New Market Player M² Subsea Buys a Fleet of 32 ROVs
; In the ’80s, he held various business development roles with Subsea Services (Divex part of JW Fisher) promoting diving equipment throughout Europe and Scandinavia and latterly with Bennico (now a division of Forum) promoting the sale of Perry and Robertson ROVs. In 1990, he founded Bowtech Products with his partner, building the company to a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of vision and communication systems for predominantly commercial ROV use. Winstanley led the company to become the world’s largest supplier of underwater lighting for ROVs and a leader in subsea camera
MTR100: Editor’s Choice - Five Stand-Outs
camera sits at the top of their product range and has recently been used by Curtin University in partnership with the Western Australian Museum on an expedition to survey the wrecks of the HMAS Sydney and the HSK Kormoran. The camera is available in a variety of control formats, including the Bowtech Products GUI, which facilitates the control of all features including white balance, auto tracking and back light compensation, which can be switched on or off using the GUI. Excellent images are obtained, through the fused quartz hemisphere window and the camera is ideal for overall scenes and close-up
Bowtech Debuts New Underwater Camera
Bowtech Products released the Pioneer multipurpose underwater camera with LEDs. The Bowtech products Pioneer is a high resolution underwater color CCD camera with six integral high intensity LEDs. It provides a cost effective solution to general underwater viewing observation, down to 4,000 meters ocean depth. Measuring 53mm diameter and 78.8mm in length (excl. connector), the camera is suited to observation of tooling and manipulator tasks. The fully controllable integral LEDs remove the requirement for separate lights where space is restricted. Lighting control is factory set as Analogue
New Addition to the Bowtech Lamp Range
Bowtech Products Ltd., a producer of subsea vision systems, announced the arrival of the LED-S-Series lamp, a smaller, 10,000 lumen version of its 20,000 lumen LED-V-Series underwater floodlight. The LED-S-Series lamp has been designed to offer a smaller, lighter and lower lumen output than its LED-V-Series using the same technology. Outputting up to 10,000 lumens with a beam angle of 80 degrees in water (narrower angles are available) the lamp is suitable for illuminating large areas for HD viewing tasks. Manufactured in corrosion resistant hard anodized aluminum with an acrylic window
Bowtech Releases New Tooling Camera Range
Bowtech Products released the sixth generation of its color and monochrome tooling cameras with 720 TV lines with improved light sensitivity. As part of Bowtech’s continual product improvement strategy, the monochrome LCC-700 has been superseded by the LCC-720 and the color L3C-650 is superseded by the L3C-720. These sensitive, higher resolution cameras are manufactured in a Titanium housing with Sapphire glass ports and are rated for use to 4,000 meters ocean depth (with a 6,000-meter option). They have proven extremely popular with customers with 1,000s of cameras from this range delivered for
UK Subsea Strengthens Links with Burgeoning Asian Industry
of Scottish companies which are developing world-leading technology in this area, which have the potential to target new opportunities in the global oil and gas/subsea industry.” Of the ten Scottish companies attending Subsea Asia as part of an SDI trade mission, several, such as Bowtech Products and NCS Survey are already using sensor and imaging systems in the subsea sector. Subsea UK, supported by the Society for Underwater Technology and UK Trade and Investment, has drawn together a strong line-up of speakers for the one day conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Bowtech Shortlisted as “Employer of the Year” Finalist
Bowtech Products Ltd. has been selected by the judging panel of the Grampian Awards for Business Excellence as finalist in the “Employer of the Year” category 2014. Bowtech Products Ltd, now in its 25th year, designs, manufactures and supplies vision products to all underwater and harsh environment markets. Bowtech asserts it has always been aware that employees are its greatest asset, as a result the company has an excellent record of retaining staff: 38% of the workforce has been in their employment for over 5 years, 15% of staff have served over 10 years and 9% have served over
Bowtech Release New Tooling Camera Range
Bowtech Products Ltd., a global market leader in subsea vision systems,releasesthe6th generation of their color and monochrome tooling cameras with 720 TV lines with improved light sensitivity. As part of Bowtech’s continual product improvement strategy, the monochrome LCC-700 has been superseded by theLCC-720 and the color L3C-650 is superseded by theL3C-720. Bowtech’s LCC and L3C cameras have been on the market for almost 20 years. The first cameras, which were state of the art at the time, had 380 and 350 TV lines respectively. As camera technology has progressed over the years
Bowtech Hires Main as Sales Manager
Bowtech Products Ltd., a global market leader in subsea vision systems, announces the appointment of Colin Main as Sales Manager – Subsea Connections. Colin has 30 years of experience in the field of subsea connectors and cable molding and is a recognized expert in this Industry. Bowtech’s Managing Director Steve Bowring said, “Colin’s knowledge, experience, customer relationships and wealth of knowledge in underwater connectors, cabling and molding will be a real asset to the company. We are delighted that he has decided to join us." bowtech.co.uk
August 2025
