What do Italy, Senegal and the American East Coast have in common?
There could be a lot of answers to this question, but in the marine technology field there is one obvious answer only: a Resinex signalling buoy.
This buoy was completely designed and manufactured in the Torbiato Factory in 2009 and then sold to a Senegalese client.
Many years after being consigned and positioned in the port of Dakar by the Senegalese company, when the project had already become history and that collection of buoy just a distant memory, something unusual happened: someone contacted Resinex, sending some pictures of that buoy on a Florida beach and asking if it belonged to the Company. It was May 2018.
That was a Resinex buoy for sure! The clearly visible and legible logo on the buoy shell could leave no doubt.
But how could the buoy have arrived on a Florida beach, in the South of the USA, nine years after being positioned in the Senegalese waters?
Obviously, something went wrong during the positioning of the buoy, made by a local company: the buoy detached and started a sea trip around the Atlantic Ocean, until it crushed into an American sandy beach.
The most surprising fact, in addition to the incredible itinerary, was the condition of the buoy material: it was in excellent conditions indeed, even after many years of service and a 10.000 km route in the Atlantic Ocean at the mercy of bad weather and unpredictable events.
People who informed about the presence of the buoy belonged to a Sea Turtle Protection Association. They were very curious about the buoy and its history, so that they asked Resinex the permission to keep it. Resinex agreed,proud of having proved again the quality of its products, even though in an unconventional way.
It has been an uncommon and long journey for the buoy and for Resinex this is just the latest unexpected quality test for its products.
