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In this Issue:
On behalf of the Massachusetts Ocean Technology
Network, Ted Curley, acting Vice-President of MOTN and Sales &
Marketing Mgr. of EPC Labs, Inc. received the Mass Export Achievement
Award. The award, given for excellence in exporting, was in
recognition for the group's initiatives with trade show collaborative
and the recent Trade Mission to China. The award was presented
June 2nd at The Commonwealth Conference on International Business
and featured a keynote address from the Chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors, Alan Greenspan.
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The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO), Stennis
Space Center, MS has purchased seven GSP-1086-2 500 Series recorders.
The units were purchased for use with three geophysical measurement
systems and will utilize the new features incorporated with the
500 Series; Time Varied Gain (TVG), Band Pass Filtering and Signal
Stacking. The units were also delivered with custom Hardigg
Transport Cases and the new EPC Rack-Mount Kit. NAVO already
owns three GSP-1086s. These are being used with the seismic
systems and a multi-beam sonar.
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Coming on the heels of the successful trade mission
to China, EPC announces the sale of GSP-1086-2 500 Series
to the Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Exploration and Develpoment Corporation,
a division of the China National Star Petroleum Corporation, Shanghai
P.R. China. The recorder is for seismic operations and was
sold through EPC Sales Agent China-Ores. Previously, EPC had
delivered a GSP-1086 to the Shanghai Institute of Waterways for
operation on the Yangtze River Dredging Project.
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The upgrade for the GSP-1086 500 Series is now
available on the EPC Web-Site http://www.epclabs.com.
The software upgrade is applicable to all 500 Series GSP-1086 Models
between Serial Number 500 and 532 only. The software upgrade
from REV C2 to C3b is implemented by downloading an executable file.
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EPC is pleased to announces that it is not participating
in Oceans '99 (Seattle, WA). EPC does not have a booth number
and will not be displaying any equipment. There will be no
EPC personnel at the show. EPC is proud to be skipping the
Oceans '99 Conference for the second year in a row. EPC will
next be participating in the Ocean Technology Workshop October 3-5
at the Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort and Conference Center, No. Falmouth,
MA http://www.motn.org
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Now in paperback, "Ship of Gold in the Deep
Blue Sea" by Gary Kinder. The true story chronicals Tommy
Thomson in his epic quest to find the SS Central America that sank
off the Carolina coast in 1857 with 21 tons of gold onboard.
EPC recorders are featured prominately throughout the National Bestseller.
The older stylus EPC recorders (the expidition was in the 1980s)
were used in conjuction with a SeaMARC Side Scan Sonar. "Titanic
tragedy meets Tom Clancy technology" claims People magazine.
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EPC has secured orders for the new HSP-100 and is set for delivery
this month. The HSP-100 is a high resolution (256 shades)
gray scale printer capable of being interfaced to all topside systems
with a GSP-1086 driver. Utilizing advances in modern electronics,
EPC has minimized the amount of parts in the unit to greatly enhance
reliability. The single board controller executes the HSP's
advanced logic in a single high density CPLD, eliminating unecessary
circuitry.
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In observance of Independence Day, EPC Labs, Inc.
will be closed Monday, July 5, 1999. Independence Day, also
known as the Fourth of July, is the U.S. holiday commemorating
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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Next Issue: July 16, 1999
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