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STN Atlas Taken Over

An Anglo-German consortium comprising Rheinmetall AG,

Badenwerk AG and British

Aerospace has acquired STN Atlas

Elektronik, a leading electronic systems company and leading sup- plier of marine equipment.

The company was acquired from the bankrupt Bremer Vulkan

Group, and under the $353 million deal, Rheinmetall and Bad*r^erl: will retain a>5ljbercrat\jflflingcqr.

STN Atlas,>^*th fcheinMetalf assuming overail management control. British Aerospace's stake is 49 percent. The company will continue to be based in Bremen.

The shake-up and takeover have not slojmed the company from (developing iTfcw, innovative prod- ir the^maritime community, l^recently introduced two multi-pilot systems, the Atlas 9102 and 9106.

Both multi-pilot models incorpo- rate display functions taken from

STN Atlas' new Chartpilot 9300 series of ECDIS-based navigation and planning workstations, with which all essential nautical data can be superimposed on electronics charts via a choice of 17, 21 or 29- in. color monitors.

For more information on STN Atlas

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