Apelco Fishfinder wins 1996 IMTEC Innovation Award; LCD Fishfinder with Optional "Sidelooker" Takes Top Honors in Electronics Category.MANCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996-- Raytheon Marine Company today announced that its Apelco 365 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. Fishfinder with Optional "Sidelooker" won the 1996 Innovation Award in Electronics at the International Marine Trades & Exhibits Convention's (IMTEC IMTEC Implant Technologies IMTEC Information Management & Technology Division (GAO) IMTEC International Marine Trades Exhibit & Conference ) annual trade show held in Chicago last weekend. The award is presented annually at IMTEC in recognition of the year's most innovative marine products and was selected by a panel of industry experts drawn from the membership of Boating Writers International. Categories for the Innovation Award include boats, engines, accessories & trailers, electronics and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and products. "The judges were impressed with the way the 365 Fishfinder incorporates highly-sophisticated technology previously used by the U.S. government in an affordable consumer product," said Henry Brehm, spokesman for the National Marine Manufacturers Association, sponsor of the IMTEC show. The Apelco family of fishfinders feature a "sidelooker" capability, that uses acoustic sensors specifically designed for underwater use to view either side of a vessel, from the surface to the bottom without clutter from either above the water line or from the bottom. Unlike a depth meter which shows only a digital readout (1) A small display device that typically shows only a few digits or a couple of lines of data. (2) Any display screen or panel. , the Apelco Fishfinders provide a "real-time" visual display of everything between the bottom of the boat and the bottom of the water. The fishfinders are available in three models: 265, 365 and 465. In addition, the 365 and 465 models digitally display speed, water temperature and distance logged. "We have taken Raytheon's expertise in developing highly advanced naval defense systems, and put the benefits of that technology into the hands of recreational fisherman," said Dr. Philip W. Cheney, vice president of Raytheon and group executive of Raytheon Electronics, the parent of Raytheon Marine. "That transition of technology now allows consumers and commercial fisherman to see fish that they may never have seen with conventional, less sophisticated units." In addition to locating fish, Raytheon's fishfinder technology has been used by researchers and explorers to locate shipwrecks This list of shipwrecks is of those ships whose have been located. Africa East Africa
 This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. that chart the bottom of the ocean. Raytheon Marine Company, a unit of Raytheon Electronics, is dedicated to the manufacturing and distribution of the highest quality marine electronic products and services to the worldwide recreational boat, commercial fishing, merchant shipping and government markets. Raytheon Company, headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,355 at the 2000 census. The town is famous for being the site of the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagement of the American Revolution. , is a $12 billion international, high technology company which operating in four businesses: commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, aircraft and major appliances A major appliance is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. . CONTACT: Raytheon Company Patricia Duffy, 603/634-4727 |
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