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and capability of the company. “Simrad ness is small when compared to the rec- sen Radio. The two companies later be- the Simrad ECDIS E5024 to the Simrad is our heritage, as it is the oldest of our reational business, one of its strongest came Simrad. Simrad is the union of a HALO Pulse Compression Radar … all brands, but it is also our future on the brands – Simrad – has a long, storied number of companies that in their time geared toward earning Navico a top- commercial side,” Olsson said. history. Beginning in 1946 with Thorleif were ground-breakers in their areas of three spot in the fraternity of commercial

Robertson, the founder of auto-steering technology. That legacy is carried for- marine electronics suppliers in the com-

The Simrad Brand in Egersund, and in 1947 with Willy Si- ward today, as Navico introduces several ing few years. In early March 2016 the

While the commercial side of its busi- monsen in Oslo, the founder of Simon- new innovative product lines … from quest for a stronger commercial entity

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