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Kongsberg Maritime/Kongsberg Mesotech

Vancouver, Canada

Tel: 604-464-8144

Email: km.sales.vancouver@ kongsberg.com www.kongsberg.com • www.kongsberg-mesotech.com

CEO: Nader Riahi (Kongsberg Mesotech)

President: Torfinn Kildal (Kongsberg Maritime)

Sales Manager: Gavin Cullimore (Kongsberg Mesotech)

Engineering Director: Max Muntner (Kongsberg Mesotech)

Facility: Kongsberg Mesotech – Vancouver: Kongsberg

Maritime – Horten and Kongsberg, Norway, Aberdeen,

Scotland: Kongsberg Seatex – Trondheim, Norway

Square Footage: 20,000 (Kongsberg Mesotech – Vancouver)

Testing Capabilities: (ie test banks, boats, pressure cham- bers): Simrad Echo test boat and large pool in Horten

Norway; Test tank in Port Coquitlam and a test barge in Port

Moody.

Employees: Kongsberg Maritime – 2510 in 25 countries

Kongsberg Maritime provides solutions for shipping, offshore, oil & gas, subsea, navy, coastal marine and fish- eries, maritime training, port and harbor surveillance and more. The company delivers systems for positioning, sur- veying, navigation and automation, and is a market leader in dynamic positioning systems, automation and surveil- lance systems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroacoustics. With integration of various systems a key driver, Kongsberg Maritime prides itself on its ability to deliver the Full Picture to all of its markets.

Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company is present in 25 countries to ensure its ability to provide reli- able service at local level but as a global technology leader.

With manufacturing facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Horten, Norway; Kongsberg, Norway; Trondheim,

Norway and Vancouver, Canada, the company exceeds market requirements for a wide range of products and services, and is well known for its commitment to R&D.

Kongsberg Maritime’s subsea department develops and markets single and multibeam echo sounders, Sonar,

Underwater Cameras and the HUGIN AUV. Its solutions are used by the world’s best survey vessels, operated by the top survey companies. Subsea product development and manufacturing takes place in Aberdeen, Horten and

Vancouver. The company gives particular focus to this business segment in North America with its Kongsberg

Mesotech Ltd facility in Vancouver and the Kongsberg

Maritime Inc., office in Houston, Texas, which is posi- tioned to service survey and energy companies operating in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Kongsberg Maritime is committed to developing new and innovative products that use the latest technology and techniques to the oper- ational and economic benefit of its many customers. The company’s multibeam echo sounder systems for seabed mapping include models for all water depths, and virtual- ly any application and the subsea department offers hydroacoustic systems for all eventualities. In addition to the Horten facility, Kongsberg Mesotech's Vancouver facility is responsible for the design and manufacture of underwater acoustic products.

Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd.

Port Coquitlam BC, Canada

Tel: (604) 464-8144

Email: km.sales.vancouver@ kongsberg.com • www.kongsberg-mesotech.com

President: Nader Riahi

Sales Manager: Daryl Morse – Offshore; Sales Manager: Phil Andrew – Surveillance

Sales Manager: Bill Fickes – Fisheries; Engineering Director: Max Muntner

Square Footage: 20,000 sq. ft. • Employees: 52

Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd. is the Canadian subsidiary of the Kongsberg Maritime. The company's Vancouver office is responsible for the design, manufacture and sales of underwater acoustic products, while its Halifax office han- dles Canada-wide distribution, service and customer sup- port. Kongsberg Mesotech's Port Coquitlam facility is responsible for the design and manufacture of more than 100 models of multibeam, scanning, echo sounder, and altimeter sonar combinations.

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd (Camera div.)

Aberdeen, Scotland

Tel: +44 1224 226500

Email: km.camsales.uk@ kongsberg.com • www.km.kongsberg.com/cameras

Sales Manager: Bill Stuart • General Manager: David Mackay

Testing Capabilities: Test Tank 5Mtr x 3Mtr x 3Mtr,

Environmental Test Lab for EMC, Pressure, Thermal, Humidity,

Vibration and Shock

Employees: 150

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd is a member of the Kongsberg Group of interna- tional companies and is a world leader in the design and manufacture of harsh environment Marine CCTV systems and underwater video and imaging products to the Offshore Oilfield,

Maritime, Scientific and Defense sectors. The company, originally known as Osprey Electronics Ltd, was founded in Wick, Scotland and can trace its history back to the birth of the UK North Sea oil industry in 1975.

HUGIN 3000

Kildal

Mackay