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NOR-SHIPPING
The 2009 edition of Nor-Shipping
had as many as 1050 exhibitors from
49 different countries, and this is in
the middle of the so called financial
crisis. Fantastic!
Nor-Shipping has reached a stage
in its existence where it´s being called the biggest maritime event in the
world. Having heard these rumours,
it´s safe to say that this was indeed
a good investment for the Jotron
Group, and probably several other
companies exhibiting at the event.
The Jotron Group joined the rest of
the Norwegian Pavilion in Hall C and
were very happy with the stand. Jotron
AS launched a press release prior to
the event, about the new AIS-SART
which was received with gratitude
and optimism. Jotron Consultas handed out advice to existing customers
about their upgraded version 4 software and Jotron Phontech presented
their latest design of internal communication systems.
Overall, the exhibition was very
successful with most Jotron staff
staying in Oslo where they were able
to entertain visitors, agents and
customers during the evenings.
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MANAGEMENT
US region - things to come in 2009
2009 is proving to be a very fastpaced, challenging and exciting year
for Jotron USA. The past three months
have been a blur for me, since joining Jotron USA as General Manager
in March. I have been traveling and
meeting our friends and partners within
our agent and distribution networks,
including the very well received Agent
Seminar held at Jotron headquarters in
Larvik, Norway in June.
In May, we were invited to showcase our
VHF and UHF radio capabilities with the
Federal Aviation Administration in New
Jersey, with the solid support of Otto
Holm, Technical Director, and Morten
Gjersøe, Business Development Manager from Jotron AS.
Jotron USA will be hosting a Shore Based Maintenance training course in
Houston 4-5 August, conducted by
Fred Ivar Tallaksen from Jotron AS. We
have partners from North and South
America attending, and we are very
excited about the opportunity to work
closely with them. Jotron USA will also
be exhibiting again this year at the
Work Boat Show in New Orleans from
2-4 December 2009. Please visit us at
Booth 2859.
With responsibility for North and South
America, we at Jotron USA have a lot of
territory to cover. To all of our friends
and partners, we will be coming to see
each and every one of you personally
in 2009. Jotron has many new products
coming in late 2009 and mid 2010, and
we are very excited about renewing our
relationships with you, and discussing
the many opportunities available within
the Jotron Maritime, Phontech, Ground
to Air and Consultas product lines.
General Manager Jotron USA, Patrick Woodman.
EVENT
OTC - Offshore Technology Conference 2009
The 40th annual Offshore Technology
Conference was held in Houston, Texas
from 4-7 May, 2009. OTC is the premier event in the United States to showcase products and services supporting
the onshore and offshore petroleum
industries.
For the 4th consecutive year, Jotron
USA participated in OTC as an exhibitor, displaying the complete range
of Jotron products: Ground-to-Air,
Phontech, Maritime, and Consultas.
The Jotron booth was well situated in
the Norwegian pavilion, as part of the
Innovation Norway exhibition. Manning
the booth for Jotron USA this year were
Patrick Woodman(General Manager),
Juan Oltra (GTA Sales Manager), James
Gooch(Phontech Sales Manager), and
Dave Mallette (Maritime Sales Manager).
Jotron USA was pleased to have Tor
Kristian Lystad and Arve Ingebret-
From left: Juan Oltra (Jotron USA), Patrick Woodman (Jotron USA), Arve Ingebretsen (Jotron Phontech), James Gooch (Jotron USA and
Tor Kristian Lystad (Jotron Phontech)
sen from Jotron Phontech visiting the
stand during the convention, and then
providing Phontech product training to
all of the Jotron USA personnel on their
last day.
Although the overall OTC attendance
was lower this year, in part due to the
world economy and also to the recent
Swine Flu pandemic, Jotron did generate quite a bit of interest in their
products, especially with the new AISSART and the Consultas shipboard
software programs.
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CONFERENCE
Agent seminar at Farris Bad Hotel
In the beginning of June, Jotron arranged an agent seminar in Larvik.
40 agents from 30 different countries were represented, including
Jotron subsidiaries and employees.
The seminar was a pre-Nor-Shipping 2009 meeting where the objective was to inform about new
product innovations and meet face
to face. Farris Bad Hotel became
the venue for this seminar, a hotel
which opened in March, had barely
time to test their own facilities before Jotron took over most of their
rooms. Feedback from the guests
showed good service, excellent food
and comfortable rooms.
The seminar gave the opportunity
for Jotron to show the fantastic scenery around Larvik. A boat ride to
Citadell Island on day one, with history lessons and academic presentations gave a good foundation for
a successful seminar.
Day two began with a guided tour
around Jotron´s facilities before returning to the hotel for further academic seminars. Day three was concluded with Ground to Air training.
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Customer satisfaction
During the past 6 months Jotron has
received feedback from their distributor network all around the globe. What
is safe to say is, the feedback is a major
reference to customers who are in the
”decide” stage as to which products to
choose from, amongst the world’s suppliers.
The ATC event in Amsterdam during
March 2009 (ref. The Beacon issue 13)
was very useful for Jotron. End users
visited the Jotron stand and expressed their enthusiasm for the equipment. Suriname Civil Aviation has had
5000-series radios from Jotron for
more than 20 years without any problems and are now upgrading to newer
equipment.
As of today, Jotron has supplied over
2500 radios in Norway, 2600 in Turkey and closer to 1000 in Greece. All
airports in New Zealand have Jotron
radios, and after extensive tests found
these radios to be the best. Director
of Safety, Operations & Infrastructure
with IATA (Asia/Pacific Office), David
Behrens says:
”We would have no hesitation in recommending these Jotron transceivers to other
Civil Aviation Authorities for purchase. We
have found the sales and marketing as well
as technical support services from Jotron
to be exemplary throughout our association.”
In 2009, Jotron will deliver radios
to Norway, The Azors, Malaysia,
China, Stansted and Manchester in
the UK, Equador, New Quito, Suriname, Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Swaziland etc. Many of Jotron´s end users
are satisfied with both quality, prices
and service. Kenya, Jordan, Namibia
and several other countries have had
Jotron equipment for more than 15 years without any problems.
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JOTRON
Past & Future for Jotron
For the past 35 years,” recently retired” from Jotron, Steinar Sæter has
experienced every possible scenario a
Managing Director could face. In an interview with The Beacon, he shares his
emotions and gratitude of having had
the chance of being a part of Jotron for
his entire working career.
Jotron was based in Levanger from the
beginning in 1967 and moved to Tjodalyng in 1978. From January 1975 to the
last working day of May 2009, he has
had several positions in the Jotron organization. He started his career in the
lab, moved on to being the Production
Manager, Marketing Manager and ended up as the Managing Director for
the past 21 years.
Being filled up with mixed emotions
and feeling a great amount of loss and
want, Mr. Sæter feels he made the right
decision when he decided to retire at
the age of 62. He says: ”The older you
get, the harder it is to make difficult
decisions, which sometimes have to be
made as the Managing Director.” It´s
not difficult to see the passion in his
eyes when he refers to his life with Jotron. He says it has been a fantastic life,
and I don´t regret anything I have been
a part of. But as for life in general, there
has also been a few experiences I could
have done without.”
Going back a couple of decades and
when asked, Mr. Sæter tells The Beacon
about his first visit to Radio Holland.
This is an experience he will remember
from his period as a young Marketing
Manager with great pleasure. And in
1978, Jotron made their first distributor
agreement with Radio Holland, who are
still one of the main Jotron distributors
worldwide. This is a moment he is very
proud of having been a part of.
Mr. Sæter has left a major hole to fill,
but replacing him, is an ambitious
young and unafraid Managing Director.
Magnus Vold is 42 years of age and was
From left: Steinar Sæter and Magnus Vold
”I have had a fantastic rich
and meaningful Jotron life
and met interesting people
all over the world throughout
my entire career.” Steinar Sæter
previously with ABB in various executive positions. Mr. Vold initiated a dialog
himself with Mr. Sæter and was chosen
because of his broad international experience and being market oriented.
He says this job opportunity is a major
task, but he is ready to face it. With the
kind of knowledge and experience you
will find through the walls at Jotron, he
will not face all challenges himself.
Jotron has a solid fundamental standpoint and he appreciates the fact that
he has several teams backing him up.
In general, Mr. Vold feels comfortable
when he has to meet the various challenges. He has already had the role as
Sales and Marketing Director for 18
months and knows what he is getting
involved with. Mr. Sæter expresses the
fact that Mr. Vold has to be both the
driving and motivating force within the
Jotron Group.
For future references, Mr. Sæter has a
lot of hobbies to keep him busy. First
of all he has a role of being a mentor,
helping new companies getting started.
He is also involved with counseling and
holding presentations. Mr. Sæter has
gained a lot of knowledge throughout
his career and wants to use this in his
after-Jotron-life. In addition he also
enjoys carpentry.
”But remember Mr. Sæter, you have
earned yourself a good retirement, so
hopefully you will find time to relax and
enjoy your life”.
The Beacon and the rest of the Jotron
Group wish you all the best in the future
and wishes Mr. Vold good luck as your
replacement.
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APPROVALS
UAB Jotron certified and Jotron AS re-certified
UAB Jotron,
the
Jotron
Group´s
production
facility
in
Kaunas, Lithuania received their
first
ISO
certificate,
dated May
12th 2009.
The certificate covers Manufacturing and Test
of Professional Electronic, Cables and
Mechanical Systems.
Jotron AS was re-sertified April 30th
2009 by Nemko AS, Certification
Department. Since the 3rd quarter of 2008, Quality Manager Bjørn
Rishovd (picture) has worked towards
a new ISO 9001:2008 certification.
This certification covers the following
activities; Professional Electronic and
Mechanical Systems for Communication and Safety at land, Sea and Air,
Development, Production and Sales.
It is stated that UAB Jotron and Jotron
AS have implemented and maintain a
Quality Management System which
fulfils Nemko´s provisions for Management System Certification and the
requirements of the following standard:
ISO 9001:2008 for UAB Jotron and
NS-EN ISO 9001:2008 for Jotron AS.
Jotron AS has been audited and certified by Nemko according to ISO 9001
since 1993.
EVENTS
Upcoming events
During September Jotron
will participate in trade
shows within offshore and
maritime events.
The BALTEXPO 2009 will
be held in Gdansk in Poland during the period of
September 1-3.
Offshore Europe 2009 in
EMPLOYEES
ASM to Jotron Asia
Aberdeen, Scotland will
be held at the Oil and Gas
Conference and Exhibition
during the period of September 8-11 and Jotron
will display its products at
stand 803 with Innovation
Norway.
Patric Chong is employed as an Area
Sales
Manager
for the Ground to
Air products in Jotron Asia to further
strengthen our base
in the Asian region.
NEVA 2009 will be held in
St. Petersburg in Russia
and Jotron will exhibit their
maritime products with several agents from 22-25
September.
He has prior experience in communication
systems
onboard naval vessels. He was trained
in the Singapore
Aviation Academy
as a probationary
Air Traffic Controller accredited by the
Civil Aviation Authority of
Singapore. Being an enduser to most ground to air
radios in aviation industry,
we hope he can share the
same feeling and under-
BALTEXPO 2009, Gdansk Offshore Europe 2009, Aberdeen
NEVA 2009, St. Pertersburg
block #5055
stand: 803
represented with
several agents
stand deeper the requirements as other controllers
in this region.
The Jotron Group welcomes
Patrick Chong to the family.
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JOTRON PHONTECH AS
Large scale contract
Jotron Phontech AS received in late
April 2009 one of the largest single contracts during their 20 years in
the industry. The order was placed by
Aibel who in this project have the role
as Statoil´s maintenance and modification partner. The order consists of
upgrading and replacing old PAGA systems on Statoil´s gas processing plant
on Kollsnes.
The processing plant at Kollsnes west
of Bergen treats gas received in pipelines from the Troll, Kvitebjørn and Visund fields offshore in the North Sea,
and can handle up to 143 million standard cubic meters per day.
Jotron Phontech AS has delivered
many PAGA systems to the Oil & Gas
Industry in Norway. The first one was
delivered and installed back in 1979.
Jotron Phontech AS expects several of
these to be replaced and upgraded in
the coming years.
HOLMENKOLLEN RELAY RACE
Jotron ran the distance
Holmenkollen Relay Race is the world’s
biggest race of its kind. Jotron participated in this race with 15 of its dedicated employees.
The race has 15 stages and every stage
was carefully selected by each professional at Jotron. The race started at
Bislett Stadium in Oslo and continued
to Holmenkollen, a known ski jump facility. The stages ranged from 390 to
2480 meters and were in total 17900
meters. Jotron finished with the time,
1.17.34, which gave them 482nd place,
amongst 699 participating teams.
Jotron celebrated its accomplishment
by dining at Egon, a fashionable restaurant at Frogner in Oslo.
Jotron promises to participate again
next year and start training a little
more than just a week before the competition. Jotron congratulates itself for
accomplishing the world’s biggest relay
race.
1. row: Gunnar von Brandis, Tor Egil Chrisiansen and Øystein Helgesen
2. row: Morten Gjersøe, Tore Holm Hammersmark, Terje Nyrén and Arne Berdal
3. row: Helge Grinde, Randi Løken, Arne Dirdal and Ellen Brejning
4. row: Geir Hellerud, Geir Yngve Ellingsen, Annette Arentz Hagen and Damien Egan
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DISTRIBUTOR
VIA MARINE CO., LTD
F O C U S
retrofitting equipment for China
shipping industry. With its strong
back-up of well trained technical
personnel and sufficient spares,
Via Marine Co. Ltd is able to offer
qualified and professional service
throughout China.
Via Marine Co. Ltd, is playing
an important role in supplying
marine electronic products for
China ship-building industry and
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The company was founded in
2002 and is acting as the distributor for Jotron Phontech AS.
The company has always recognised that much greater growth
can be achieved as an agent for
quality products coupled with a
strong sales and service force
within the organisation.
As of today, Via Marine delivers
the whole range of Jotron Phontech equipment. They recently
placed 16 orders containing DICS
6100 Digital Integrated Communication System, MPA 1600
Public Address, BTS 4000 Batteryless Telephone, CIS 3000
Command Intercom and SR
8200 Sound Reception.
In addition, Via Marine is also an
important distributor of Jotron´s
GMDSS products with Jotron Asia.
COMPETITION
WIN a KOSS Headset!
Answer the following questions and win a KOSS Headset Pro 3aa Titanium. We will
draw 1 winner on August 17th 2009 who will receive this price. The competition is
only open to non Jotron employees. The answers can be sent to
[email protected].
1. ”Water hazard” is a terminology used in an international sport, which sport is this?
2. Which block buster film is number 1 amongst the top 100 films within the category
Sci-fi and who directed it?
3. What´s the real name of the actor, playing the ”villain” in Dan Browns ”Angels &
Demons”?
Previous issues winner of the AQ-5 Strobe Light was:
Geir Dyngvold from HÖEGH FLEET SERVICES AS, Norway.
The Beacon congratulates.
Exhibition Calendar 2009
You´ll find Jotron or our distributors exhibiting our products at the following international exhibitions throughout the year:
DATE
September
September
September
October
December
December
March
March
VENUE
BaltExpo
Offshore Europe
NEVA 2009
Kormarine 2009
Workboat exhibition
Marintec China 2009
ATC 2010
APM 2010
LOCATION
Gdansk
Aberdeen
St. Petersburg
Busan
New Orleans
Shanghai
Amsterdam
Singapore
And finally...
With Nor-Shipping laying behind us,
as well as the first half of 2009, we are
looking forward to the upcoming challenges of the second half. Exciting times are
closing in as we have several new products
in the pipeline ready to be launched during
the start of 2010. The financial crisis is still hovering above
us, but indications have shown a slight downfall the past
month, so maybe we are facing improved times in the near
future. Have a great summer!
Tore Holm Hammersmark, Editor
([email protected])
CONTACT
CONTACTINFORMATION
INFORMATION
Jotron AS
P.O.Box 54
3280 Tjodalyng, Norway
Tel: +47 33 13 97 00
Fax: +47 33 12 67 80
[email protected]
Jotron Consultas AS
P.O.Box 743
3196 Horten, Norway
Tel: +47 33 03 07 00
Fax: +47 33 03 07 10
[email protected]
Jotron Asia Pte. Ltd.
19 Loyang Way, Changi Logistics Centre
Rear Office Block 04-26
Singapore 508724
Tel: +65 65426350/Fax: +65 65429415
[email protected]
Jotron Phontech AS
P.O.Box 274
3192 Horten, Norway
Tel: +47 33 08 35 00
Fax: +47 33 08 35 01
[email protected]
Jotron UK Ltd.
Crosland Park, Off Crowhall Road Cramlington
Northumberland NE23 1LA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1670 712000
Fax: +44 (0) 1670 590265
[email protected]
Jotron USA, Inc.
10645 Richmond Avenue, Suite 140
Houston, TX 77042, USA
Tel: +1 713 268 1061
Fax: +1 713 268 1062
[email protected]
www.jotron.com