Northstar Technical Inc. is a marine technology company specializing in underwater communications systems and contract manufacturing. Northstar’s expertise is built on a decade of research, development, and manufacturing of electronic components, transducer technologies, and SONAR technologies, forming the core of the acoustic communications systems designed for use in the harshest marine environments.

Northstar Technical has emerged as an aggressive leader in wireless trawl performance monitoring for the commercial fishery. Northstar’s NETMIND™ family of products allows fisher people to optimize their catch while minimizing by-catch and reducing the environmental impact of their trawling activities. The same products are being used by research organizations to collect scientific data about trawl performance and the environmental impact of fishing activities.

Much of Northstar Technical’s growth over the years has been fuelled by its R&D division. In 2003 Northstar secured $3.6 million in funding to launch an aggressive R&D program to develop its proven transducer and SONAR technologies into new products and enabling technologies. These technologies will be modular components that will enable Northstar Technical to rapidly customize its technologies for use in many marine industries like offshore petroleum, underwater mining, defence, fishing, oceanography, environmental and marine transportation industries.