About Blom Group

OUR AMBITIONS

Blom is based on the company collecting, processing and selling high quality geographical information data. Blom’s ambition is to take a greater share of the information technology value chain, to continue growing and become the leading European player in this growth industry through superior products and technology, efficient solutions and highly skilled personnel.

Blom strives to ensure that customers get the return on their investment by utilizing the most efficient and practical data acquisition method available, whether it is in the field, in the air or through collection of data from other sources such as documents, maps and data bases. Blom supplies services along the complete value chain of geographic and related information.

The demand for advanced flexible Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is growing rapidly. Blom has a strong position in the digital map data market today, and aim at becoming the most innovative and preferred provider of geographic information in Europe. Today Blom is the largest company in Europe for airborne collection of geographic referenced information.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

As a stock-listed company, Blom group has the financial strength to ensure that the company is continually investing and researching new technologies to improve our operational processes and develop new products and services to meet the challenges of a continually changing market. Fundamentally the group is using its large resources and project management skills to realign its commercial strategy and develop a data ownership / licensing model, thereby providing on-demand data in addition to our contract based projects and capabilities.

The Company, which was established in 1954 has subsidiaries in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland in addition to approximately 200 people at own production units in Romania and Indonesia.

OUR MARKET

Blom’s customer base traditionally consists primarily of governmental, municipal and industrial offices. However, the Company has increased the focus on the commercial and private markets. The increased usage of internet combined with the continuous developments in technology gives enormous growth potential in the usage of GIS products for the private market in the near future.

Blom expects a substantial increase in the use of, and demand for, geographic information, ranging from image pixels with a geographic reference to data swarms for the development of terrain models. Combined, these geographic databases can be developed and used for different commercial services and products. Blom is working on a number of value-added solutions based on the company’s map databases through the use of advanced software, with particular focus on the telecom and navigation industry. In addition, Blom is in the process of building a unique pan-European library of digital map databases and terrain models for resale. In 2005 Blom entered into an exclusive agreement for the marketing and sales of Pictometry® in 23 countries throughout Europe. Pictometry® is a new pioneering digital photo and software technology that enables the users to view high-resolution digital color images (aerial photographs) of selected areas from optional angles.

Blom provides mapping services by means of aerial photogrammetry for the analysis, adaptation and presentation of data in various forms and products. In addition, Blom offers airborne laser scanning for establishing terrain and surface models for use in advanced 3D visualisation or analysis. The information is used, for example, for the planning and construction of infrastructure, such as railways, roads etc, for identification of real property, environmental planning, such as avalanche and flood risk assessments, urban development, insurance assessments and establishment of boundaries. Network planning, maintenance and measuring within the Telecom or Power Line industry are examples to specific industries where Blom’s products and services are essential tools.

As the market for quality geographic information widens, so Blom group companies are supporting both traditional and new customers groups, including,

·        Development banks

·        Engineering consultancies

·        Government agencies

·        Insurance

·        Municipalities

·        Property information

·        Real estate

·        Utility organisations

OUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The internet and web-based services are a central theme of our new developing business providing data, or combinations of datasets on demand. To meet the increasing requirement for intelligent, well structured geographic data suitable for GIS analysis and decision-making, Blom group is organised into the following primary business areas:

·        Aerial photography

·        Laser-scanning (LiDAR)

·        Mapping & modelling

·        Databases

·        Pictometry®

·        Database applications

·        Other Activities

EQUIPMENT

Blom has a substantial fleet of planes and high-tech equipment. In addition to owning 21 planes for surveying (Cessna, Piper, Learjet), up to 12 planes are operated for Pictometry® data capture and 4 helicopters are at its disposal. Blom owns several state of the art lasers, the latest digital and analogue cameras, has superior software applications and substantial storage capabilities.

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