Service Center Established for ILRIS Products in Europe

October 3, 2005 - Optech Incorporated of Toronto, Canada, and Codevintec SRL of Milan, Italy, are proud to announce jointly the establishment of a European service and repair center for all ILRIS-3D and ILRIS-36D products. The service center will provide first-line, fast response direct support to Optech’s customer base throughout the European Union and neighboring countries.

“ Optech has always maintained a strong focus for customer support, be it for equipment repairs or for applications and software,” says Brent W. Gelhar, Director of the Industrial & 3D Imaging Division. “By having a service center locally responding to our rapidly growing base of ILRIS users throughout Europe and the neighboring areas, we can extend our customer accessibility over geographic and time difference barriers.” Codevintec maintains a completely trained and well-equipped contingent of personnel and parts to handle most support anomalies. They provide over 30 years of experience in Italy and Europe.

About Optech

Optech offers client-driven solutions in airborne terrestrial mapping, hydrographic surveying, laser imaging, atmospheric monitoring and space-based lidar systems for planetary exploration, space operations and Earth observation.

About Codevintec

"Since 1973 Codevintec acts as the most important firm in the Italian Earth Sciences market. Milestones are the supply of the first Interactive Graphic System in Europe early in the 70's, the supply of the main components of the Italian Earthquake Monitoring Network in the 70's and in 2002 its complete overhauling with new digital components, the boost of the Ground Probing Radar technology early in the 80's, the introduction of the first commercial GPS receiver for surveying in 1986, and many other strategic activities with the most important governmental and private Italian organizations.

Codevintec expertise covers also the supply of Geodesy, Geophysics, Oceanographic and Positioning Systems and the fitting of oceanographic vessels and surveying vehicles. In year 2000 Codevintec started its activity in the 3D Imaging technology with the world leaders manufacturers covering either land and sub sea applications."

Andrea Faccioli
Codevintec Italiana srl
Via G. Labus, 13
20147 Milano - Italy
Tel: + 39 02 4830.2175
Fax: + 39 02 4830.2169
Email: andrea.faccioli@codevintec.it