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4 t j EOPLE & COMPANY NEWS den Joins >atracs' Board
Boatracs, Inc. has appointed ;ott T. Boden to its board of rectors. Boden is the founder and lief technology officer of nerdyne Technologies, Inc., a iader in video processing technol- gy for military, ruggedized and ommercial applications, ^nerdyne, a wholly owned sub- idiary of Boatracs, was acquired fuly 7, 1998. Boatracs distributes ;he OmniTracs system, a satellite- based communications and track- ing system developed and manu- factured by Qualcomm Inc. The company's software division devel- ops marine business applications for use on the vessel and in the office.
IMAC AB And Norsteel A/S
Join Forces
Swedish IMAC AB and
Norwegian Norsteel announced a merger, creating a bigger company in the marine accommodation industry. As a consequence of the merger between the two compa- nies, the owners will form a hold- ing company based in Oslo,
Norway. The new company will have 300 employees, of which 100 will be based in Norway.
A separate sales company,
ELECTRONICS UPDATE
First Direct Chart
Reader For DNC
Demonstrated
One of Litton Marine Systems' legacy companies, Sperry Marine
Inc., has together with the National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) developed and demonstrated the first
Direct Chart Reader for Digital
Nautical Charts (DNC). The new soft- ware takes data from a CD-ROM or disk to create a colored, vector for- mat nautical chart for use in an
Electronic Chart Display and
Information System (ECDIS). The charts can then be manipulated as desired. Litton Marine Systems' presi- dent, Paul D. Miller expects the new system to be a "breakthrough in the movement toward widespread accep- tance of ECDIS technology." After sea trials aboard several U.S. Navy ships, the software will reportedly be avail- able for purchase in commercial and military markets in late 1998.
October, 1998
IMAC A/S will be set up in
T0nsberg, Norway based in offices of Nordam A/S. This company will responsible for sales and market- ing within the Norwegian sector.
Global sales and marketing of the complete marine production will be carried out by IMAC AB from its office in Helsingborg,
Sweden. According to the two com- panies, IMAC AB and Norsteel
A/S, the merger will offer a wider range of products and strengthen their position as a supplier with a complete product program for marine accommodations, both off- shore and to the industry.
ELS Forms New Division
ELS, Inc. recently announced that it has formed a Business
Improvement Practices Division under the direction of Dr. George
Cornecelli.
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