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Nexans Norway AS 16, rue Monceau, 75008 Paris, France

Email: [email protected] • www.nexans.com

With energy as the basis of its development,

Nexans is a player in the infrastructure, industry, building and Local Area Network (LAN) markets.

As a leader in the cable industry, Nexans Norway offers a range of cables and cabling systems to raise industrial productivity, improve business perform- ance, enhance security, enrich the quality of life, and assure long-term network reliability. With an industrial presence in more than 30 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 22,000 people and had sales in 2007 of $11.7 bil- lion.

Noise Control Engineering, Inc. 799 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, MA 10821

Tel: 978-670-5339

E-mail: [email protected]

President: Raymond W. Fisher

Vice President: Michael Bahtiarian

Noise Control Engineering (NCE) was founded in 1991 by Raymond Fischer. NCE is an engi- neering consulting firm that specializes in ship- board noise and vibration measurement and con- trol with clients worldwide. In June 2008, NCE became the first and only company in the United

States certified by ABS as specialists for "Ambient

Environmental Testing". This allows NCE to confirm that the ABS established requirements for vessels notated with HAB, HAB+, COMF,

COMF+ and Naval Vessel Rules (sections 6-1- 1/4.2.3).

ODIM Brooke Ocean Ltd. 461 Windmill Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B3A 1J9

Tel: (902) 468-2928

Email: [email protected] www.odim.com

ODIM Brooke Ocean Ltd.provides hardware, systems engineering and R&D services to the marine science, naval and oil & gas sectors. Its specialty is the development of equipment and systems to operate in harsh marine environments.

ODIM Brooke Ocean Ltd. is a subsidiary of

ODIM ASA (www.odim.com) a fast-expanding

Norwegian technology company which develops and sells advanced automated handling solutions, primarily cable handling systems and winches for use on offshore, oceanographic, and naval vessels.

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IXSEA

Tel. +33 (0)1 30 08 98 88

Email: [email protected] www.ixsea.com/en

IXSEA aims to deliver high-tech- nology systems and solutions to its customers in the scientific, oil and gas, defense and aerospace industries, focussing on on four key areas:

Navigation and positioning; Imagery; Moorings; and Survey.

Today, IXSEA has 3 industrial sites in France as well as a global sales network in Europe, America and Asia. It employs more than 200 people, with more than 50 PHD graduates and engineers concentrating solely on research and develop- ment. IXSEA strives to invent solutions that are cost-effective, time-efficient, reliable and user-friendly. IXSEA offers a broad and unique range of complementary systems and solutions built on key technologies: 1 FOG (Fiber Optic Gyroscope) technology 2 Underwater acoustics 3 Seismic, sonar and magnetometer imagery solutions

Technology profile: IXSEA works in 4 main market seg- ments: Navigation and positioning; Imagery; Moorings; and

Survey. Its Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology is at the heart of our easy to use and versatile Gyrocompasses and

Inertial Navigation Systems. IXSEA positions itself at the center of the data fusion revolution: by merging our Inertial

Navigation Systems (INS) and Global Acoustic Positioning

Systems (GAPS, IXSEA's USBL), we provide accurate and robust subsea positioning where all data is fused into optimal solutions. Its seismic, sonar and magnetometer imagery solu- tions integrate hardware with interpretation tools. SHAD-

OWS is a quick and efficient high-performance sonar system with synthetic aperture processing, which offers unparalleled image quality in real-time with no gap at nadir boosting pro- ductivity. SHADOWS doubles the resolution while reducing survey costs by one-third. It is the perfect solution for all sidescan survey applications: cable route, offshore mining, pre-dredging survey, small objects search on the seabed and shipwreck search and salvage. Moreover SHADOWS is com- patible with GAPS and POSIDONIA, IXSEA's USBL posi- tioning systems. From mooring line recovery to mooring heavy equipment, our rugged acoustic releases have long bat- tery life and low power consumption. The OCEANO moor- ings range is world renowned and synonymous with durabil- ity and longevity.

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