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Oslo, 17 July 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, 02 July 2009
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BLOM AWARDED CONTRACT IN GREENLAND
Blom has been awarded a contract by Tele Greenland to digitize and register tele cables in Greenland.

Oslo, 19 June 2009
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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, 12 June 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, 27 May 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, 19 May 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, 14 May 2009
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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, 05 May 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, 24 April 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, 22 April 2009
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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, 02 April 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, 17 March 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, 03 March 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, 26 February 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, 17 February 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, 08 January 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, 04 December 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, 24 November 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, 24 November 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, 19 November 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, 27 October 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, 24 September 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, 14 August 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, 24 July 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, 15 July 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, 12 March 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, 11 February 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, 14 January 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, 06 December 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, 13 August 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, 20 June 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, 19 June 2007
news
Interview with CEO Dirk Blaauw at www.wallstreet reporter.com. Please enter here to listen to the interview.

Oslo, Norway, 04 June 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, 31 May 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, 16 May 2007
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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, 26 April 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, 26 April 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, 10 April 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, 30 March 2007
Presentation
ANNUAL REPORT 2006 RELEASED
Blom has released the Annual Report 2006. The Report can be downloaded

Oslo, Norway, 14 March 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, 26 February 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, 19 February 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, 16 January 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, 23 October 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, 28 August 2006
Presentation
BLOM ANALYST DAY
Blom held two presentations during Analyst Day August 28th 2006. The two presentations can be downloaded here.

Oslo, Norway, 27 July 2006
Presentation
PRESENTATION
Blom ASA presented the report for 2nd Quarter 2006 today. The presentation can be downloaded here...

Oslo, Norway, 27 July 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, 03 July 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, 30 May 2006
Presentation
NFF PRESENTATION
Blom ASA gave a presentation for Norske Finansanalytikeres Forening today.

Oslo, Norway, 03 May 2006
Presentation
PRESENTATION

Blom ASA presented the report for 1st Quarter 2006 today.

Oslo , 03 May 2006
News
REPORT FOR 1ST QUARTER 2006
Earnings as anticipated, with satisfactory new order volume during the quarter.

Oslo, Norway, 18 April 2006
News
ANNUAL REPORT 2005
The Annual Report for Blom ASA 2005 as PDF-file

Oslo , 29 March 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 , 10 March 2006
News
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Blom ASA have today 10th of March 2006 moved to new offices in Oslo.

Oslo, 01 March 2006
Press Release
ORDENANCE SURVEY IN UK - PICTOMETRY®
See news release from Ordnance Survey i UK regarding Pictometry®.

Oslo, Norway, 16 February 2006
Presentation
4Q PRESENTATION
Blom ASA presented the report for 4th Quarter 2005 today. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF.

Oslo, 16 February 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, 27 October 2005
Presentation
3RD QUARTER PRESENTATION
Blom ASA presented the report for 3rd Quarter 2005 today. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF

Oslo, 29 September 2005
Press release
PICTOMETRY® SIGNS 10-YEAR INTERNATIONAL DEAL WITH BLOM ASA
Press release from Pictometry® International Corp. can be downloaded

Oslo, 28 September 2005
Presentation
PRESENTATION
Blom ASA held a presentation 27th september. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF

Oslo, 28 July 2005
Presentation
2ND QUARTER PRESENTATION
Blom presented the report for 2nd Quarter 2005. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF

Oslo, 09 May 2005
Press Release
REPORT 1ST QUARTER 2005
The report for 1st quarter 2005 is now available as PDF-File.

Oslo, 08 April 2005
News
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2004
The Board of Directors hereby gives notice of the Annual General Meeting of Blom ASA.

Oslo, 31 March 2005
News
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2004
The annual report as PDF-file:

Oslo, 30 March 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, 03 December 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, 29 November 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.

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