According to managing director Helge Hammersland, Norwegian company Scantrol’s core business for the last 25 years has been fishing, and the company is now strengthening its team to meet anticipated rising demand for its products.
For the last five years, much of Scantrol’s efforts have been directed at the offshore sector, where it has established itself as a major supplier of Active Heave Compensation (AHC) systems, but with growing demand from the fishing industry, Helge Hammersland said that Scantrol’s response is to boost its fishing team.
‘We’re pleased to have our former employee Øyvind Hansen back with the company,’ he said. ‘He will be responsible for sales and marketing for the Fishery and Marine Research segments as business development. Øyvind has previously been working for Scantrol in more than thirteen years, during which he built up a great deal of experience across both market and products. As his background is technical, he has been working very closely with most of our existing customers, who know him very well,’ Helge Hammersland said.
‘I look forward to meeting new and existing contacts to hear what they have to say and to explain about our product strategy for the future in fishing,’ Øyvind Hansen said.
‘Value for the user has always been one of the most important criteria for Scantrol products. Feedback from our end-users is therefore highly appreciated. An important part of my job is to make sure that we communicate with the fishermen and receive useful information to take back to the development team.’
He is certain that Scantrol has the potential to offer innovative and competitive autotrawl systems, and commented that the company is working with some exciting projects.
‘We are currently about to develop our systems further. All I can say is that we are in the process of collecting information of what the customers require and to find a way to incorporate this into the autotrawl system. Finding the optimal solution for our end-users is very important for us. We work hard to find the solutions that will add value for our customers for the future for both short and long term.’
Scantrol is exhibiting at Nor-Fishing next month together with the partner company Scantrol Deep Vision. Deep Vision is a pilot product used for identification and measurement of fish that is being caught in the trawl. The concept is to be able to ensure efficient and profitable fisheries and to reduce by-catch. The prototype has already been tested for marine research purposes with great success.
‘I’d like to encourage all of our customers to visit us during the show to see what we are up to and to contribute with feedback, and to discuss their requirements and expectations for the future autotrawl system,’ Øyvind Hansen said.
