Crane Monitoring System Representation for North America
Virginia Beach, VA – June 23, 2010 – The GBS Group is proud to announce receipt of a contract from Aanderaa Data Instruments (AADI) of Bergen, Norway. GBS has been chosen to represent AADI's Mipeg product line across the US and Canada, effective immediately. This contract expands GBS' presence in the Energy and Offshore Drilling industries.
"We are proud to represent Mipeg products for such a strong technology company like AADI" said Bob Golden, CEO of The GBS Group. "We continue to grow our technology development and support services and seek strong partners like AADI in all industries we serve. We are honored to be chosen by AADI as their trusted representatives. Mipeg products have a long and excellent reputation for reliability and are backed by a strong service team within GBS and AADI in Norway."
Mipeg Crane Monitoring Systems have been extensively installed on a wide variety of cranes in the Offshore Drilling, Marine, and Construction industries. Mipeg Systems are operating offshore in all parts of the world and are used on fixed platforms, drilling rigs, pipe-laying barges, lift boats, drill ships, floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units. Mipeg systems have also been fitted to high integrity overhead travelling cranes in the Nuclear Electricity Generating Field, cranes operated by the U.S. Navy and the Corps of Engineers, as well as by the UK Ministry of Defense.
AADI VP and Sales Director, Harald Goldstein expressed excitement at GBS handling the Mipeg product line in North America and said, "GBS has a reputation for providing timely and effective support for their customers in Energy, Rail, and Maritime / Defense industries. Their impressive engineering talent, combined with GBS' broad client portfolio will provide Mipeg with new channels of distribution and expanded service quality."
About Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (AADI)
Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (AADI), headquartered in Bergen, Norway, designs, manufactures and sells sensors, instruments and systems for measuring and monitoring in demanding environments. Primary market areas are marine transportation, oil and gas, aquaculture, environmental research, road and traffic and construction.
AADI instrumentation has offered high quality information to improve the safety of the offshore operations for more than 40 years. Since the 1970s AADI has offered crane load monitoring and safety systems through the MIPEG brand. It has become an industry standard for offshore crane load monitoring and safety systems, currently in use on more than 1,700 offshore installations and by more than 160 operators worldwide.
