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DSS Contract win and Channel Partner Appointment
DSS Contract win and Channel Partner Appointment.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRNS Number : 2876D Seeing Machines Limited 21 March 2011 \n \n\nSEEING MACHINES (\"the Company\")\n \nDSS Contract & Appointment of Channel Partner\n \nSeeing Machines Limited (AIM:SEE), a leading developer of advanced vision based industrial systems, announces a new contract win for DSS and the appointment of a Channel Partner for Chile, Argentina and Peru. \n \nContract win\nThe Company has won an order with a large global gold and copper resources company, to pilot the installation of the DSS system in 16 haul trucks at a North American mine. The DSS is an active system that directly monitors the driver of a vehicle for distraction and fatigue events and provides a series of interventions aimed at managing these events and averting potential operator caused accidents. If the pilot is successful it will lead to a global rollout across their operations, with an estimated potential deployment of over 350 DSS units over the next 12 months. \n \nAppointment of South American Channel Partner\nSeeing Machines also announces the appointment of GTD Chile Ingenieria de Sistemas S.A. (GTD), as its channel partner for Chile, Argentina and Peru. GTD and the Company have been working together for more than a year and currently have three significant DSS pilots underway with global mining majors in Chile alone, including 10 units deployed at the Escondida mine, a majority owned BHP Billiton operation that is the largest producer of copper in the world. In addition to developing and supporting new DSS business, GTD assists the Company by providing local client support services to the Company's existing clients in the region. \n \nThe appointment of GTD follows the appointment of Booyco Electronics as the Company's African channel partner announced last year. Booyco are developing multiple projects at present, including with significant global mining companies. \n \nThe Company has had a busy period since the start of the 2011 financial year with DSS installations in several countries including United States, Canada, Peru, Chile, South Africa and Australia. In excess of 330 DSS units and additional ancillary services have been installed or supplied so far this financial year. The pipeline of global DSS opportunities continues to develop and ...