MacArtney informs it has signed a representative agreement with its long standing business partner, EMS Sistemas de Monitorización Medio Ambiental in Barcelona, to promote and support MacArtney across all Spanish and Portuguese marine related markets.
According to MacArtney, the moves comes as part of an ongoing push to provide global access with local support to its solutions in all key underwater technology markets.
Founded in 1995 by initiative of oceanographic engineers at ICM Barcelona, EMS provides a background in instrumentation, equipment and systems serving the oceanographic community and users of marine and underwater technology. EMS represents international manufacturers in this sector and has its own advanced technical capabilities to integrate systems for the local user. Since its inauguration, EMS has experienced steady growth, MacArntey reports.
Prior to the official signing of the representative agreement, EMS and MacArtney have cooperated on numerous occasions. For instance, MacArtney NEXUS telemetry and SubConn connectivity supplied by EMS played a central role to interface the IEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography) Politolana subsea towed camera sledge which was sent to investigate and record video and data from the El Hierro submarine volcanic eruption in 2011. Most recently, EMS has integrated another NEXUS multiplexer for the IEO, on a deep camera system called EMS DSC-2013, which is a rapid deployment system being used around the Canary Islands for Marine Protected Area and Deep Ecosystem studies, relevant to EU and national programs. Also, EMS currently manufactures and custom integrates high-resolution deep sea photo and video systems, which are real-time controlled over the NEXUS telemetry system.
As an official MacArtney representative, EMS will gain unlimited access to the entire range of MacArtney system solutions, hereunder winch and handling systems and underwater connectivity solutions which will ultimately allow EMS to bid for larger full-scale solution contracts. On the other hand, MacArtney is bound to expand market recognition and penetration by means of increased access to the extensive regional networks of contacts within the key markets and organizations cultivated by EMS.