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Between 2006 and 2008 SLK intends to implement an investment project entitled ‘Modernisation of the technical base of SLK’. The aim of the project is to modernise the company's production. The investment project comprises nine sub-projects (SP 01 to SP 09), which are described below; the descriptions take account of the observations submitted by the beneficiary after the formal investigation procedure was launched, as these were crucial for clarifying the nature of the investment. — SP 01 — Extension of the production areas: construction of a new rail on the shipyard's premises, which will be fitted out to become a new section assembly facility; the shipyard will be buying a crane with a lifting capacity of 50 t. To date this part of the yard has been used not for production, but as a storage area. The costs of this investment come to SKK 39 825 658. — SP 02 — Purchase and installation of a chamber jet for the ‘automated steel pre-fabrication system’. The investment is designed to speed up the cleaning of steel plates. The new chamber jet has several advantages over the current facility: higher processing speed, significantly lower abrasive and energy consumption and environmental improvements. The theoretical capacity of the automated steel pre-fabrication system would increase from 12 450 t to 15 700 t. The costs come to SKK 17 500 000. — SP 03 — Installing energy distribution on rails 4 and 5: rails 4 and 5 are currently used for section building and assembly work; the yard will build six new energy connection points (for acetylene, oxygen and compressed air), which will upgrade this facility. The investment costs are SKK 6 500 000. — SP 04 — Installing energy distribution on the quay, where the final stage of the production process takes place: new distribution channels and eight connection points will be built along the quay (for acetylene, oxygen, compressed air and electricity). The aim is to replace the current slow and costly system where acetylene, oxygen and compressed air are sourced out of bottles. The costs come to SKK 3 500 000. — SP 05 — Horizontal boring tool: purchase of a W 100 type horizontal boring tool. To date SLK has been renting an older type of this tool (the W 75). The W 100 type is a more advanced tool, which, owing to its technical characteristics, can process a larger variety of parts, in a more efficient way (more revolutions per minute). The investment costs come to SKK 6 000 000. — SP 06 — Material-cutting workshop: purchase of hydraulic table shears. To date, an alternative, less efficient technology has been used. The costs come to SKK 2 000 000. — SP 07 — Improvement of quality control: control measurements of the hull during production; quality control of work after the individual interventions; purchase of a portable X-ray machine, a machine to measure paint and materials, an ultrasound machine to measure the width of steel plates and a probe. The costs come to SKK 2 000 000. — SP 08 — Modernisation of moving equipment: platform truck, forklift truck, lead traction battery charger. The costs come to SKK 2 000 000. — SP 09 — Aluminium and stainless steel welding workshops: electric locksmith workshop, tube-welding workshop. The two workshops are currently subcontracted. The costs come to SKK 1 000 000.