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August 15, 2014

MTR 100: DeepSea Power & Light

4033 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123
T: 858.576.1261
E: [email protected]
W: www.deepsea.com
CEO/President: Mark Olsson
Engineering Director: Eric Chapman
No. of Employees: 40

DeepSea Power & Light is a U.S. company with 30 years of experience manufacturing underwater lights, cameras, batteries, and lasers for deep diving submersibles, ROVs, AUVs, offshore oil, and commercial divers. It was founded in 1983 with the goal of providing high quality, innovative products to the oceanographic community. Initially manufacturing deep water power systems, the company’s expertise and product line has grown over the years to include a wide range of underwater video and lighting systems.

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DeepSea Power & Light is a global leader in underwater lighting, video, and power systems for the oceanographic community.  All of DeepSea Power & Light’s standard products are rigorously designed to perform in the harsh marine environment, from wet/dry surface applications to full ocean depth deployments.
 

(As published in the July/Aug 2014 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - http://www.marinetechnologynews.com/Magazine)

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