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Successful FAT New products Marketing Director Jotron Consultas AS

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Million $ contract

across the Aeronautical Telecommuni-cationNetwork.

ATC Global 2008 - Amsterdam

A new com-pany has fromFebruary 1st,been added to the Jotron Group,whencompanyConsultasASlocatedinHorten(Norway)hasbeenacquiredfromthethreecompanyfounders.

Consultasisaproviderofawidevari-etyofmaritimesoftware;The Consultas Loading Computermeets the industry standards forloading calculations on most typesofshipsandrigs,andprovidesuserswith an efficient calculation and re-portingtool.Anotherareaofexperti-seisthewidevarietyofsoftwaretoolsto handle various ship managementtasksonboardvesselsandfromcen-traloffices.

Consultas consider itself first andforemost as a maritime companyfully dedicated to their end users ofsoftware and hardware. By combi-ninginnovativetechnologyandsolidmaritimecompetence, thecompanyshallmaintainitspositionasahighlycompetent and reliable provider ofmaritimesoftwareintheworld.

Jotronislookingforwardtolearnmoreaboutthesefinefeaturesandinduecourse introduce relevant solutionsto partners worldwide. Read moreaboutConsultasfrompages4-5.

ATC Global 2008 be-cameamajorsuccessfor Jotron during thefewdaysoftheevent.Over 2000 industryprofessionals wereinvited to witness theeventinanewcity.

Jotron displayed itsnew VDL2 (VHF Digi-talLink)radiotoshowwhatpossibilitiesthereareasaGroundtoAircommunicator. WhileAM voice still is theprimarycommunicati-on between the planeandairtrafficcontrollers,theimportanceof being able to supply VDL2 radios willincrease as the technology becomesmorewidelyused.

The VDL2 is not future technology, it isoperational today. The number of air-craftequippedbyVDL2 isprogressivelyincreasing. The recent records from amonitoring ground station show a rapidincrease.

Thiscommunicationsystemisoneofair-craft-groundsubnetworks,anditmaybeused to support data communications

ATC Global 2008 was this year held at the RAI International Exhibition and Con-gress Centre in Amsterdam. Jotron was represented once again and this was the 18th year of participation.

Fromlefttoright:DianeTan(JotronAsia),StuartFerguson(JotronUK),LiseGrøstad(JotronAS)andBjørnAllum(JotronAS).

Jotron acquires a new company, Consultas AS

Fromlefttoright:MereteBerdal,ChairmanofJotronAS,SteinarJovall,WernerHansen,HaldorHole(AllfoundersofConsultas).

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optimaluser-friendlyfeatures.Forseveralyears,JotronAShasco-operatedcloselywithprofessionalend-users,suchasfishermenandmerchant-fleetcrew.Thishasresultedinboth the new EPIRB and the new Tron-SART20 having anewlydesignedreleasemechanismwhichsimplifiesandfa-cilitatesmanualoperation,especiallyunderextremecon-ditionsandatlowtemperatures.

Foreaseofreplacement,thenewseriesEPIRBshavealsobeendesignedtofitthecurrenttypeofbracketusedbyitspredecessorsTron-40SandTron-40GPS.

Inadditiontotheseimportantnewtechnicalfeatures,JotronAS has invested a significant amount of effort and focustoensurethatthesenewproductsareasenvironmentallyfriendlyaspossible.ThenewrangeofEPRIBsandtheTronSART20areincorporatedintoJotronASrecycleprogram.Furthermore, this new generation of products will complywithRoHSandhencecontainno lead-soldering.AnotherimportantenvironmentalaspectistheuseofanewNon-Hazardousbatteryassembly.Aproductclassifiedas“Non-Haz”considerablyeasesdistribution,handlingandthecostoftransportation.JotronASisveryproudtoannouncethatthenewproductsmeetallthecriteriaaccordingtotheUN“Recommendationon the Transport ofDangerous Goods;Manual of Test andCriteria, Ref ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.4.”

The new Tron-SART20 is also de-signedtobealight-weight,compactunitgreatly reducing theneed for unneces-sary material andparts. This, in turn,results in less pack-ing material, whichotherwisewouldhavetoberecycled.

BoththenewEPIRBsas well as the newTron SART20, inclu-dingaccessories,areavailablethroughJo-tron AS World Widedistributionnetwork.

PRODUCT NEWS

New environmentally friendly EPIRB and SART

ItisapleasuretoannouncethattheJotronGrouplaunchesanewrangeofEPIRBs(EmergencyPosition IdentificationRadioBeacon)aswellasanewSART(SearchandRescueTransponder). In addition to introducing a range of newtechnicalfeaturesJotronAShasplacedgreatemphasisonensuringthenewproductsareasenvironmentallyfriendlyas possible while still meeting the required internationalstandards.

The twonewEPIRBsarecalledTron-40SMK IIandTron-40GPSMKIIwhilethenewSARTentersthemarketunderthenameofTron-SART20.BoththeEPIRBandSARTcomewitha5yearwarrantyasstandard.

ThenewTron-40SMKIIandTron-40GPSMKIIhavebeendesignedtoexhibitevengreatervisibility.AstateoftheartLED-modulehasbeendevelopedcomprisingauniquere-flector.Togetherwithanoptimallens,theEPIRBmeetsnewstrictrequirements.ThenewintenseLED-lightwillassisttheworkofanySearchandRescueTeamsandgreatlyimpro-vesdetectionduringdifficultweatherconditions.

JotronASpolicy is tomanufacturesafetyequipmentwith

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JOTRON USA, INC.

A new offshore construction vesselisbeingbuiltduring2008worthUS$145.3million.Thevesselhasalargeworkingdeckandcapacityandisde-signed with emphasis on efficiency,safety and economy. The VS 4220 OCV Normand Sevenmeasures 130meters in lengthand28meters inwidthandhasacrewcapacityof100.Thevessel´scranehasa liftingcapacityof400tonsatadepthof3000metersandacargodeckareaof2000sqm.

Jotron USA has signed a contract with this ves-sel which is being built in Nova Scotia, Canada.ShawnGoodwin,SalesManagerwithJotronUSA,tells us that this contract is worth USD 150.000pershipandhasatotalof3shipswithanoptionof3more.

TheawardwinningshipwillstartusingJotronPhontechequip-mentsuchasDICS1600(DigitalIntegratedCommunicationSystem)withacallloginsystem,MPA1600(Marineandoff-shorePublicAddresssystem),BTS4000(AmplifiedBatteryless Telephone System) and a hospital refrigerator alarmsystem.

Another large scale contractPRODUCT DISTRIBUTORS

S-VDR suppliersRutter Technologies Inc. andConsilium Navigation AB aretwo of Jotron´s main distri-butors for theproduct rangeof float free capsules. This isthe S-VDR (Simplified Voya-geDatarecorder)whichbothdistributors proudly put theirnameon.

Rutter Technologies deliversand supports world-classelectronicsinthemarine,avi-ation,aerospace,militaryandsecurity sectors. In additionto manufacturing, distribu-ting and supporting our ownproduct lines,Rutteralsoof-fers turnkey electronics ma-nufacturing solutions on anoutsourcebasis.

Consilium Navigation is aworld leading supplier of a

range of na-vigation pro-ducts compri-singSALSpeedlogs, ConsiliumV D R / S - V D Rand ConsiliumSelesmarradarsystems. Con-silium Naviga-tion stands forhigh quality and has a longandextensivereputationofstate-of-the-art products.Together with well trainedstaff, Consilium Navigationtoday offers ship ownersand other customers thebest technical products,solutions, service and sup-port with optimized cost ofownership in combinationwithpremierenduranceandperformance.

JotronAShassignedacon-tract to deliver radio equip-ment for a value of NOK 78million to FLO - ForsvaretsLogistikkorganisasjon (Nor-wegianArmedForces)withanoption of an additional NOK24million.Thedeliveriesandinstallations will occur overa period of approximately 4years.

ThecontractalsocoverstheinstallationofUHF/VHFairportradiosystemsforcommunicationbetweenairportsandmili-taryplanesandhelicoptertraffic.

ThiscontractisanadditiontoaPublicResearchandDevelop-mentcontractwhichwassignedin1998betweenJotronAS,Flo and Innovation Norway. The development contract wastargetedtodevelopamodernGroundtoAirradiosystemforcommunication between airports and military aeronauticaltraffic.Thecontractendedin2002becauseofcircumstan-cessurroundingrestructuringoftheNorwegianArmedFor-

Million $ contract with Norwegian Armed ForcesDISTRIBUTION

ces.Duetosubsequentbudgetreductionstheprocurementwaspostponeduntil2008.

HavingthiscontractwiththeNorwegianArmedForcesandthelongtermdeliveryscheduleinvolvedwillgiveJotronasig-nificantprojectasareferencefortheinternationalmarket.

JotronsignscontractwiththeNorwegianArmedForces,herewithManagingDirectorSteinarSæterfromJotronandBrigadierAsleK.Kjeldsberg.Photo:SvendEinarHansen

Fromlefttoright:SteinarSæter(JotronAS),MereteBerdal(JotronAS),ShivGrepp(FLO),HenningHøydahl(FLO),OttoHolm(JotronAS)andOleSteinarNordhaug(JotronAS).Photo:SvendEinarHansen

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JOTRON CONSULTAS AS - NEW MEMBER OF THE JOTRON GROUP

Consultas now part of the Jotron GroupConsultas has joined the Jotron Group and will now be known as Jotron Consultas AS. There are 2 main products that form the basis of the Jotron Consultas range as described below.

consistsofSteinarJovall,aNavalArchitect,whoisHeadofdepartment.TeammembersareArneNåtedal,KjetilHan-sen,KaiArneandInger-LiseGrytvik.BjørnNygård,alsoaNavalArchitect,willjointheteamfromMay2008.

NEWSLate2006Consultasdecidedtodevelopthenextgene-rationofLoadingSoftware–version4undertheprojectnameC-Load.DuetoclassrequirementitwasdecidedtofirstdevelopDamageStabilityina3Dversion.Thisversionwascompletedearlierthisyearandhasalreadybeendeli-veredto3DNVclassedvessels(FrontPuffin,NavionBer-genandAttilioIevoli)andweareproudtoadvisethatJo-tronConsultasachievedtypeapprovalwithDNVinMarch2008.

JotronConsultashasalsoappliedfortypeapprovalofDa-mageStability-3DwithLloyd’sRegisterandhopetohavethisinplaceshortly.

LOADING COMPUTERThe Consultas Loading Com-puter is designed to meet theneeds for loading calculationsonboard most types of shipsandplatformswiththemainfo-cusonstrengthandalltypesofstabilityanalysis.

TheConsultasLoadingCompu-terwasfirstintroducedin1972after it had been convertedfromamanual instrument intoa computer based software

pre-installedoncomputersavailableinthosedays.Sincethen this product has been continuously developed toalwaysmeetthe latestrequirementssetbythe industry,governingbodiesandclasssocieties.

The Loading Computer department at Jotron Consultas

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based on Plan-nedMaintenanceSystem (SA-PMS). The Con-sultas PlannedM a i n t e n a n c eSystem is typeapproved withDNV.

The Ship Mana-gement Softwaredepartment atJotron ConsultasconsistsofWernerHansen,aNavalArchitectwhoisHeadofdepartment.TeammembersareGeirSkaret,EspenSund-heim,BjørnLarsen,GunnarRustanandAlexanderDimmen.

MostofJotronConsultasShipManagementSoftwareiscur-rently going through considerable development and theyexpecttostartlaunchingthenewmainversions(ver.4)late2008.

SHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWAREJotron Consultas provide a widevarietyofsoftwaretoolstohandlevarious ship management tasksonboardvesselsandfromcentraloffices.Taskssuchasorderingofparts, consumables and provi-sion, maintenance planning andreporting,exchangeofformsandtechnicalknowledgesharing,pay-rollandvoyagereporting.

JotronConsultashasitsstrongestmarket share among Scandina-

vianship-owners,buttheydohaveclients inmostpartsoftheworld.

Trainingcoursesandconsultancyservices related toplan-nedmaintenancearealsoimportantbusinessactivitieswit-hinthisdepartmentenablingthemtoofferthevalueaddedservices requiredbysomeclients in theirachievements forfullutilisationoftheirsoftwareinvestments.

TheConsultasMaintenanceSystemistypeapprovedforuseonboardDNVclassedvesselswiththeSurveyArrangement

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EMPLOYEE NEWS

New Marketing Director

MagnusVoldisthenewMar-ketingDirectorfortheJotronGroup having taken up therole on January 1st 2008. .Magnus is 40 years old andhassignificantexperience inthefieldofmarketingmana-gement.

WithaBachelordegreewithhonours from Heriot WattUniversityinEdinburghandaMasterofManagementfromBI in Norway, he has a re-spectableresume.Duringhis14yearsofworkingasanem-ployeewiththeABBGroupinNorway,Magnusheldanum-ber of executive positionsfromExportAreaManagertovariousVicePresidentPosi-tionsinABBNorwayandtheGlobal ABB Group. MagnuslivesinSkienandhas2chil-

REVIEW

Successful FAT

Jotron AS withKai HenningAngelsen asthe ProjectManager helda success-ful Pre-FATand FAT withour customerMORS Ltd.from the Tur-kish part ofCyprus.

A FAT is a Factory Accep-tanceTestwherethecusto-mer witnesses the test onsite and concludes that it isup to their initial standardsandhowtheywishtousetheproducts.

The acceptance test endedsuccessfully and all parties

From left to right: Kai Henning Angelsen(JotronAS),SelcukYazici(GeneralDirec-tor of Yazici Co. Ltd.), Özgenç Yücesan(MemberofTenderCommittee),MahmutNihat (General Director of Civil AviationDept. of KKTC), Ali Keskindag (Elk. Engi-neer), Gökhan Dagman (Elk. Engineer),MustafaSofi(Elk.Engineer),NurayTuncel(Elk.Engineer),OleSteinarNordhaug(Jo-tronAS),LiseGrøstad(JotronAS).

drenaged11and20.

His main focus is to ensurestability and further growthintheyearstocome.TheJo-tron Group welcomes Mag-nusandwisheshimgoodluckandeverysuccessinhisnewposition.

MortenGjersøehasbecomethe new Business Develop-mentManager.

involved ended their staysatisfied with what they hadexperienced.

TRAINING

Product and SBM training March 11 - 12TheJotronGrouparrangedyetanotherproductandSBM(ShoreBaseMaintenance)trainingco-ursefordistributorsfromAfrica,AsiaandEurope.TheparticipantsarenowtrainedandapprovedtocarryoutSBMonJotronmaritimeproducts.

Inadditiontothewrittenagenda,theyalsowentthrough maintenance training to service TronTR20 GMDSS handheld radio, Tron UAIS TR-2500 and Tron S-VDR CAPSULE software up-grade.

From left to right: Remco van Hijum (Radio Holland, Netherlands), MikhailVoronkov(Port-ServiceLtd,Russia),BrianvanReek(RadioHolland,Nether-lands), Marten Smidtman (Radio Holland, Netherlands), Leonid Khodjayev(RapidSolutionsLtd,Azerbaijan),ErikRensink(RadioHolland,Netherlands),Jan Erik Sæter (Jotron AS), Ivan Sucic (ABE Inzenjering, Croatia), VitalyDovzhenko(Trident,Ukraine),MalikSlimani(WMCSAT,Algeria),RolfAndreasWallin(JotronAS),MamyJ.NicolasRamahafadrahona(BuerauofShippingMadagascarBSSM),SergeyChudin(MarineBridge&Nav.System,Russia),SergeyIvanov(Trident,Ukraine),AzizOuldisadia(Soremar,Morocco),RasimAliyev(RapidSolutionsLtd,Azerbaijan),ChaeKyuLee(JaeunCorporation,RepulicofKorea)andFredIvarTallaksen(JotronAS).

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JOTRON PHONTECH AS

Jotron Phontech AS has participated for more than 2 months on NRK´s morning quiz on the radio. They are undisputed champions with 41 rounds which is a new record for the region.

We are very smart people here, says ArildSkoli, Development Manager at JotronPhontechAS.Hewastheradio’stelephonevoiceandHansOlavTalgøwasoneoutofthreepeoplewhogoogledallthequestions.He said he rarely had time to google therightansweruntilsomebodyshouteditout.

Skolisaysitwasalotoffuntobeapartofthe competition, and it contributed to agoodteamspirit.JotronPhontechsetanewrecordintheregionofBuskerud,Telemarkand Vestfold. – “We sacrificed our coffeebreaks so we were able to be on the showfor10-15minuteseachmorning”.

Talgøwasreadytogoogle,Skolimanagedtheradiocontactand 20 colleagues stood around the table cheering away

Masters on-the-air

andansweringcorrectly.Theyhadtowintobethebestacrossthecountyborders.Theregionalrecordwas37rounds,whilethe Vestfold record was 34 until the company from Hortenbeatit.CongratulationstothewholeteamfromTheBeacon.

PRODUCT NEWS

Tron 40S ”phoned home”BBC News reported in an article on February 15th 2008, that a yacht couple was rescued in the South Atlantic after e-mailing the Falmouth Coastguard.

A UK couple were on around-the-world tripwhen their 30 feetyacht was batteredby storms. They suf-fered damage to themast 500 miles fromtheislandofTristandeCunha.

Acargoshippickedthemupafterhavingreceivedanemer-gencysignalfromabeacon.Theysaidtheydidnotexpecttoberescuedduetotheremotenessoftheirposition.Bothofthemwereamazedwhentheyweretoldaboatwouldbeon itsway to them.Theyalsostated theywerevery luckytohavebeenfoundbutregrettedhavingtoabandontheir

yacht“Brilliance”.

TheBeaconhasreceivedconfirmationthatthedistresscallwhichreachedFalmouthCoastguardcamefromaTron40SEPIRB.

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CONTACT INFORMATIONJotron ASP.O.Box543280Tjodalyng,NorwayTel:+4733139700Fax:+4733126780sales@jotron.com

Jotron Phontech ASP.O.Box2743192Horten,NorwayTel:+4733083500Fax:+4733083501sales@phontech.com

Jotron Consultas ASP.O.Box7433196Horten,NorwayTel:+4733030700Fax:+4733030710consultas@consultas.com

Jotron UK Ltd.CroslandPark,OffCrowhallRoadCramlingtonNorthumberlandNE231LA,UnitedKingdomTel:+44(0)1670712000Fax:+44(0)1670590265sales@jotron.co.uk

Jotron Asia Pte. Ltd.19LoyangWay,ChangiLogisticsCentreRearOfficeBlock04-26Singapore508724Tel:+6565426350/Fax:+6565429415sales-asia@jotron-asia.com

Jotron USA, Inc.10645RichmondAvenue,Suite140Houston,TX77042,USATel:+17132681061Fax:+17132681062contact.us@jotron-usa.com

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And finally...First of all I would like to send thanks toeveryonewhohasgivenmepositivefeed-back for the layout and style of the newlookBeacon. Inthis issuewefocusmoreon our new colleagues at Consultas ASwho became part of the Jotron Group inFebruary.Inadditionwealsofocusonournewmaritimepro-ductsandupandcomingeventsfor2008.

Exhibition Calendar 2008

DATE VENUE LOCATIONApril GAEC2008 WarsawMay OTC2008 HoustonAugust ONS2008 StavangerAugust Nor-Fishing2008 TrondheimSeptember SMM2008 HamburgNovember Workboatexhibition NewOrleansNovember METS2008 Amsterdam

COMPETITION

WIN an external hard driveAnswer the following questions and win a brand new Western Digital My Book Premium Edition 500GB USB2.0/Firewire. We will draw 2 winners on the 9th May 2008 who each will receive an external hard drive. The answers can be sent to tore.hammersmark@jotron.com. The competition is only open to non Jotron em-ployees.

PS. All answers are available on our web site: www.jotron.com

1.MentionatleasttwoadvantageswiththenewTronSART20andTron40SMkII?2.WhatisthefrequencystabilityontheTR-7750?3.WhatistheoveralldimensionsonaCIS3102MasterStation?

You´llfindJotronorourdistributorsexhibitingourproductsatthefol-lowinginternationalexhibitionsthroughouttheyear:

DISTRIBUTORF O C U S SHINDONG

Shindong Digitec Co. Ltd. is aworldwide ocean transportationprovider with total communica-tionsolutions.

Shindong values professionalhumanresourcesandknowledgeand quickly responds to rapidlychanging and improving situa-tions. The company’s ultimategoal is to become a worldwideocean transportation and com-munications leader by providingtotal customer satisfaction andhasspentagreatamountinde-

velopingcommunicationtechno-logyandhighlytrainedprofessio-nals.

Shindong promises to become a“giantcompany”thatwillleadtheindustryaswellascreatenewva-luesforcustomers.

Shindong has been a major dis-tributorforJotron´sGMDSSpro-ducts for many years and Jotronintendtocontinuethegoodrela-tionshipintheyearstocome.

EmployeesofShindongDigitecCo.Ltd.

Tore Holm Hammersmark, Editor (tore.hammersmark@jotron.com)

PreviousissueswinnersoftheIPODwere:Laila MikkelsenfromNAVYAS,NorwayandSerguei TarychkinefromIntelcanTechnosystemsInc.,Canada.TheBeaconcongratulates.