Valeport has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of a head of marketing, as it targets market leadership in the environmental sensors sector. The internal appointment of former marketing manager, Guy Frankland, to head of marketing marks the latest step in the strategic growth plans for Valeport. With over 20 years’ experience in strategy, brand and digital marketing,
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The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), which is set to self-navigate across the Atlantic autonomously in spring 2021, will be fitted with the new Valeport uvSVX and a Valeport altimeter to provide vital precise underwater depth data to help protect the vessel and the onboard technology on its epic journey. Sailing from Plymouth, U.K., to Plymouth, U.S., MAS will trace the route of the
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Valeport is helping with the national effort to support the NHS by making essential personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Valeport, has pledged its support to a campaign to protect the vital “underwater rainforest” under threat off Tor Bay, on the southwest coast of the U.K. To mark the hydrographic and oceanographic instrument manufacturer’s 50th anniversary, it will partner with a U.K. coastal zoo and aquarium to help protect seagrass, a remarkable plant that flowers underwater and forms dense meadows
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Valeport’s latest and most popular sound speed profiler, the SWiFT SVP, has now been upgraded to provide enhanced versatility and deployment. The improved SWiFT will now operate down to 500 m (previous depth rating was 200 m). Valeport has also increased the profiler’s pressure accuracy from 0.5 to 0.01 percent, fitting only one 50-bar pressure transducer. It comes with Bluetooth connectivity, rechargeable battery and
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