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Company Profile for Jeppesen Marine, Inc.


Nobeltec is the leading developer of PC-based marine navigation products. The company was established in 1993 by two ex-Microsoft engineers and avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia  boaters. Their idea was to produce a Windows-based program that displayed electronic navigation Electronic navigation may refer to:
  • Satellite navigation, navigation using signals from orbital satellites (such as GPS) as a reference.
  • Radio navigation, navigation using signals from fixed radio beacons (such as LORAN) as a reference.
 charts and tracked vessel position with a GPS. The company's first product, Navtrek, was a huge success. Over the next few years, due to the increasing popularity of PC's at the time, sales took off. Soon after, Nobeltec broadened its product line by releasing Navtrek 97 and Navtrek Solo.

In 1999, Nobeltec merged with Nautical nau·ti·cal  
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water.



[From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from
 Software, the company that produced the popular ChartView Series and the award-winning Tides & Currents program. Soon after merging, Nobeltec released Visual Navigation Suite 5.0 and the Passport passport

Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer.
 World Charts, which proved to be two of the most successful products in Nobeltec's history.

Shortly thereafter, Nobeltec was purchased by Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., which produces aviation charts in both paper and digital format. Jeppesen is a fully owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company. Nobeltec now offers a complete line of navigation products including Nobeltec Admiral ADMIRAL, officer. In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States. , the Visual Series software, Passport World Charts, Nobeltec Radars and Nobeltec Sounder with DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive  Technology.

Nobeltec products can be purchased from quality marine dealers throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and the world. For more information on Nobeltec products, contact Nobeltec at 15160 NW Laidlaw Road, Portland, OR 97229. 800-946-2877, or email the Nobeltec Sales Department at: sales@nobeltec.com.
Company:                Jeppesen Marine, Inc.

   Headquarters Address:   15160 NW Laidlaw Rd.
                           Suite 100
                           Portland, OR 97229

   Main Telephone:         503-579-1414

   Type of Organization:   Marine Navigation Software and Hardware

   Industry:               Technology: Software

   Key Executives:         General Manager: Shepard Tucker

   Public Relations
     Contact:              Crystal Friedman
     Phone:                503-419-5031
     Email:                crystal.friedman@jeppesen.com
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