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www.seadiscovery.com advanced diplomas, diplomas and certificates, together with industry-oriented short courses through three schools: the School of Fisheries, the

School of Maritime Studies, and the School of Ocean

Technology. MI has a number of centers and units, including the Offshore Safety and Survival Center, the Center of Marine Simulation, the Center for

Aquaculture and Seafood Development, MI

International, School of Ocean Technology Applied

Research Unit, Fisheries Conservation Group and the

Centre for Sustainable and Aquatic Resources. These areas lead the institute in applied research and tech- nology transfer and provide training to industry.

Germanisher Lloyd

Hamburg, Germany

Tel: +494036149-0

Email: headoffice@ gl-group.com • www.gl-group.com

CEO: Dr. Hermann J. Klein, Pekka Paasivaara, Dr. Joachim Segatz

Employees: 6,400

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is a ship classification society and an international inspection, certification and technical consultancy company. The company, whose main office is in Hamburg, Germany, employs more than 6,400 engineers, surveyors, experts and administrative staff in 77 countries. GL’s global net- work consists of more than 200 stations and site offices. For 35 years, GL has performed consultancy and classification work on more than 340 surface and subsurface ships from 25 of the world’s navies. GL was the first classification society to certify naval sub- marines and front-line warships, and has been grant- ed Secrecy Authorization status by the German gov- ernment and by NATO. GL published its Rules for

Classification and Construction of Naval Submarines published in 2005. Currently, GL is the only class to have rules for naval submarines, remotely operated underwater vehicles and air-independent propulsion.

Granite State Manufacturing

Manchester, NH

Tel. (603) 668-1900 www.goGSMgo.com

Granite State Manufacturing (GSM) is a privately- held U.S. small business corporation dating back to 1938. With our HQ in Manchester, NH and 2nd facility in Baltimore, MD, we collaborate with our clients as an extension of their business to take com- plex electro-mechanical product ideas/challenges and implement optimized manufacturing solutions for cost, quality, and delivery thru advanced Program