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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 39 IHC Engineering Business (EB), as part of the IHC Merwede group, is a leading designer, manufacturer and developer of offshore and seabed equipment for the offshore oil and gas, defense, submarine telecom and renewable offshore power generating industries. IHC Merwede is a leader in the construction of specialist dredging equipment and complex custom-built offshore vessels. IHC Merwede's business units are grouped together into three divisions: Dredging & Mining, Offshore & Marine, and the group of sector-relat- ed products and services - Technology & Services. As part of the Technology & Services division, EB supports the provision of turnkey vessels with fully integrated equipment packages. International Submarine Engineering Ltd. 1734 Broadway Street Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2M8 Tel: 604-942-5223 Email: info@ise.bc.ca www.ise.bc.ca President: James McFarlane Vice President: Mike Macdonald Vice President: James Ferguson Facilities: 45,000 sq. ft., consisting of ISE and ISER engineering, manufacturing and administration facilities Testing Capabilities: In-ground, on-site test tank (45'x15'x15') and 25 meter trials/testing vessel Number of Employees: 65 Annual Sales (US$): $10 M International Submarine Engineering Ltd designs and develops autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles as well as a sys- tems integrator of robotic platforms. Since 1974, ISE has developed and sold Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and manned sub- mersibles. While the primary focus is on marine platforms, ISE also builds and supplies manipulators, hydraulic components and tools for use with ROVs and other robotics systems. Notable product achievements include the HYSUB series of ROVs, the Theseus AUV, which holds the endurance record for AUVs, the Explorer Class of AUVs, Shell SmartPump refuelling robot and the STM Crew training robot for the Canadian Space Agency. ISE's equip- ment is found in all sectors of the underwater activity including off- shore, cable maintenance, marine sci- ence and oceanography and naval mine countermeasures. Technology Profile: ISE's specialty lies in the design and integration of complex systems for the sub-sea industry with a focus on working to provide clients with solutions that address their specific needs. This experience is represented by the 210 underwater vehicles ISE has built and delivered to clients in 20 countries. Imagenex 209 - 1875 Broadway Street Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 4Z1 CANADA Phone: (604) 944-8248 imagenex@npsnet.com www.imagenex.com Imagenex Technology Corp. was founded in 1988 by pioneers in the development of high resolution sonar. On an international level, Imagenex is an innovative company that designs and manufactures sonar systems and continues to move forward through ground-breaking advances, with con- tinual support for the customer's needs and demands. Innomar Technologie GmbH Schutower Ringstraße 4. D-18069 Rostock, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)3 81 44 079 0 info@innomar.com www.innomar.com Innomar works in the field of devel- opment, production and application of efficient underwater acoustic sys- tems. Innovative technologies, e.g. parametric acoustics, are transferred into new products. The company was founded in 1997 by some engineers after many years of research work at the University of Rostock. The com- pany started with the development of the product line SES-96. This line consists of different system variants of very efficient parametric sediment echo sounders. The systems have been introduced to the international market very well and are being improved with new features continu- ously. The actual models of SES-2000 are including shallow water systems to deep water systems and ROV mounted systems. IVS 3D 325 Corporate Dr. Suite 175 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Tel: 603- 431-1773 www.ivs3d.com Email: info@ivs3d.com Interactive Visualization Systems' (IVS3D) Fledermaus software suite provides users with a set of interactive 3D visualization tools for data prepa- ration, analysis and presentation. Fledermaus allows users near real- MTR100 Hammerhead ROV MTR#6 (33-48).qxd 7/17/2008 3:51 PM Page 39
