Spot Image opens a New Subsidiary in Brazil 

Spot Image announces the opening of a new subsidiary, Spot Image Brasil, in Sao Paulo.

The new subsidiary will be headed by Pierre Duquesne, who has been in charge of distributing Spot Image products and services in Brazil since 2004. Spot Image Brasil thus becomes the company's sixth subsidiary, joining Spot Imaging Services (Australia), Beijing Spot Image (China), Spot Image Corporation (United States), Tokyo Spot Image (Japan) and Spot Asia (Singapore). Spot Image Brasil will work closely with the established network of distributors in the country to be closer to users.

Spot Image has been supplying satellite imagery to the Brazilian authorities for many years in support of their conservation efforts, particularly in the Amazon. Spot Image Brasil will extend this partnership through its broad portfolio of optical and radar imagery to develop services meeting the growing requirements of its Brazilian customers. It is currently working with Astrium subsidiary Infoterra to put together a specific package of professional services for the farming sector based on applications of Earth-imaging technologies, especially for sugar cane growers as a result of increasing demand for biofuels.

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