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UNIQUE GROUP • Diving and life support: Unique Group manufac- tures customized diving and life support equipment de- signed to provide robust support to clients’ requirements.

Surface diving systems, saturation diving systems (includ- ing DSV + HRF), general diving equipment, naval diving and life Support, Uni-Heal Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) System, specialized boats • Lifting and mooring: seabed excavation solutions

Unique Group has six divisions—Unmanned Surface winches, spoolers and back deck equipment lifting, hoisting

Vessels (USVs), survey equipment, buoyancy and water and lashing products, Lifting Equipment Inspection (NDT), weights, diving and life support, lifting and mooring, and equipment recerti? cation and management subsea innovation—delivering integrated solutions that en- • Subsea Innovation: design and build of technology hance ef? ciency, safety, and sustainability. and equipment for the global offshore energy markets such

Unique Group’s products include: as J-tube seals, EPRS Clamps, LARS, etc.

• USVs Notable projects include: • Survey Equipment: surface and subsea positioning, • MATSYA 6000-Engineered and delivered a DNV-

ROV tooling and sensors, Inertial Navigation Systems, hydro- compliant Human Support and Safety System (HSSS) for In- graphic and geophysical solutions, oceanographic and envi- dia’s ? rst manned submersible rated for a depth of 6000 meters.

ronmental solutions, NDT and inspection equipment, naviga- • Uni-Mini Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) was tion buoys and lanterns, subsea and merchant marine solutions deployed for a shallow-water hydrographic multibeam sur- • Buoyancy and water weights: Sea? ex branded vey in Australia. The project involved the ? rst commercial buoyancy bags to support salvage, pipe lay, and cable lay. deployment of the Norbit iWBMS multibeam sonar onboard

As pioneers of the Water Weights proof load testing system, the Uni-Mini in WA.

Unique Group has bags from the Water Weights range avail- New Solutions include the Uni-FlowX Controlled Mass able for rent or sale across our global network. Flow Excavator, Uni-Count, and Uni-PPS Splitter.

duces detailed 3D models of riverbeds, harbors, and coastal ecosystems, supporting hydrographic surveys, dredging, and coral reef monitoring.

Beyond technology, YellowScan offers software, training, and global support, while its annual LiDAR Convention fos- ters community and knowledge-sharing. YellowScan also aims to make its technologies more accessible; once limited to government agencies, bathymetric LiDAR is now avail- able to universities, NGOs, and survey ? rms.

In Sweden, VisionAir Production used YellowScan’s Navi- gator to support Ystad Municipality’s coastal erosion pro- gram — the ? rst UAV-based bathymetric LiDAR survey in the country. Mounted on a Hexadrone Tundra 2, the Naviga-

YellowScan tor mapped 8.7 km of coastline and 6 m below water, de- www.yellowscan.com livering seamless land–sea datasets over 550 hectares. This

YellowScan is a leader in UAV LiDAR solutions. Founded revealed erosion hotspots and unexpected sediment shifts, in 2012 in the South of France, the company now serves cus- insights traditional boat surveys missed. tomers in 64+ countries across surveying, mining, forestry, YellowScan’s headquarters house all R&D, production, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring. and support activities. The site includes labs for optics and

Its recent additions is the YellowScan Navigator, bringing electronics, UAV integration areas, and in-house manufac- bathymetric LiDAR to UAV platforms, enabling high-res- turing with strict quality control. Training rooms and demo olution mapping of shallow waters. Using a green laser to spaces host customer sessions, while nearby coastlines, riv- penetrate water and and full-waveform technology, it pro- ers, and forests provide real-world test environments.

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