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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 37from Ashtead Technology?s bases in Aberdeen, Houston and Singapore and through its agents in Stavanger, Perth and Abu Dhabi. Ashtead Technology also purchased Sonardyne?s new back deck acoustic transponder test and con guration device, iWand. ww.sonardyne.com Seatronics Invests in Teledyne TSS Products Seatronics Ltd. placed orders totaling £1.7 million with Tele- dyne TSS within the past three months. The purchases cov- er no fewer than 56 Meridian Surveyor gyrocompasses and four TSS 440 pipe and cable tracking systems. The Meridian Surveyor gyrocompass and the TSS 440s are developed and manufactured at the Teledyne TSS factory near Watford, U.K. They will be added to the Seatronics inventory of rental equip- ment in readiness for the forthcoming work season. www.teledyne-tss.com Geomatrix Buys Applied Acoustics? Energy Source Director Tom Nicols of Geomatrix took delivery of his com- pany?s  rst CSP seismic energy source from Applied Acous- tics at Ocean Business in Southampton. Geomatrix, based in Leighton Buzzard, UK, specialize in the sale and rental of an extensive range of land and marine geophysical products so the new energy source provides a welcome addition to its oceanographic equipment rental pool.Applied Acoustics manufactures a variety of systems for sub- bottom pro ling that extend in output from 50 to 12,000J. The 1200J unit selected by Geomatrix will operate with various Applied Acoustics? sound sources including the triple boomer plate, the S-Boom, and the new long-life Dura-Spark 240 in the future. Its  exibility means that just one power unit is Pictured on the opening day of Ocean Business 2013: Ross MacLeod (Ashtead Technology) and Barry Cairns (Sonardyne International). (Credit: Sonardyne) David Currie, MD of Seatronics (left) and Mar- tyn Grange, sales manager of Teledyne TSS conÞ rm the sale at Ocean Business. (Credit: Teledyne) MTR #4 (34-48).indd 37MTR #4 (34-48).indd 375/6/2013 10:17:58 AM5/6/2013 10:17:58 AM