Kongsberg Maritime
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 1814 |
| Headquarters | Kongsberg, Norway |
| Key people | Torfinn Kildal (CEO) |
| Area served | Global |
| Industry | maritime systems |
| Revenue |  NOK 3,034 million (2005) |
| Net income | NOK 262 million (2005) |
| Employees | 1,870 (January 2007) |
| Parent | Kongsberg Gruppen |
| Website | http://www.km.kongsberg.com |
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) is a Norwegian technology enterprise within the Kongsberg Gruppen (KOG). Kongsberg Maritime deliver systems for positioning, surveying, navigation and automation to merchant vessels and offshore installations. Their most well known products exist within dynamic positioning systems, marine automation and surveillance systems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroacoustics.
[edit] History
Kongsberg Maritime's history dates back to the founding of Autronica in 1957. The first alarm system was ready in 1959. Kongsberg Maritime has over the years absorbed a number of well known maritime and offshore related companies including:
- Autronica
- Norcontrol
- Fantoft
- Seatex
- Simrad
- Sense Intellifield
[edit] Products
- Dynamic positioning and navigation
- Hydroacoustics, underwater vehicles & systems
- Marine automation
- Motion sensors, GPS, AIS and position reference systems
- Naval systems
- Process automation
- Process simulation
- Sensors and transmitters
- Ship simulators
- Tank gauging
- Underwater camera systems
