Fringe Heavy Industries

Fringe Heavy Industries is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.

Portfolio

Fringe Heavy Industries is considered to be a part of the Consumer goods, Manufacturing, Heavy Industry, and Aerospace Business Sector. It primarily operates within the central and trailing parts of Far Home Sector.

Commercial Competencies

• Bulk refining of raw materials.
• Smelting, casting and alloying materials.
• Cutting, shaping, and joining materials.
• CAD, practical design, architectural plans and tooling.
• Precision construction and manufacturing.
• Industrial chemistry.
• Retrofitting, conversions and modifications.
• Storage of finished products.

Governance & Organization

Fringe Heavy Industries is governed by a President, a Committee of Governors and an Executive Board. It is run by a Executive Vice President, Senior Vice Presidents and Office Directors. It has an extensive Records Office, an Internal Audit Office, a Legal Department, a Logistics Office, a Sophont Resources Office, a Public Relations Office, a Finance Department, and an Office of Internal Security.

Head Office:

The head office is located on Pador, a technologically advanced trading center lying within the Distant Fringe. As well as the main administrative complexes its holdings include a number of exclusive villas where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a private spaceport facility on the world.

• The company maintains Regional Head Offices on other important worlds in the region.

Major Divisions:

• Research and Development
• Aviation and Gravitics Division
• Consumer Products Division
• Heavy Machinery Division
• Spacecraft and Starship Division
• Special Projects Unit
• Commercial Vehicle Division

Stockholders

Stock ownership:

• The Consortium – 45%,
• Private ownership – 21%,
• First Astra Bank – 18%,
• Gonzalez Associates – 10%,
• Portfolio Mitchell – 6%,
  • of which Harbinger Holdings – 38%.

Subsidiaries

• Fusion Precision Ltd (a company specialising in the manufacture of advanced power generation equipment).

Notable Investments

• Apex Sciences, 9% holding.

Corporate Holdings

Fringe Heavy Industries owns orbital and surface construction yards and repair facilities, fabrication plants, assembly plants, factories and industrial complexes, along with the equipment, machinery, vehicles and technology necessary to maintain operations. It has a corporate fleet of small personnel transport vessels. The company has assets in many systems within the central and trailing parts of Far Home Sector.

History & Background

The corporation can trace its origins to the middle of the 42nd century, during the Dark Age.

Trade Partners

• Coralin et Fils SPRL (based on Ras Tennol. This company provides preferential rates and rapid delivery on bulk cargo and raw materials haulage. In turn it receives benefits with regards to vessel construction, repair and maintenance.
• Holt Industries. Providing state of the art weapons and defensive systems for starships and spacecraft.
• Mooi & Belanis Heavy Haulage SA (based on Pador): this company provides preferential rates and rapid delivery on bulk cargo and raw materials haulage. In turn it receives benefits with regards to vessel construction, repair and maintenance.
• Paradyne Systems Ltd (based on Wolf): a major manufacturer of sensors, electronic components and starship computers.

Trade Competitors

No information yet available.

Notes

Fringe Heavy Industries plays Coralin et Fils and Mooi & Belanis against one another, profiting from their rivalry and lack of communication. It receives considerable benefits from both.

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science