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Holding Navico, world leader in the field of the electronic one plays hooky, buys the MARIS
Signed an agreement with the Grieg group
October 21, 2014
The Norwegian group Holding Navico, world leader in the field of electronic the navy in which it is present with marks Lowrance, Simrad Yachting and B&G, has signed an agreement in order to buy the MARIS (Maritime Information Systems) of the Grieg group, Norwegian society that develops solutions, equipment and systems of aid to navigation
"For our ambitions of increase - it has declared the president and managing director of Holding Navico, Leif Ottosson - commercial the marine market represents a strategic priority and has the intention of have a remarkable impact on the field. Nowadays - it has emphasized - little societies of electronic play hooky are investing as well as how much Navico. In this industry we catch a glimpse exceptional opportunities of innovation and consolidation. To carry the MARIS in the Navico group strengthens our strategy in order to satisfy these ambitions".
"With the acquisition of the MARIS - it has confirmed Jose Herrero, executive vice-president and in charge of the Commercial Marine Division di Navico - we will obtain technologies for navigation avant-garde, a team of world-wide level and a range wide of complementary activities that will haul our continuous expansion and success in this field". Finding that the systems of information and visualization of cartography electronic ECDIS constitute a key element for the development of navigation electronic, Herrero has evidenced that "the remarkable offer of systems ECDIS and aid to navigation of the MARIS, with our pocketbook of producing Simrad as the radar ARPA, GNSS, AIS, Autosteering and Gyros, return the Navico the leader in the development of these innovations".
Navico has specified that produced and brands MARIS will be integrated in the pocketbook of producing Simrad.
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