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ECA provides Unmanned Underwater and Surface Vehicles (USV, AUV, ROV), electric subsea manipulator arms, subsea cameras, hull cleaning systems and inspection robots to na-vies and offshore companies around the world. It also provides power converters, IPMS, electric motors, steering systems and ranging systems for submarines and surface ships. The Company The Company ECA?s main ambition is to spare human life in potentially threatening, hazardous situations such as mine warfare, sub- sea inspection, harbor protection, coast guard and anti terror- ism actions. Its robots are designed to help carrying out these missions while keeping operators safe, to increase knowledge of environmental risk factors, help keeping borders and marine installations such as harbours, merchant ships, offshore plat- forms secure and maintained. ECA helps to increase awareness of threats and decrease vulnerability. The Tech The Tech ECA provides technology helping to protect infrastructure and people in maintaining homeland security. Major goals are to re- duce the risk factor for humans carrying out missions in hostile and dangerous environments, to enhance ef ciency of such op- erations and to provide additional knowledge for the future. End users are Naval and Land Forces, Civil Security, Hydrographic Services, the Nuclear Industry and the Offshore Industry. Sys- tems offered include: Autonomous Surface and Underwater Ve- hicles; Unmanned Ground Robots; Inspection Systems and ma-nipulator arms; which are designed to carry out missions from Mine Warfare, Hydrographic Surveys, Reconnaissance, Explo- sive Ordnance Disposal, Chemical/Radiological detection, Re- connaissance and Rapid Environment Assessment. In addition ECA systems offer  eet protection: Multi-In uence Ranging systems; Deperming and Degaussing Systems; Portable Mag- netic Ranging Systems. Naval Simulation Systems include: Warship, Submarine and Mine Hunter Simulators, Helicopter, Aircraft and Joint Tactical Warfare Simulators, Ship Handling, Navigation and Special task Simulators. Data-acquisition and processing software, Mine Warfare Data Center and IPMS. Z.I.Toulon Est BP 242, Toulon Cedex 9, Var, France 83078 Z.I.Toulon Est BP 242, Toulon Cedex 9, Var, France 83078 Tel: +33 494 08 90 00 Tel: +33 494 08 90 00Fax: +33 494 08 80 62 Fax: +33 494 08 80 62Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]: www.eca-robotics.com Website: www.eca-robotics.com CEO/President: Guénaël Guillerme CEO/President: Guénaël GuillermeVice President: Jean-Jacques Periou Vice President: Jean-Jacques Periou Sales Manager: Daniel Scourzic Sales Manager: Daniel Scourzic General Manager: Jean-Louis Sambarino General Manager: Jean-Louis SambarinoEngineering Director: Claude Cazoulou Engineering Director: Claude CazoulouNumber of Employees: 600 Number of Employees: 600Annual Sales: $168,000,000.00 Annual Sales: $168,000,000.00 ECA ECA Guénaël Guillerme Guénaël Guillerme MTR100July/August 2013 62 MTRMTR #6 (50-65).indd 62MTR #6 (50-65).indd 627/19/2013 11:22:42 AM7/19/2013 11:22:42 AM