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        Aquatec Announces New Representative Agreement for Japan

        Aquatec Group Ltd. and SeaBreath Co. Ltd. have signed a reseller agreement.

        Aquatec is delighted to welcome SeaBreath as a representative for the distribution of their established underwater instrumentation for oceanographic research, environmental and coastal applications in the highly sought-after Japanese market.

        SeaBreath is a group of subsea specialists which provides comprehensive proposals for observations, surveys and research. The company caters to the needs of the Ocean Science, Hydrography, Coastal Engineering, Fisheries Science, Marine Biology, and Underwater Robotics markets.

        The newly signed representatives will provide sales support for Aquatec’s innovative AQUAscat® range of acoustic suspended sediment profilers, as well as the AQUAlogger® instrument line of turbidity, temperature and depth loggers.

        Managing Director of Aquatec Group, Andy Smerdon, said,

        “We are looking forward to working closely with SeaBreath in order to provide customers in Japan the very best service and innovative technologies. Aquatec has been designing instrumentation for oceanographic and environmental monitoring for 30 years, and we are continuously improving and developing our instruments to meet our customers’ needs.”

         

        About Aquatec:

        The Aquatec Group are creators of innovative instruments, services and solutions for measurement, monitoring and communication underwater. They provide instrumentation solutions for all water environments, including offshore structures and pipelines; oceans, estuaries, rivers and lakes; and marine mammals and fisheries. Aquatec was founded by the current Managing Director in 1990 as a specialist consultancy in oceanographic instrumentation design. Since then, the company has established a diverse portfolio of products for measurement of physical oceanographic and process parameters including temperature, depth, vibration, attitude, suspended sediment and marine mammal activity, as well as underwater data communication systems and marine mammal deterrents. w: www.aquatecgroup.com

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