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with one goal: to offer cutting edge inertial technologies. Re- search and Development lie at the heart of the company with more than 40% of the turnover being invested in products de- velopment or to research new technologies. More than one employee over two is closely related to R&D and this effort will continue as the company grows.

In 2009 SBG Systems has introduced its fi rst miniature mo- tion sensor after three years of R&D. Since then, each year new products or technologies have been introduced. In 2013, the Ekinox series was a milestone for the company with a sub- sea enclosure launched in 2014. In only four years, the ac- curacy has been improved by a factor of 10 with all famous features needed by the subsea and marine markets such as delayed / real-time heave, DVL, Ethernet, web page confi g- uration, sonar compatibility. We are eager to strengthen our position in the subsea and marine markets in 2014 with the introduction of new exciting products and technologies.

Raphaël Siryani is Chief Marketing Offi cer and co-founder of

SBG Systems. He has been in the Inertial fi eld since 2006 and more specifi cally in marine / subsea industry since 2009.

He has a Master of Science in embedded systems that has allowed him to be in charge of embedded fi rmware designs, hardware designs and MEMS sensor tests, characterization and calibration. www.seadiscovery.com

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