Page 4: of Marine Technology Magazine (July 2007)

“Nuts!”

As a magazine editor for more than 15 years and a purport- ed wordsmith, this is the first word that comes to mind — and the most succinct way possible — to describe the prospect of delivering insightful profiles of 100 companies in a single edition. The above exclamation is particularly true when discussing the furcated subsea technology industry, a dynamic international market that has firmly rooted local and regional alliances, which is equally populated with corporate behemoths and small, privately held companies, built to serve the subsea technology needs of the defense, commercial and scientific markets.

As the editorial staff whittled through the hundreds of applications for this year’s

MTR100 listing, the selection process brought to mind the oft-debated but never- agreed process by which Major League Baseball selects members to its annual All-

Star game: there were plenty of ‘ballot box stuffers’; there exists no common meas- uring stick by which to select one entity over another; and, undoubtedly, there are worthy candidates who are not included.

That said, this year’s Second Annual MTR100 listing embodies what I believe to be a comprehensive and diverse slice of the subsea technology pie, with profiles of 100 of the leading organizations driving the subsea technology market today.

Particularly striking were the large number of selections representing the West

Coast of North America, 24 out of the 100 companies in total, which are covered in our “West Coast North America” focus, starting on page 45. editorial

Your Marine Technology

One-Stop-Shop www.seadiscovery.com

Log on everyday and receive: Daily News Exclusive Product &

Technology Reports New Job Listings

Or, join thousands of your colleagues and sign up for our weekly

NEWS & JOB Updates via E-mail.

It’s Fast ... and FREE!

Subscription: To subscribe please visit www.seadiscovery.com/subscribe

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers.

Marine Technology Reporter is published monthly except for

February, August, and December by New Wave Media, 118 E. 25th

St., New York, NY 10010-2915.

Periodicals Postage at New York,

NY and additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MARINE TECHNOLOGY

REPORTER, 118 E. 25th St., New

York, NY 10010-2915.

Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Marine

Technology Reporter, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010.

Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial material. ©2007 New

Wave Media. 118 East 25th Street,

New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271

Vol. 50 No. 6

ISSN 1559-7415

USPS# 023-276 www.seadiscovery.com

Member

Business Publications

Audit of Circulation, Inc. 4 MTR July 2007

Gregory R. Trauthwein • [email protected] tel: 212-477-6700

MTR#6 (1-16).qxd 7/16/2007 10:32 AM Page 6