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AXYS Technologies

Sidney, BC Canada

Tel: (250) 655-5850

Email: info@ axys.com www.axystechnologies.com

President/CEO: Harry Weiler

Marketing Director/Sales Manager: Don Bryan

Engineering Director: Reo Phillips

Square Footage: 12,000 sq. ft.

Testing Capabilities: Wave Simulator, Data Acquisition Board Test Center (DAQ), Hardware

Electronics Test Equipment, Custom Software for Data Quality Assurance

Number of Employees: 40

AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) is an ISO 9001- 2008 registered Canadian company with more than 30 years experience in the design, manufacture and installation of environmental monitoring systems worldwide, for both marine and terrestrial applica- tions. Its technical field services train and support customers in the operation and maintenance of all products. AXYS’ products can be used in freshwa- ter, marine, and land-based monitoring stations that measure aquatic, oceanic and atmospheric parame- ters. AXYS has built and commissioned more than 250 meteorological and oceanographic stations of various types around the world, in over 30 coun- tries. Clients include international military agen- cies, environmental agencies, coastal engineering firms, oil & gas companies, mining companies, wave energy research companies, port authorities, meteorological agencies, and oceanographic research institutes.

AXYS’s Marine products include moored buoys for weather, wave, and sea state forecasting, as well as buoys for specialized applications such as offshore wind resource assessment, red tide, and oil spill detection. AXYS has a full service oceanographic department for biological, meteorological and phys- ical oceanography consulting and a comprehensive range of oceanographic lease equipment. The latest data collection platform developed by AXYS is the

WatchMan500 Data Acquisition System. The

WatchMan500 was designed as the new generation of payload for the AXYS marine buoy and terrestri- al weather information systems to provide desktop to sensor monitoring and control, including dynamic onboard control and data storage capabili- ties. It can interface with custom or commercial off the shelf sensors, equipment, software, and teleme- try allowing for easy initial installation and equip- ment upgrades. It has two-way communication capabilities and is the ideal solution for long-term data acquisition from remote locations. www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 43