New Global Headquarters for R2Sonic
R2Sonic will be establishing its new company headquarters in Austin, TX, USA. Demand for R2Sonic sonar products has quadrupled in the past three years. In Austin, R2Sonic will occupy an advanced high-technology manufacturing facility in Oak Hill, which triples the square-footage footprint of its current facility in Santa Barbara, California, thus allowing further expansion and support improvement.
President Jens R. Steenstrup said that to keep up with global demand, and to continue to focus on the customers’ needs, R2Sonic needed to move to another strategic location. Steenstrup added that Austin is the ideal location for tapping into the dynamic high technology community and the world-class sonar research centre at the Applied Research Labs at the University of Texas. He plans to recruit additional engineering talent in 2013.
A number of high-technology companies are already established in Austin, including IBM, Dell and Apple.
R2Sonic multibeam echosounder sonar are used to gain high-resolution 3D survey models of underwater areas. Clients include renewable energy, oil and gas, construction, among other industries. Survey models are critical for ensuring the safety of offshore installations, monitoring fish habitats and archaeological sites, and rebuilding after natural disasters.
