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“Most companies are just at the beginning of realizing exactly what digitalization can really do for their operations. So many of the discussions center on ‘how can we join forces to see what can be done’ … and I think that is a good place to start.”

Hege Skryseth

President Kongsberg Digital and Chief Digital Of? cer at Kongsberg what can be done’ … and I think that is a good place to start.” CEO of Kongsberg said: “Technologies such as Internet of

Things, Big Data, automation and robotics will lead to signi? -

Meet Kongsberg Digital cant changes for the industry as well as for the public sector.

Kongsberg Digital was established as a subsidiary of Kongs- Kongsberg is already a digital group with world-leading prod- berg, a new company formed to assess and capture the world ucts within sensor technology, electronics, software develop- of opportunities that are available to the maritime and offshore ment and big data processing. Through the launch of Kongs- industries as the digitalization of industrial processes starts berg Digital we take an important step in the group’s strategy in earnest. In announcing the new company, Walter Qvam, for developing the next generation of digitalized products and www.marinetechnologynews.com

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