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(over the Massa Products Corporation is a sonar sidescan systems which are used in hy- side) sub-bottom pro? ler are playing an and ultrasonic product manufacturer. drographic surveys, underwater inspec- important role. A rising star this year for Founded in 1945 by Frank Massa, the tion, and search
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.O. Box 1150 Kinder, LA 70648 www.datrex.com Kevin Tyler Tel: 800 828 1131 Fax: 337 738 5675 E-mail :sales @ datrex.com Descr: Safety product manufacturer and dis- trubutor Products: GMDSS Digital Imaging Infrared 174 Semoran Commerce place, Suite 111 Apopka, FL 32703 www.dii-llc.com
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producing 70% of all units sold. [See Figure 2: ROV Production, by country, below] ROV subcomponent and auxiliary product manufacturers: Subcomponent manufacturers produce the hardware and soft- ware components used in ROVs. Many of these companies are located in the USA and UK, but companies in Norway
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URL: www.markeymachinery.com Product: Premier Winch System Manufacturer in business since 1907. Escort Winches, Towing Winches, Capstans, Windlasses, Oceanographic Research Winches, Engineering Services, Manufacturing Services. Measurement Technology NW 4211 24th Avenue West Seattle, WA 98199 Phone: 206-634-1
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, Inc. 3030 E. Pershing Street Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 Phone: 920-738-5432 Fax: 920-738-5435 Email: [email protected] URL: www.appletonmarine.com Product: Manufacturer of cranes, winches, windlasses, capstans and customer designed marine machinery. Hagglunds Drives Inc. 2275 International Street Columbus
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730 5508 George Washington Memorial Highway White Marsh, VA 23183 Phone: 800-447-4804, 804-693-9602 Email: [email protected] URL: www.marinesonic.com Product: Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd manufactures Sea Scan PC, a high resolution, low cost, sonar system available in many different configurations. The
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directory ? hydrographic & coastal surveying Ambrose Ocean Sciences, Inc. 7 Perkins Rd., Poland, ME 04274 Phone: 207 577 1621 Email: [email protected] Product: Consulting, EIS, Effects of oil exploration and extraction on marine benthic communities, impact of sewage outfall on benthic communities, biomonitoring
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ROVs are brought up to date with state-of-the-art technology. What do you consider the biggest challenge in the coming year? Lane As a software product manufacturer; we have found that one of our biggest challenges has been to make the industry understand the benefit of our business proposition. We have
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creates custom configured workstations, and provides consulting and data processing services for the interpretation of sonar data and creation of mission products. directory Saab Seaeye Limited Seaeye House Lower Quay Road, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 0RQ, United Kingdom Tel: 44 (0) 1329 289000 Fax: 44 (0)
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directory Subsea Defense Products & Services Applied Acoustics Marine House, Marine Park, Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth, NR31 0NB United Kingdom Gavin Willoughby, Sales Manager Phone: +44 (0)1493 440355 Fax: +44 (0)1493 440720 Email: [email protected] URL: www.appliedacoustics.
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Works, Clinterty, Kinellar Aberdeen, AB21 0TT United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1224 790100 Email: [email protected] URL: www.ac-cess.com Product:The AC-ROV is aportable micro ROV. Advex Marine, LLC 10 Dogwood Lane Old Saybrook, CT 06475 Phone: (860) 395-1252 Email: advex@sbcglobal
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, Sales Manager Phone: +44 (0)1493 440355 Fax: +44 (0)1493 440720 Email: gavinwilloughby@applieda- coustics.com URL: www.appliedacoustics.com Product: Manufacturer of EASY- TRAK, a through-water acoustic positioning and tracking system that provides XYZ co-ordinates of range and bearing information
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Martin A. Hruska, Manager - Business Development & Marketing Phone: 281-877-6169 Fax: 281-877-6001 Email: [email protected] Url: www.eagle.org Product: ABS is one of the world's leading classification societies. Since 1862 it has been setting safety stan- dards for the marine and offshore industries
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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 45 Flotation Technologies Inc. Product: Flotation Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength Flotec syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomer products. Fred Maguire T
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48 MTR January 2006 products to-be maritime markets. Jeppesen's portfolio includes: worldwide flight information, flight operations services, international trip planning services, aviation weather serv- ices and aviation training systems. Jeppesen's marine divi- sion will soon produce a full line
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.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 41 connectors BIRNS Oxnard, CA 93033 Tel: (805) 487-5393 Email: [email protected] URL: www.birns.com Product: High-performance lights and connectors for underwater, hazardous and severe applications. Nexans Paris, France Tel: +33 (0)1 73 23 84 00 Email:
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in a ship design company and the broadening of its propulsion solutions, it is seeking to evolve, over the next two to three years, from a product manufacturer to a system designer. "We are seeking to create additional value, instead of just delivering a product." As part of the diversification in the