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Investment in Design the merit of the Kelvin Hughes initiative also derives from its expression of the industry's willingness to take a future- oriented approach, and to provide oper- ators with a firm impression of what is practicable.

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It is difficult to quantify the benefits that derive from putting resources and management time into trade fairs. As with any such promotion, the industry characteristically sees this as an element of long-term commercial strategy.

Feedback from participation in mar- itime technology showcases has value in its own right. But success in sealing orders at the actual event is undoubtedly

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Among the sanguine community at

Europort '99. STN Atlas Marine Elec- tronics found that it was able to convert considerable interest in its newly- unveiled, Atlas Series 1000 radars into actual business. The Hamburg-based firm said that it officially logged orders at the show for over 150 of the innova- tive systems, mostly entailing the 16-in. version of the new design.

Europort provided the first public pre- sentation of the high-resolution, color radars, distinguished by what is claimed to be very effective, automatic clutter suppression using the Clean Sweep process supported by an Automated

Video Enhancement (AVE) facility. A novel docking function, operating at 250 m and 500 m ranges, is another attribute of the equipment, along with the means for switching the antenna rev- olution from the more standard 23-rpm to 46 rpm, to enhance close-range per- formance and the monitoring of high- speed targets. The series of 12-in. and 16-in. equipment promises to increase

STN Atlas' market reach, and will in due course include a version for incorpora- tion in the proprietary NACOS integrat- ed navigation and command systems.

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Dutch small-ship prowess

The shipbuilding cluster in Ihe Nether- lands' northernmost provinces is draw- ing fresh incentive from the market's reviving interest in the modest classes of ship needed to serve intra-European trade, and also to transport small parcels of goods between Europe and the Amer- icas. A clutch of orders confirmed just prior to the Europort '99 event, where northern firms were encouraged to see a strong attendance by the shipowning community, vindicated the latest design

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