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message valeport limited is a manufacturer of instrumentation for the hydrographic hydrometric and oceanographic industries . valeport logo contents 1 history 2 customer base 3 the totnes pound 4 references 5 external links history edit view of valeport limited from the river dart 2014 valeport was founded near dartmouth in devon in 1969 by jim stevens and originally sold the braystoke flow meter an impeller type device which was used in the feasibility study for the thames barrier . the popularity of this led to an expansion of the company into other types of flow meters and accessories . 1 valeport was then purchased in 1982 by oceonics group plc prior to their flotation which led to an expansion of valeport s expertise to include ctd measurement . 1 oceonics sold valeport in 1985 in a management buyout to the current chairman charles quartley . the business remains solely owned by charles quartley and his immediate family . 2 since 2005 charles quartley s son matthew took over the role of managing director from his father . 2 in 2010 matthew quartley was awarded the annual association of marine scientific industries association of marine scientific industries amsi businessperson of the year award 3 for being an excellent example of the new generation of business people who are entering this dynamic industry and taking it to new heights . 2 valeport has greatly expanded since its founding in 1969 having outgrown its original site in dartmouth in 2003 the company moved to its current location on the banks of the river dart at totnes . from 2003 to 2012 valeport s annual turnover nearly quadrupled to 6.7 m. 4 this continued growth led to valeport investing 2.5 m in a new 16 000 sq. ft. manufacturing building adjacent to the original building in totnes in 2013 . 5 6 customer base edit valeport s customer base includes business and individuals from the academic environmental including the monitoring of animal movements military oil and gas renewable construction dredging and civil engineering sectors . 2 notable projects have included the installing of a tide gauge network for the port of london authority pla and providing ctd sensor heads for the sea mammal research unit smru part of the university of st andrews . 2 7 as of 2010 72 % of valeport s products are exported overseas annually up from 60 % in 2007 . 1 2 the totnes pound edit in 2014 an image of valeport s technologies were included on the totnes pound s t21 note . 8 notable individuals pictured on the totnes pound notes currently include mathematician philosopher and inventor charles babbage musician ben howard and author mary wesley . 9 references edit a b c http www.hydro international.com issues articles id805 valeport vision for success.html accessed 08 47 5 8 2014 a b c d e f http www.valeport.co.uk insidevaleport.aspx accessed 4 8 2014 15 15 http www.maritimeindustries.org amsi business award accessed 4 8 2014 15 11 . http www.francisclark.co.uk news views case studies valeport limited accessed 12 25 5 8 2014 http www.ft.com cms s 2 88118cae c643 11e3 ba0e 00144feabdc0.html axzz32bf4tfvf accessed 4 8 2014 14 20 http www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk totnes business opens new 2million production story 20556944 detail story.html utm medium twitter & utm source twitterfeed accessed 4 8 14 15 10 . http www.smru.st and.ac.uk instrumentation ctd accessed 12 46 5 8 14 http www.valeport.co.uk blog valeport technology features on totnes pound.aspx accessed 4 8 14 15 31 . http www.totnespound.org design external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valeport limited & oldid 731734296 categories manufacturing companies of englandcompanies based in devonmanufacturing companies established in 1969hidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from september 2014all articles with topics of unclear 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