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LOWRANCE EXPANDS MEXICAN MANUFACTURING OPERATION
Lowrance Electronics Inc. [LEIX] recently expanded its Mexican manufacturing facility in Ensenada, which employees 150 people. Because of demand for GPS units, Lowrance said it will expand its operation to...
DELORME AND AAA CREATE TRAVEL SOFTWARE
DeLorme Mapping and AAA recently created the AAA Map’n’Go software that has a data base of more than 57,000 accommodations, restaurants, campgrounds and points of interest. With the Internet, users...
NOAA AWARDS VESSEL TRACKING CONTRACT
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), awarded a contract to Germantown, Md.-based Lovingfoss & Associates for monitoring and maintenance...
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JUNGERS NAMED VP BY INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS
Interstate Electronics Corp. (IEC) recently named C. Stephen Jungers as vice president of business development. Jungers, who will market the company’s defense and commercial GPS products, previously was Lockheed Sanders’...
MAGELLAN NAMES INDUSTRY CONSULTANT TO MARKET GPS RECEIVER
San Dimas, Calif.-based Magellan Systems Corp. named Dean Connor of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Connor Marketing its consultant to market its GPS 2000. Connor Marketing, which specializes in outdoor products, will...
PANASONIC'S ORBCOMM COMMUNICATOR HAS GPS CAPABILITY
The Panasonic KX-G7001 subscriber communicator has GPS circuitry and antenna that is designed for the Orbcomm low-Earth orbit satellite system. The units, marketed in the U.S. by Panasonic Industrial Co.,...
HONEYWELL/PELORUS LANDING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATED
Honeywell Inc. [HON] and Pelorus recently showed off its DPGS Satellite Landing System 2000, or SLS-2000, at the Northwest American Association of Airport Executives meeting in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The...