Product Certifications

Zodiac has approval in many countries from many different maritime authorities including ABYC, NNMA, SOLAS, MCA, USCG, CCG, ISO.

• H472 - Transport Canada CCG SOLAS
• H472 - USCG SOLAS
• H533 - Transport Canada CCG SOLAS
• H533 - USCG SOLAS
• P561 - BV
• P561 DJ - Lloyds
• H638 FRB - USCG SOLAS
• H638 Mid DJ - EC Type Lloyds
• H638 Mid DJ - Lloyds Approval Certificate
• H753 O/B - Transport Canada CCG SOLAS
• H1000 DJ Danish FRB - Lloyds

 

Factory Certifications

• ZHT ISO9001-2008
• ISO 9001 ROSAS
• ISO 14001 Angles

 

 

Zodiac Intellectual Property

Zodiac has registered over 1000 patents, trademarks, trade dress and copyrights, leading the world in innovation for inflatable marine applications.

Key innovations include:

• Composite Buoyancy Collars : By combining the unique advantages of inflation and foam, the collars enhance their resistance to punctures.
• Wrap-around Collars For Boats By extending along entire peripheries of the boats, these collars provide extra buoyancy, particularly during rough seas.
• Automatic inflation systems for rapid inflation, topping-off pressures and rapid deflation of the inflatable compartments.
• Foam-buoyancy Collars provide excellent durability with special reinforcement and surface coatings.
• Diver Accessibility Aids diver ingress and egress without sacrificing boat buoyancy with tube elements that may be removed when a diver needs to pass into or out of a boat. Deck and Hull Systems For securing inflatable tubes onto boats. Unlike other systems, these innovations do not require additional screws or stabilizers and allow for easy and quick repair and replacement of the tubes.
• Lifting Eye Design For a lifting eye for boats with deck-mounted lift points. The eye folds flush when not in use, providing an attractive, unobtrusive structure.
• Shock Mitigation Flooring Zodiac is an exclusive user of SKYDEX shock mitigating flooring systems.
• SMS™ (Shock Mitigation Systems - 2 types of seating) Even though a Zodiac RIB is inherently shock mitigating due to its collar design, Zodiac now offers a variety of SMS products including 2 types of cockpit seating systems.
• DiverDoor™ and Rapid Access Door are patented systems of removable sections of collars for greater access to the water for divers, personnel recovery or marine mammals.
• DuraRib™ Foam Collar A patented system which upgrades an inflatable collar to a foam filled collar. The Durarib collar retains 100% of its form and function even if punctured due to its outer polyurethane skin supported by layers of closed cell foam.