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Marport Deep Sea Technologies
50 Harbour Drive, St. John's, Newfoundland Canada A1C 6J4 Tel: 709-757-5757 Email: gleyte@marport.com · www.marport.com CEO & President: Karl Kenny Executive VP, CTO: Anthony Paul Executive VP, Sales and Marketing: Oskar Axelsson Engineering Director: Didier Caute, Vice President of Engineering Number of Employees: 40 Annual Sales (US$): $7m (projected)
Founded in 1996, Marport has become a leader in the commercial subsea acoustic instrumentation, data processing and visualization business. The company is a pioneering developer of Software Defined Sonar (SDS) systems and is a designer and manufacturer of high performance subsea acoustic solutions. Applications include underwater sensing, processing, communications and visualization for customers engaged in commercial fisheries, offshore energy exploration and retrieval, ocean science and defense.
Marport has recently obtained funding from the Canadian Government to assist in the development of a new class of commercially viable AUV. Expected completion date is mid2009. The AUV will utilize a combination of Marport's SDS technology, underwater modem and 3D acoustic image processing and display software. Technology Profile: Marport develops and manufactures software defined acoustic products for subsea applications and is a pioneering developer of Software Defined Sonar (SDS), an adaptive future-proof solution for flexible underwater detection, sensing and communications systems. SDS replaces conventional, hardware based sonar systems with one common platform composed of programmable components that are controlled by software.
A user can change functionality or add optional features to a piece of equipment by changing the software, not the hardware. Functionality is altered by downloading new software directly to the sensor via Bluetooth download and can be done even while at sea. Markey Machinery
4634 East Marginal Way So., Suite C-140 Seattle, WA 98134 Tel: 206 - 622- 4697 Email: bagriffin@griffinassociates.com URL: www.markeymachinery.com Contact Person: Barry Griffins
Founded in 1907, Markey Machinery Company is in the design and manufacturing of high quality custom deck machinery for workboat, scientific, and dockside applications. The company established a reputation for quality by delivering machinery that is built for the long haul every time.
SonTek/YSI Inc.
9940 Summers Ridge Road, San Diego CA.921 · Tel: (858) 546-8327 Email: inquiry@sontek.com · www.sontek.com President and CEO: Rick Omlor · Executive Vice President: Gayle Rominger · Number of Employees: 250
Founded in 1992, SonTek/YSI manufactures a range of affordable, reliable acoustic Doppler systems for water velocity measurement in oceans, harbors, rivers, estuaries, and laboratories. Since its invention of the Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter, the SonTek/YSI product line has grown into a diverse, multi-faceted mix of high-technology instrumentation. SonTek systems tell customers how fast the water is moving, where it is moving, and even if it is not moving at all. Additionally, just about all its products are offered with an array of ancillary sensors for complete environmental monitoring solutions. In July, 2001, YSI Inc., of Yellow Springs, Ohio, acquired the assets of SonTek and formed a new company, SonTek/YSI, that operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of YSI Inc. The synergistic relationship between SonTek and YSI now makes for an integral solution to monitoring, testing and measuring global water ecosystems-our most important life-sustaining resource. Technology Profile: SonTek's first product, the 10-MHz Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV), was developed in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Waterways Experiment Station. Originally designed for laboratory use, the ADV is a single-point, high-resolution Doppler current meter used for detailed studies of 3D velocity fields. The ADV product line includes laboratory and field instruments with options for integrated sensors (temperature, pressure, compass/tilt) and autonomous operation. The SonTek product line expanded to include a wide range of current measurement instruments. The Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) is a current profiler with profiling ranges of up to 200 m. At its introduction in 1994, the ADP revolutionized the market for current profilers.
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