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MacArtney A/S

Gl. Guldagervej 48, DK-6710 Esbjerg V

Tel.: +45 7613 2000

Fax: +45 7511 7220,

Email: [email protected] www.macartney.com

CEO: Niels Erik Hedeager

Marketing Director: Michael Bjerrum

Engineering Director: Steen Worsøe

Facilities: Fibre Optic, Electronics & Mechanical workshop, Molding, Slip-ring repair & Calibration facilities.

Square Footage: app. 8,500

Testing Capabilities: Test tank, Pressure chambers,

Pull bench, Winch test facilities. All testing proce- dures are documented under our DnV certifies ISO 9001 QA system.

Number of Employees: 170

Annual Sales (US$): $65,000,000

The MacArtney Group is a world- wide organization of companies spe- cializing in the sale and service of underwater technology systems and products. The group headquarters in

Esbjerg, Denmark, which was estab- lished in 1978, supports subsidiary companies in Norway, Benelux, the

UK, France, Germany and the U.S.

Each independent company has been incorporated to meet the indigenous requirements of the local area while being fully supported by the parent company, MacArtney A/S which co- ordinates activities such as product development, system integration, training, quality assurance, financial support and marketing.

Underwater technology covers a highly diverse market including off- shore oil and gas geophysical explo- ration, development and production, diverse military activities including

MCM, civil engineering, underwater security; ocean sciences, environmen- tal studies and research and leisure activities.

Company policy is to deliver tried and tested technical systems solutions to the problems encountered in this harsh working environment. The organization is controlled by an estab- lished certified DnV ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance program, which was established in 1993. The company has shown a sustainable growth and financial stability over the past couple of decades and is currently rated AAA by the international financial compa- ny, Dunn and Bradstreet, and the company employs 170 people world- wide. Technology Profile: The sys- tems and product base of MacArtney is extensive and falls into a number of main categories: The "infrastructure" systems and products, comprising amongst others of underwater cable systems and the Subconn connector range, an extensive range of underwa- ter fibre optic connectors as well as moulding and encapsulation services.

The "Launch and Recovery" sys- tems and products comprising of a range of standard and custom designed Electrical and Electro- hydraulic winch systems, A-frames, sea cranes and rotary solutions rang- ing from simple electrical slip rings via multiple pass fiber optic rotary joints to huge FPSO systems. "Telemetry" systems comprise with others in the industry standard approved NEXUS family of fiber optic multiplexers and other electron- ics & software based products and services "Remote Technology" systems, comprising of the TRIAXUS family of high speed towed adulators, the

FOCUS family of Remotely

Operated Towed Vehicles and the

Moving Vessel.

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Niels Erik Hedeager, CEO

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