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Why did you decide to start a company special- izing in subsea technology? The company partners are graduates of the Catho- lic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), where they also worked in research and development projects in partnership with the Petrobras Research Center (CENPES). During this period the partners noticed that there were few local com- panies specialized in subsea technology and practically all equipment and services are important and have high aggre- gated value. With the certainty that the technical capacity of the ATIVA team in developing products and services with high reliability and lower costs than the imports, along with the increasing demand from O&G operators to drill and produce in increas-ingly deeper waters, Ativatec presented itself to the market as one of the few Brazilian companies specialized in subsea technology. What was the importance of the Genesis Insti- tute of PUC-Rio for the company? The Genesis Institute was important in integrating the company with professors and students at the university, to give visibility to the company through the media and in the technology and business communities specialized in subsea technology in Brazil.When was the company founded, and how many people do you employ? Ativatec was founded in 2006 and employs Þ ve people.Which are your main clients? Our main client is Petrobras. Which are the main jobs executed by the com- pany for the O&G industry? Ativatec has been developing new technologies for subsea Inspection, Intervention and Monitoring. In 2008 Ati- vatec developed a ROV operated tool for testing integrity and shielding of screws in production equipment such as Christ- mas Trees, MCVÕs and BAPÕs installed in 2000m depths. More than 50 successful inspections were made in offshore production Þ elds for Petrobras in 2010. In 2010, in partnership with Petrobras, Ativatec developed a ROV operated tool for ultrasonic inspection of subsea equip- ment. Baptized as Crab Tool, it is capable of detecting 3mm Þ ssures in screws and plates installed in 3000m depths with O shore Interview (Photo Ativatec) Crab Tool 28 MTRApril 2013MTR #3 (18-33).indd 28MTR #3 (18-33).indd 284/3/2013 11:53:43 AM4/3/2013 11:53:43 AM