ATLAS ELEKTRONIK’s New Managing Director Allan Bertelsen Takes Charge

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK has appointed Allan Bertelsen as the new Managing Director of ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC GmbH. Until now, Bertelsen managed the Danish subsidiary ATLAS MARIDAN ApS. The activities of the ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Group for the commercial and civilian market will in future be concentrated within ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC. This field includes the development and manufacture of unmanned, autonomous underwater vehicles and scientific surveying systems with which, for example, pipelines, offshore installations and the seabed can be monitored, surveyed and mapped. ATLAS MARIDAN will also be offering services relating to the deployment of unmanned underwater vehicles. Volker Paltzo and Dieter Rottsieper, Managing Directors of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, said, “Allan Bertelsen has the necessary experience and knowledge to position the restructured ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC within the relatively new business area of unmanned underwater vehicles, and to lead the company to success. In this way, the company will also be able to expand its offering in the existing core segment – hydrography – to a significant degree”. “Autonomous underwater vehicles are still poised at the beginning of their technical development and commercial possibilities. With its range of products and services, ATLAS HYDROGRAPHIC is well prepared to meet the needs of its customers and to develop this market further,” said Allan Bertelsen about his new duties. His predecessor, Ulrich von Somnitz, will be returning to ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH.