International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC Wins 5 Awards

BAE Ship Systems Recognizes IMIA as Subcontractor of the Year.

Norfolk, March 16, 2022, International Marine and Industrial Applicators (IMIA), a Multi-Disciplined Marine Subcontractor, announced today that its Preservation and Structural Marine Services groups received 5 awards from BAE Ship Repair including the overall Subcontractor of the Year at BAE Systems’ annual Supplier Symposium and Award Banquet as part of BAE’s Partner 2 Win subcontractor alliance. This award recognizes the best-in-class performance amongst BAE’s suppliers for achieving on-time delivery and quality standards supporting customer needs. These awards signify the outstanding partnership between IMIA and BAE Systems and singles out IMIA as an industry leader in subcontracted ship repair services. American Scaffolding (AMSCAF) and YYK, as partner companies of IMIA under Armada Parent, Inc. were also Gold and Silver awardees for their subcontracted scaffolding and preservation services as well.   

“IMIA, and our Armada partner companies, are honored to receive these awards from BAE Ship Repair. More significantly, that it is not just for our quality of subcontracted services in one location, but from BAE Systems’ Ship Repair locations from coast-to-coast,” said Yehuda Chakoff, President of IMIA. “It is a testament to IMIA’s commitment to companywide standards-of-excellence and more importantly to the employees who have worked collaboratively with our customer, as a partner, with a goal of mutual success.”

BAE Systems’ Partner 2 Win program is designed to achieve operational excellence and eliminate defects in its supply chain by raising the bar of performance expectations to meet the demand of current and future customers.

• IMIA, AMSCAFF and YYK collectively received 8 awards from BAE Systems:
• BAE Ship Repair Subcontractor of the Year – IMIA
• Norfolk Ship Repair Subcontractor of the Year – IMIA
• San Diego Ship Repair Subcontractor of the Year – IMIA
• Gold Awardee, Norfolk Ship Repair – IMIA
• Gold Awardee, San Diego Ship Repair – IMIA
• Gold Awardee, Norfolk Ship Repair – AMSCAF
• Gold Awardee, San Diego Ship Repair – AMSCAF
• Silver Awardee, San Diego Ship Repair – YYK
• About International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC.

Already established as the premier Marine Preservation and Structural Services company in the United States, International Marine and Industrial Applicators (IMIA), as a member of Armada Parent, Inc., provides shipbuilders and repairers with a Multi-Discipline Marine Contractor, which is made up of four core Service Groups: Preservation, Structural, Scaffold/Environmental Containment, and Staffing. Servicing every U.S. Navy port with a mobile full-time workforce with the equipment, seasoned deck-plate supervision, mechanics, and rigorous corporate safety and quality programs to offer our customers comprehensive “service bundling” made up of these Service Groups. Each stand on its own, but in combination, the Service Groups provide assurance to shipyards that critical work-streams will be executed in a coordinated way by a single trusted provider.

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services.