THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF COMEX

Henri G. DELAUZE founded COMEX in Marseille, in November 1961, after ten years of travels and major projects all around the world. At the age of 32, he combined his passion for technological challenges and deep diving, and invented a new industry in the underwater world.

COMEX led the way in industrial deep diving applied to the oil and gas supply and service sector. At the height of its activities, thousands of divers from COMEX, the world leader in manned and robotic underwater engineering, technology and interventions, crisscrossed the world’s seas and worked at depths of more than 300 meters, using helium-based breathing mixtures.

In the mid-90s, COMEX sold its oil subsidiary, COMEX SERVICES, to STOLT TANKERS & TERMINALS. COMEX then implemented a resolute spin-off policy concerning its  technological and industrial know-how, creating subsidiaries renowned in the sector of robotics and artificial intelligence.

COMEX has now refocused on hyperbaric engineering and undersea services, by using its unique, world-renowned know-how.