIWAN-EUROPE Wind Industry Summit“ and brought together leaders from central and municipal governments from Taichung and Changhua County with renowned experts from Europe and Taiwan to share ideas about offshore wind industry development and talents cultivation.
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Apr.CWind Taiwan establishedCWind Taiwan, a joint venture between CWind and IOVTEC, has establish in 2018. Appling European offshore wind farm experience, we provide crew transfer vessels, offshore technicians, construction and O&M services, and talents cultivation to the offshore wind industry in Taiwan.
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May. 17TIWTC establishedCWind Taiwan established Taiwan International Windpower Training Center with other public enterprises in May 2018. Our vision is to cultivate local wind power talents and localize wind power technology. Open the door to the offshore wind power market in Taiwan.
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Acquired CWind Resolution
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Acquired Ocean Surveyor 7
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2018 Aug.IOVTEC restructured into Company LimitedAs the number of employees and the company's scale expands, IOVTEC has successfully increased its capital and restructured into Company Limited. So as to provide customers more diverse and professional wind farm services.
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2019Acquired CWind Phantom
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Sep. 05Wind Power WorkshopVincent Tsai, the general manager of IOVTEC, served as the lecturer to introduce TIWTC at “2019 Wind Power Workshop in TIPC Training Park”, in Taichung. This workshop is held by Taiwan International Ports Corp. (TIPC) and the participants will have a chance to know more about wind power industry and related offshore job opportunities. Crew Transfer Vessel and GWO Training Center visiting are also included in the second day of the workshop.
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Sep. 05The opening ceremony of TIWTCThe grand opening ceremony of TIWTC is held on the 5th September. Minister of MOTC, representative of British Office Taipei, chairman of TIPC and general manager of IOVTEC are all invited to attend the ceremony. Training center guided tour was followed the ceremony, including 21m height WAH tower, 3-6m training pool and 4m diving platform.
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Sep. 16Taichung Marine Engineering Union establishedTaichung Marine Engineering Commercial Association was established on September 16. Vincent Tsai served as the executive director of the union, and Ethan Wang as one of the union directors.
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Oct. 02IOVTEC has completed the first round of fundraising, and the funds will be used to expand the overall corporate service range and improve the quality of service.
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Oct. 157th Asian Offshore Wind Day
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Oct. 24New Office OpeningThe new office of IOVTEC and CWind Taiwan has opened and a grand opening tea party was held on the same day. Look forward to providing our customers with better services.
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2019 Nov. 1514th Taiwan–UK Renewable Energy Conference14th Taiwan–UK Renewable Energy Conference was held by Bureau of Energy and British Office Taipei in November to have discussion on renewable energy development in both countries. Vincent Tsai also served as a lecturer to share localization experience about labor safety, personnel training, and port management of wind power industry.
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2020Company Rebranding - IOGWhile providing more services, we explore more diversified customers. To establish a group with independent strategic partners across multiple sectors, we carried out rebranding in early 2020 and tried to inject new vitality into the original brand. Therefore, we established a new brand to create a localized offshore wind power integration service group image, which is, International Ocean Group (IOG). With a vision, that Taiwan be the offshore wind power base in Asia-Pacific area and create a sustainable environment by carrying out energy transformation.
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IOVTEC starts to carry out capital raising on GISAIOVTEC joined in the Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA) of TPEx and started to carry out capital raising. The stock symbol is 7583.
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Apr. 29Fugro IOVTEC establishedIOVTEC and Fugro signed a joint venture agreement on 29 April 2020 to strengthen their existing partnership within the Taiwan OWF market. The main services they offer include geotechnical, geophysical, cable route survey and marine construction support.
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2020Acquired Cwind Phoenix and Cwind Phenom
Our Organization Chart
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Our Management Team
Our management team support the development of company with their background knowledge and experience.
Our Vision
We devote ourselves to pushing toward green energy in Taiwan and working with multidisciplinary collaboration.
Our Track Record
Our track records in Taiwan include 8 offshore wind farms. Have a glance at our track records in Taiwan.
