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Underwater Acoustic Solutions

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RESON World Wide

Headquarter: Denmark

Founded: 1976

Employees: 214

Quality: DS/EN ISO 9001:2000

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RESON World Wide

RESON ASDenmark

Headquarters

RESON GmbHGermanyRESON B.V.

The Netherlands

RESON Offshore Ltd.

UK

RESON Inc.California, USA

RESON Pty LtdSingapore

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Business Areas

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RESON Business Areas

RESON operates world-wide focusing on

the following business areas:

Hydrographic

Offshore

Defense & Security

Dredging

Marine Research

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Hydrographic

● RESON’s underwater acoustic products are intensively used for hydrographic surveys all over the world.

● RESON can provide complete mapping systems that are ideally suited for both shallow water and full ocean depth surveys.

● Applications:

Bathymetric survey

Dredging support

Breakwater, pier, bridge revetment

Harbor and river surveys

Flood damage assessment

Underwater inspection

Video of SeaBat 7125 in Port of London. 4 min.

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Offshore

● RESON is the preferred provider of complete sonar solutions for offshore surveys.

● Universal use of SeaBat multibeam systems in offshore surveys is the result of reliable real-time performance in both profiling, and forward looking applications.

● Applications: ROV site and route surveys

Rock dumping

Installation monitoring

Dredge surveys

Jack-up re-entry

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Defense & Security

● RESON is a long time leader in underwater technological solutions to national navies around the world.

● RESON sonar systems, transducers, and hydrophones are being used in a large number of naval applications.

● Applications:Systems for Mine Counter Measure including Mine Hunting, Q-route Survey and Re-Location.

Systems for Waterside security and Ship Protection.

Obstacle Avoidance and Navigation Support Sonar Systems for surface ships and underwater vehicles.

Detection of diver approaching pier. 2 min. – starts automatically

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Dredging

● PDS2000 software and advanced sonar

allow for effective support in all phases of

a dredging

● Applications:

Excavator/Backhoe dredger

Clamshell/Grab cranes

Trailing suction Hopper Dredger

Cutter dredger

Bucket dredger

Rock dump / stone dump vessel

Plough vessels

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Marine Research

● Advances in sonar technology, data

storage and data processing systems

open up new application developments

that turn under-water acoustic systems

into powerful tools for marine research.

● Applications:

Fisheries Research and Management

Marine Wildlife Research

Environmental Research and Monitoring

Ambient Noise Measurements

Marine Archaeology

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Customers

● Navies

● Hydrographic Offices and Research Institutes

● Habor Authorities and Coastguards

● Private companies within survey, oil & gas and

dredging

● System Integrators, shipyards and OEMs

RESON’s customer base within the business

areas, can be described as follows:

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Market shares

● RESON has a global market share above 50% for shallow water multibeam systems for civilian applications.

● RESON is in process of penetrating the global market for deep water multibeam systems.

● RESON is among the largest manufacturer of quality singlebeam echosounders in the world.

● RESON is among the largest manufacturer of high-quality transducers and hydrophones in the world.

Total SBA level

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Products

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RESON’s Product Range

RESON offers unique series of:

• SeaBat multibeam sonar systems

• NaviSound singlebeam echosounders

• Sound velocity probes

• Transducers & hydrophones

• PDS2000 survey software

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SeaBat ® Multibeam Sonar

● The RESON SeaBat is the undisputed market

leader in multibeam sonar.

● SeaBat multibeam sonars are designed to meet

needs of cost-effective, fast and reliable operations

● RESON's range of SeaBat systems comprise

multibeam echosounders and imaging sonars.

● Downward looking SeaBat models enable fast and

accurate bathymetric mapping, RESON’s imagery

sonar systems provide highly detailed imagery of

underwater structures.

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7K Sonar Suite

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SeaBat 8000 Series Closing End 2010

● SeaBat 8000 series represented the first

pioneering wideband multibeam

echosounder.

● SeaBat 8000 series is still the global market

leader in its field - featuring true delay beam

forming and dynamic focusing capabilities.

● Tool of choice for survey companies,

dredging projects, oceanographic research

projects and obstacle avoidance.

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SeaBat 7000 Series

● RESON’s SeaBat 7000 series marked yet

another generation of state-of the art

wideband multibeam sonars.

● Highly modular platform that allows rapid

product development at minimal cost.

● Deeper water usage.

● Longer range capability, using

exceptionally low-noise receivers

● Beam data recording capability

● AUV configuration

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NaviSound Singlebeam Echosounders

● NaviSound products feature compact, lightweight, and easy to operate singlebeam sonars.

● NaviSound singlebeam systems can be supplied with digital display, or with thermal paper recorders.

● Models range from routine depth data collection to high-end systems for a variety of demanding hydrographic survey operations.

● Used successfully in hydrographic applications such as swath surveying, dredge operations, rig positioning, and integrated navigation.

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Sound Velocity Probes

● RESON manufactures a range of self-recording and/or direct reading Sound Velocity Probes and Profilers for shallow water down to 6000m depth operations.

● RESON’s portable SVPs include a range of models that use direct sounding technology to ensure sound velocity while a vessel is in operation.

● SVPs in fixed mount versions are available for Multibeam Sonar, ROV and AUV applications.

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Transducers

● For more than 25 years RESON has designed a line of high-power transducers for underwater, industrial, and military applications, covering a range of frequencies from 0.1Hz to 2MHz.

● Typical applications areas are communication, navigation, positioning and echosounding.

● RESON's transducers are also used for industrial and oceanographic applications such as measurements of water-flow, water-level, water-current, vessel speed and sound velocity.

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Hydrophones

● RESON’s precision reference hydrophones are designed for meticulous underwater acoustic measurements and signal detection and / or calibrated reference acoustic projection.

● RESON’s hydrophones are internationally renowned for various reference measurements in scientific research, navy, and environmental monitoring.

● RESON hydrophones are used in industrial and commercial products and for process control.

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PDS2000 Singlebeam and Multibeam Survey

Software

● PDS2000 is the user friendly software package for any kind of survey and positioning activities. It offers an integrated solution to survey planning, data acquisition, editing, chart production and volume calculations.

● PDS2000 Singlebeam provide all the necessary tools and modules to perform a survey and get excellent results with singlebeam echosounders

● PDS2000 Multibeam provides a number of features including:

Real-time 3D visualization

Full 3D swath area editor

Plot module

Remote control of SeaBat 81XX series

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PDS2000 Dredging Software

● PDS2000 Dredging is one of the most used and sophisticated software packages within dredging operations.

● For each type of dredger PDS2000 has dedicated screens and views in order to guide the operator.

● All the dredge guidance and visualization software shows progress by real time updating of the DTM.

● The features include:PDS2000 Excavator and Backhoe dredgers

PDS2000 Clamshell monitoring

PDS2000 Cutter monitoring

PDS2000 ladder bucket monitoring

PDS2000 Trailing suction hopper dredgers

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RESON History

1976Inception of RESON A/S RESON specializes in homogenizers based on ultrasonic technology.

1982RESON develops its first series of transducers.

1984Establishment of RESON Inc, in California, USA.

1989First SeaBat Multibeam Sonar Systems.

1991First high-performance SeaBat 9001 series to be ROV mounted.

1992

Establishment of RESON Offshore Ltd., UK

1999

● Launch of SeaBat 8125 + SeaBat 8160 RESON’s first multi-beam system with dynamically focused beams for commercial application.

● Establishment of RESON GmbH, Germany

2001

● SeaBat 8150 Deep water sonar

● Acquisition of Navitronic Systems, recognized world wide for its NaviSound singlebeamechosounders, sound velocity probes, and hydrographic software.

2003

Establishment of RESON BV in the Netherlands, the development of PDS2000 Survey Software.

2005Launch of SeaBat 7125RESON’s new 7125 SeaBat generation represents yet another technological

breakthrough in high quality performance.

2006

Professional institutional investors and the

management purchase the founders’ shares of

RESON.

2008-09

Launch of SeaBat 7128, 7125-SV and SeaBat

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