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	Oslo, Friday, July 17, 2009 News BATHYMETRIC SURVEY OF THE BULGARIAN COASTLINE OF THE BLACK SEA Blom has been awarded a bathymetric laser scanning (LiDAR) contract by the Center for Underwater Archeology for a survey of the coastline of the Black Sea in Bulgaria. Oslo, Thursday, July 02, 2009 News BLOM AWARDED CONTRACT IN GREENLAND Blom has been awarded a contract by Tele Greenland to digitize and register tele cables in Greenland. Oslo, Friday, June 19, 2009 News BLOM AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SURVEY IN ALGERIAN DESERT Blom has signed a contract with Italian Saipem for laser scanning and aerial photography of a large area in the Algerian desert. The survey will be executed to provide data for a new oil and gas pipeline project in the area. Oslo, Friday, June 12, 2009 News BLOM LAUNCHES NAVIGATION IN OBLIQUE AERIAL IMAGES IN CYPRUS Blom and Track and Talk Ltd have signed a strategic agreement to launch navigation and tracking solutions with content from Blom of Cyprus. Oslo, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 News BLOM HAS COMPLETED FIRST FORTY HIGH QUALITY 3D MODELS OF CITIES THROUGHOUT EUROPE Blom has completed the production of the first 40 high quality 3D models, Blom3D®, of European cities. The Blom3D® models have been delivered to Tele Atlas for integration into navigation; LBS and mapping solutions. Oslo, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 News BLOM'S 3D PHOTONAV® TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED IN INTRINSYC DESTINATOR Intrinsyc’s Destinator Navigation Software now offers oblique aerial images and 3D City Models from Blom. The images and data from Blom will be used for navigation purposes and for Points of Interest (PoI) searches. Oslo, Thursday, May 14, 2009 News BLOM AWARDED NOK 7 MILLION CONTRACT IN MOZAMBIQUE Blom Sistemas Geoespaciales, Blom’s subsidiary in Spain, has signed a contract with Cenacarta, the National Center for Cartography and Tele Detection in the Republic of Mozambique, worth an estimated NOK 7 million. Oslo, Tuesday, May 05, 2009 News BLOM SIGNED CONTRACT WITH NORWAY’S FIFTH LARGEST CITY FOR OBLIQUE IMAGES Kristiansand Municipality (KM) in Norway has signed a two-year license agreement for oblique images with Blom. Kristiansand is Norway’s fifth largest city, and Blom is proud to see their unique oblique aerial images, based on Pictometry® technology, are chosen as a new key integrated component in the daily workflow within the municipality. Madrid, Friday, April 24, 2009 News BLOMURBEX® JAVASCRIPT API 3.0 GOES LIVE A new release of the BlomURBEX® JavaScript API has been uploaded to the BlomURBEX® servers. Oslo, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 News BLOM HAS SIGNED CONTRACT FOR BATHYMETRIC SURVEY IN ITALY Blom CGR, the Italian subsidiary of Blom ASA, has signed a contract with Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), an Italian research institute, to execute a bathymetric survey using the Hawkeye LiDAR technology. The data will be used for an environmental study of the Italian coastline. Oslo, Thursday, April 02, 2009 News BLOM SIGNS FIRST CONTRACT IN COSTA RICA Blom has signed a laser scanning contract with the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad in Costa Rica. This is the first LiDAR contract the Blom Group has won in Costa Rica. The laser data will be used for a hydroelectric project in Costa Rica. Oslo, Tuesday, March 17, 2009 News GPS WITH PRE INSTALLED POINTS OF INTEREST AND OBLIQUE IMAGES NDrive, Blom and Eniro launch the first GPS with pre installed points of interest (POI) combined with software solution for navigation in oblique images, in Norway. Oslo, Tuesday, March 03, 2009 News BLOM AWARDED LIDAR PROJECT IN THE NETHERLANDS Rijkswaterstaat, the executive arm of the national Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management has awarded the Blom Group a contract for a LiDAR (laser scanning) survey project of approximately NOK 10 million. Oslo, Thursday, February 26, 2009 News BLOM AND PICTOMETRY EXTEND AND EXPAND CONTRACT Blom and Pictometry has signed the agreement for extension into 2018 and coverage of oblique imagery into markets throughout Eastern Europe Oslo, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 News VERKKOKAUPPA.COM PLACES NEW AND ENHANCED ORDER FOR BLOM’S NAVIGATION SOLUTION Verkkokauppa.com has now placed a second order for Blom’s 3D Photonav®. The order is more than three times the size of the first order. Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, January 08, 2009 News BLOM PRESENTATION AT ENSKILDA NORDIC SEMINAR Today, Hakon Jacobsen, Blom ASA CEO, held a Blom company presentation at SEB Enskilda Nordic Seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark. Madrid, Spain, Thursday, December 04, 2008 News BLOM WILL PROVIDE THE IMAGES FOR THE NEW REPSOL GUIDE IN SPAIN Repsol integrates BlomURBEX real oblique images, improving the users’ spatial perception when using the online Repsol Guide. Oslo, Monday, November 24, 2008 News BLOM GEOMATICS MOVED AERIAL OPERATIONS TO RAKKESTAD Blom Geomatics, Blom’s Norwegian subsidiary, has moved its aerial operations to Rakkestad Airport, Aastorp. Oslo, Monday, November 24, 2008 News BLOM LAUNCHES ONLINE PLATFORM FOR GEO-REFERENCED HIGH RESOLUTION OBLIQUE IMAGES Blom has launched its online platform BlomURBEX to deliver high-resolution oblique and vertical images of cities, towns and urban areas. London, UK, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 News BLOM AEROFILMS CAPTURES THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR CENTRAL LONDON Off-the-shelf solution of 4cm resolution fully orthorectified aerial images enables new potential for this unique dataset. Oslo, Norway, Saturday, November 01, 2008 News 1/11-2008: NEW BASE FOR AIRBORNE OPERATIONS AT RAKKESTAD Blom Geomatics is happy to announce that our Airborne Operations unit now has relocated from Sandefjord Airport Torp to our brand new hangar at Rakkestad Airport. The new hangar rooms our 4 aircraft with state-of-the-art office facilities. Oslo, Monday, October 27, 2008 Press Release BLOM HAS COMMERCIALLY LAUNCHED ITS ONLINE GEOSERVER PLATFORM, BlomURBEX Blom has commercially launched its online platform, BlomURBEX, enabling development of geo-referenced web and handheld applications based on streaming of data from Blom’s databases. UK, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 News Blom launches the initial stage of the first ever Oblique and Orthographic imagery dataset of the major cities in Eastern Europe The most recent, comprehensive and detailed aerial photography of Romania will form the first phase of this unique project Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 News 2008 Pictometry® updates with 10cm GSD is now being delivered As part of our initiative, this year Blom has flown Pictometry® projects in 10 cm GSD! This is a result of improved technology such as new cameras, combined with an ambition to offer the prime oblique product on the market. Oslo, Thursday, August 14, 2008 News ENIRO EXPANDS COOPERATION WITH BLOM Eniro, which owns the webpages "Gule Sider" in Norway, Eniro in Sweden, and Eniro in Finland, have now licensed oblique data from Bloms's database for a total of 36 cities/municipalities in Norway, 34 cities/municipalities in Sweden and 13 cities/municipalities in Finland. Oslo, Thursday, July 24, 2008 News LEADING FINNISH ELECTRONICS STORE LAUNCHES NAVIGATOR WITH BLOM'S UNIQUE NAVIGATION SOLUTION Together with one of Finland’s largest electronics stores, Verkkokauppa.com, Blom has developed a navigation solution for the Finnish market. Oslo, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 News Blom signs 12-year agreement with American company Blom has signed an agreement with North American company ImageTree Corporation, giving ImageTree the rights to use Blom’s patented technology for airborne laser in forestland management. The agreement has a 12-year duration. Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 News Laserscanning with Blom Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 News Finding Cultural Monuments using Airborne Laserscanning Oslo, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 News BLOM PRESENTATION AT DNB'S SMB SEMINAR Blom held a presentation at DNB's annual SMB seminar Wednesday 12 March. The presentation can be viewed as webcast. Oslo, Norway, Friday, March 07, 2008 News Blom Geomatics is doubling the Digital Aerial Photography capacity Blom Geomatics has aquired another Vexcel UltraCam X digital aerial camera. The image format is as large as 14430 x 9420 pixels. Compared to the formerly used film cameras, we are now able to make good recordnings under weaker light conditions. Oslo, Monday, February 11, 2008 News 4Q 2007 PRESENTATION Blom will held the 4th quarter 2007 presentation at Thon Hotel Vika Atrium 08.30 a.m Friday February 15. The presentation will be webcast and UK, Monday, January 14, 2008 News Blom Aerofilms awarded multimillion Euro contract in the Netherlands Blom Aerofilms are pleased to announce the award of a multimillion Euro contract for the aerial photography & orthophoto of the whole of the Netherlands by CycloMedia Technology BV. The contract, which is to commence early February 2008, is to supply 10cm resolution orthophoto mapping for the Netherlands. Oslo, Thursday, December 06, 2007 News BLOM GEOMATICS AWARDED AS ONE OF NORWAY'S "GASSELLE" COMPANIES Blom ASA are proud to announce one of it's subsidiaries, Oslo-based Blom Geomatics AS, has been awarded one of Norway's Gazelle Companies of 2007 by the financial paper Dagens Næringsliv. Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, December 05, 2007 News Blom Geomatics - a Gaselle company Blom Geomatics is for the year of 2007 yet again awarded a place on the prestigious list of "Gaselle" companies in Norway! Oslo, Norway, Friday, October 12, 2007 News A PIONEER PICTOMETRY®-USER Skedsmo, a small municipality in Norway - one of the first municipalities in Europe to make use of Pictometry® image Technology. Click here to read more detailed articles (English and Norwegian version). Oslo, Monday, August 13, 2007 News 2Q 2007 PRESENTATION Blom's 2nd Quarter 2007 results wil be presented at Vika Atrium 08.00 a.m Thursday 16 August 2007. Oslo, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 News WEBCAST FROM PRESENTATION 22 JUNE 2007 To present the strategy for the “new” Blom ASA and the acquisition of Opera Wireless, Blom held an analyst and press briefing today, Wednesday 20th of June at 10:30, at Hotell Vika Atrium, Aker Salen. The presentation was webcast Oslo, Tuesday, June 19, 2007 news Interview with CEO Dirk Blaauw at www.wallstreet reporter.com. Please enter here to listen to the interview. Oslo, Norway, Monday, June 04, 2007 News GEOCONTENT IS NEW PICTOMETRY PARTNER IN GERMANY Blom has entered into a distribution agreement with GeoContent in Germany for distribution of the Pictometry dataset in the German market. GeoContent is one of Germany's leading providers of digital geo-information, including high resolution digital aerial photography with nationwide coverage. GeoContent has nationwide sales coverage in Germany, and Pictometry is expected to be an important complementary product to the portfolio. Oslo, Norway, Thursday, May 31, 2007 News BLOM AND ENIRO EXPAND CO-OPERATION Gule Sider experienced a vigorous increase in online traffic when they supplemented its map finding service by showing oblique aerial photographs of Oslo. The success has led to the map finding service being extended to include oblique, aerial images of Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Sandnes, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Malvik, Skien, Porsgrunn, Ringerike, Drammen, Nedre Eiker and Kristiansand. Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 news THE DANISH STATE BUYS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HEIGHT MODEL FROM BLOM The Danish National Survey entered into a contract with a consortium comprising BlomInfo A/S and Scankort A/S for the supply of a new, national, detailed digital height model. The new height model will be used to solve a long list of projects at both national and local authority level, e.g. in the environmental field, for construction planning and for coastal protection. Oslo, Thursday, April 26, 2007 News INTERVIEWS WITH BLOM WILL BE BROADCASTED ON CNBC EUROPE AND BBC WORLD Interviews with Blom's CEO Dirk Blaauw and ScanRope's Marketing Director Offshore Stein-Petter Andersen will be broadcast on CNBC Europe and BBC World, April 27th and May 3rd respectively. Oslo, Thursday, April 26, 2007 Press release NEW PICTOMETRY PARTNER IN FRANCE Blom has entered into a distribution agreement with IGN France for distribution of the Pictometry dataset in the French market. IGN is the French mapping and cartographic public body and the principal mission of IGN is to ensure the production, maintenance and distribution of referenced geographical information in France. Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, April 10, 2007 News BLOM INTRODUCES NEW PICTOMETRY WEB PAGES Blom has introduced new Blom Pictometry web pages. To see the new pages please visit www.blompictometry.com Oslo, Norway, Friday, March 30, 2007 Presentation ANNUAL REPORT 2006 RELEASED Blom has released the Annual Report 2006. The Report can be downloaded Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Presentation PRESENTATION DNB NOR SMB SEMINAR Blom held a presentation at DNB Nor's SMB seminar March 14th 2007. The presentation can be downloaded here Oslo, Norway, Monday, February 26, 2007 News BLOM EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION IN FRANCE Blom is pleased to announce that it has entered into a distribution agreement where Infoterra France will be a distributor of the Pictometry® dataset in the French market. Madrid, Spain, Monday, February 19, 2007 News BLOM ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT WITH OPERA WIRELESS Blom has entered into a letter of intent with the Spanish company Opera Wireless for the development of software for a new generation of portable navigation devices (PNDs). Blom will be responsible for the image database that will be used in the development of the new PNDs Tønsberg, Tuesday, January 16, 2007 News NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY INAUGURATES NEW MACHINE The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Dag Terje Andersen, attended the inauguration of a new state of the art cabling machine at the ScanRope production facilities 16. January 2007. Oslo, Norway, Monday, October 23, 2006 News EUROPEAN OBLIQUE IMAGE LIBRARY ACQUISITION HITS MAJOR MILESTONE The Blom Group, Europe’s largest provider of aerial imagery and geospatial data is pleased to announce that the acquisition program to provide Pictometry® oblique image libraries for Europe has hit a major milestone. Oslo, Norway, Monday, August 28, 2006 Presentation BLOM ANALYST DAY Blom held two presentations during Analyst Day August 28th 2006. The two presentations can be downloaded here. Oslo, Norway, Thursday, July 27, 2006 Presentation PRESENTATION Blom ASA presented the report for 2nd Quarter 2006 today. The presentation can be downloaded here... Oslo, Norway, Thursday, July 27, 2006 News IMPROVED EARNINGS AND NEW STRUCTURE Blom has established a corporate structure since the start of 2004 that will give a sales turnover in 2007 that will be around ten times greater than in 2003. In the same period the numbers of shares are increased with approximately 70 %. Oslo, Norway, Monday, July 03, 2006 Stock Exchange Notification BLOM CONFIRMS ACQUISITION OF SCANROPE HOLDING AS On 3 July 2006 Blom has acquired all shares in ScanRope Holding AS. The acquisition has developed according to plan and stock exchange announcements on 19 May 2006 and 15 June 2006. Oslo, Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Presentation NFF PRESENTATION Blom ASA gave a presentation for Norske Finansanalytikeres Forening today. Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, May 03, 2006 Presentation PRESENTATION Blom ASA presented the report for 1st Quarter 2006 today. Oslo , Wednesday, May 03, 2006 News REPORT FOR 1ST QUARTER 2006 Earnings as anticipated, with satisfactory new order volume during the quarter. Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 News ANNUAL REPORT 2005 The Annual Report for Blom ASA 2005 as PDF-file Wednesday, April 05, 2006 Press release from Optech Blom Geomatics have been bringing the new laser from Optech in Toronto, Canada. Oslo , Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Press Release OPERATIONAL REPORT The Board of Directors of Blom ASA decided on 28th March 2006 that the company should brief the market about what was expected of the results for the first quarter 2006 and for the year as a whole. Oslo , Friday, March 10, 2006 News NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS Blom ASA have today 10th of March 2006 moved to new offices in Oslo. Oslo, Wednesday, March 01, 2006 Press Release ORDENANCE SURVEY IN UK - PICTOMETRY® See news release from Ordnance Survey i UK regarding Pictometry®. Thursday, February 23, 2006 Blom Geomatics are investing in new aeroplane and laser. Blom Geomatics doubles the capacity. Oslo, Norway, Thursday, February 16, 2006 Presentation 4Q PRESENTATION Blom ASA presented the report for 4th Quarter 2005 today. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF. Oslo, Thursday, February 16, 2006 Press Release LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR EUROPE - POTENTIAL VALUE USD 50 - 75 MILLION. Blom has completed negotiations regarding important agreements for licensing and distribution of Pictometry® data. Oslo, Norway, Thursday, October 27, 2005 Presentation 3RD QUARTER PRESENTATION Blom ASA presented the report for 3rd Quarter 2005 today. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF Oslo, Thursday, September 29, 2005 Press release PICTOMETRY® SIGNS 10-YEAR INTERNATIONAL DEAL WITH BLOM ASA Press release from Pictometry® International Corp. can be downloaded Oslo, Wednesday, September 28, 2005 Presentation PRESENTATION Blom ASA held a presentation 27th september. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF Oslo, Thursday, July 28, 2005 Presentation 2ND QUARTER PRESENTATION Blom presented the report for 2nd Quarter 2005. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF Oslo, Monday, May 09, 2005 Press Release REPORT 1ST QUARTER 2005 The report for 1st quarter 2005 is now available as PDF-File. Oslo, Friday, April 08, 2005 News ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2004 The Board of Directors hereby gives notice of the Annual General Meeting of Blom ASA. Oslo, Thursday, March 31, 2005 News ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2004 The annual report as PDF-file: Oslo, Wednesday, March 30, 2005 News ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2004 Blom ASA's subsidiary in Denmark has now officially been awarded a contract with State Committee of Ukarine for Land Resources. Oslo, Friday, December 03, 2004 Press Release COMPANY DISCLOSURE - CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES Blom ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares in the German company Geo-Tec GmbH. The acquisition strengthens Blom's presence in Europe and also provides a fully digital production line. Oslo, Monday, November 29, 2004 Press Release STRENGTHENED SCANDINAVIAN PLATFORM PAYS OFF Blom ASA's subsidiary in Denmark has submitted a bid for aerial photography, mapping and the development of a property register to the State Committee of Ukraine on Land Resources. Oslo : 7/17/2009  News. BATHYMETRIC SURVEY OF THE BULGARIAN COASTLINE OF THE BLACK SEA Oslo : 7/2/2009  News. 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