Sept 14, 2021
AIRMAR® Technology Corporation, a world leader in ultrasonic transducers and Chirp technology, is pleased to welcome Diana Sufariu to the company as Director of Engineering. Diana will lead Airmar’s engineering team in the development and planning of innovative new products, and joins Airmar with over 20 years of product development and manufacturing experience in industrial sensors.
“We are excited to have Diana on board,” said Steve Boucher, CEO of Airmar Technology. “She will help significantly in determining the course of Airmar’s technological growth, along with anticipating market opportunity for new products. Diana brings invaluable expertise to Airmar, as shown by her long record of exceptional development of sensor-based products.”
“Airmar completely changed the trajectory of the marine electronics industry with their development of Chirp and decades of ultrasonic technology innovation,” said Sufariu. “I look forward to capitalizing on my past work with sensor technology development teams to cultivate many more of the groundbreaking products that Airmar is known for.”
Diana comes to Airmar following a lengthy career at Rockwell Automation where she obtained several patents for her innovative sensor designs and manufacturing methods. In the role of Director of Engineering, Diana will ensure Airmar’s global team of engineers delivers superior, cutting-edge new products and technology. She’ll also execute corporate strategy and work alongside Airmar’s cross-functional teams to build new product plans and product line roadmaps.
Corporate Profile - Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division
Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division is one organization that has set the bar high globally on quality standards in all aspects of its operation. From its human resources practices to its product development and manufacturing standards, the company strives for 110% in all it does. Dometic’s Vancouver, British Columbia design and manufacturing facility is the largest marine focused company in Canada. Its global standards are admirable, and our entire industry can learn from its leadership and positive practices.
In 1962, Dometic (then under the name Teleflex) developed, launched, and marketed a mechanical steering system and with its success came the first hydraulic steering in 1983 and No FeedBack Steering in ’91.
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The 10th edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC) has wrapped up at the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) and it gives a compelling look at the future of electric boating.
The MEBC was started in 2014 as a competition between university teams who built and raced boats powered only by solar power and batteries. To encourage more participation from institutions that may not have naval architecture or boat construction expertise, the YCM introduced the Energy Class competition. The club supplies the student teams with the same one-design catamaran hull, and each team adds their own cockpit and propulsion system that can be powered by any renewable alternative energy sources, not just solar.
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Regardless of the angle of heel, with a Questus mount, a radar antenna will pick up targets to either side of a vessel, rather than aiming to the sky and water (for planes and fish). The Questus Marine Self-Leveling Radar Mount can be installed in three basic configurations: backstay mount, mast mount or Stern Pole mount.
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