improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources reson news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message reson a s type public a s industry military industry maritime systems and oil and gas founded 1976 headquarters slangerup denmark area served global website www.reson.com reson a s is a danish company which provides tools for underwater acoustic applications and survey accuracy requirements . range of products covers digital multi beam systems single beam sensors 3d visualization software high power transducers and precision reference hydrophones . the products are used by among others the oil and gas industries marine researchers and naval surveillance teams . reson is the holding company of the reson group . headquartered in denmark reson has subsidiaries in the us singapore uk germany and the netherlands . in addition to these subsidiaries there are reson representatives located in 25 countries . contents 1 history 2 seabat 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1976 the three brothers jens claus and per resen steenstrup pooled their expertise in advanced ultrasonic technology and consequently reson a s was born . at first they focused on developing homogenisers but before long their passion for the sea won through . in the 1980s reson produced the first transducers and hydrophones and meanwhile the company opened its first subsidiary reson inc. in california . however in 2006 a group of professional institutional investors assumed ownership of reson by buying the three brothers out . 1 during the danish parliamentary election 2011 then prime minister lars l kke rasmussen from the danish liberal party visited the reson headquarters in slangerup as part of his election campaign . 2 seabat edit reson s sonars are called seabats and the first seabat was installed on an rov at the beginning of the 1990s . after that the seabat 8101 took multibeam surveys down to 3 000 metres while the seabats 8125 and 8160 made dynamically focused beams available to commercial surveyors for the first time . in 2001 reson launched the seabat 8150 which was the first multibeam echosounder to cover the entire water column . soon afterwards reson acquired navitronic systems expanding the company portfolio with a range of singlebeam echosounders sound velocity probes and hydrographic software . reson s seabat sonars were used to map deep ocean troughs off international waters and were used in the 2004 greek olympics to detect divers for underwater surveillance . references edit ld fond k ber reson efter bitter familiestrid diverse . business.dk . retrieved 2012 06 29 . l kke p virksomhedsbes g . borsen.dk . retrieved 2012 06 29 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reson & oldid 612184934 categories technology companies of denmarkhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from june 2012all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 june 2014 at 08 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view