IBS Boats - Distributors for Quicksilver and Valiant RIBs

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Safe, stable, light, fast, fuel-efficient, easy to transport, with multichamber tubes acting as shock absorbers.

Valiant Rigid Inflatable Boats are manufactured with a highly industrialised process, guaranteeing greater reliability with consistent and uniform quality. Through design, planning and development with the most advanced techniques of CAD/CAM, production of the craft is automated and robotised in the main production stages. Advanced environmental controls for the manufacturing of GRP, where applied high technology eliminates vapours and by-products.

This material, designed specifically for inflatable craft of recreational usage, is manufactured by MEHLER HAKU, group from Germany, with more than 40 years experience in the manufacturing of reinforced materials answering the technical demands of the RIB industry for high performance materials.

This process which combines fusion with calendering at high pressure is used to assemble the different parts of the tubes with a system of double internal/external tapes providing welds stronger than the material itself - more information.

Derived from the technology of the aeronautical industry, the lamination process of the semi-rigid Valiant craft is a combination of advanced techniques in injection moulding achieving an excellent strength/weight ratio - more information.

AKRON TPE^®, with a High Abrasion Resistance, has been developed for our use in Professional, Military and Rescue Craft, having been approved for this purpose by the most demanding and prestigious organizations of rescue and safety at sea. AKRON TPE, a fabric developed exclusively for Valiant Boats, has received SOLAS certification issued by LLOYD’S REGISTER Nº. SASS030012 for use in the manufacture of inflatable and rigid hull inflatable SOLAS Rescue Boats. Now with 10 year fabric and seam warranty !

NO WORRIES ABOUT BACK TO BASE GUARANTEES

Unlike some RIB Manufactures who offer a shorter guarantee covered only by a 'back to base' condition, Valiant offer a comprehensive National & International guarantee through an Approved Service Dealer Network Worldwide. This guarantee is backed by the Brunswick Marine Corporation, the largest Marine Company in the World.

The main characteristics of the material can be summarised as having an extremely high resistance to abrasion, five times greater than that of Neoprene / Hypalon, together with a very high resistance to pollution, to the action of U.V. rays and to impact in accordance to the puncture test, FD standard NO-101B (method 2031) - more information.

In 2001 the Quality Management System of Valiant has been certified ISO 9001:2000 which applies to: Design, manufacture and repair management for semi-rigid inflatable boats.