CARIS Appoints Unique Group as Distributor for Nigeria and Kenya

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16 August 2017

Unique Group, one of the world’s most prominent integrated subsea and offshore solution providers, has been selected by Teledyne CARIS™ as a distributor for its hydrographic charting software solutions in Nigeria and Kenya. As part of the distributor agreement, Unique Group’s Sharjah office will offer CARIS’ full range of Ping-to-Chart™ hydrographic software solutions to customers within the region.

The CARIS Ping-to-Chart software solutions include HIPS and SIPS™, Bathy DataBASE™ (BDB), Hydrographic Production Database™ (HPD), CARIS Onboard™, S-57 Composer™ and Paper Chart Composer™ among others.

Niels Nijhuis, Account Manager at Teledyne CARIS commented, "We’re pleased to appoint Unique Group as a distributor of our hydrographic charting software solutions in Nigeria and Kenya. Both coastal countries are significant to the hydrographic charting industry, and so, this is a strategic move for Teledyne CARIS to establish market presence there.”

Sharad Kumar, Director of Business Development at Unique Group further added, "Our Survey Equipment division is continually widening its product portfolio with world class hydrographic software solutions and associated equipment. Nigeria is a strategic market for hydrographic surveying operations within the African sub-continent and our partnership with Teledyne CARIS in this region will help bolster our global reach and expand our innovative portfolio of hydrographic software solutions in the region.”