Company history year by year

• 1990 – Transas Ltd founded.


• 1991 – Transas office opens in Southampton, UK.


• 1992 – Transas participates in the international forum SMM’92 Exhibition in Germany.


• 1993 – Company’s annual turnover surpasses 1 million US dollars.


• 1994 – Representative office opens in Hamburg, Germany.


• 1995 – Transas representative offices start active operation in Sweden, USA, Holland and France. Transas takes part in International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-95. First overseas installation of a full-mission navigational simulator in IDESS Training Centre, Philippines.


• 1996 – Transas electronic chart system is used by the crew of MIR space orbital station. Transas marine navigation systems are installed on 117 patrol ships according to the Swedish Combat Boat-90 project.


• 1997 – Transas companies in St.Petersburg and Southampton are certified for conformity to the international ISO-9001 and ISO-9002 quality standards.


• 1998 – Transas is awarded Lloyd’s List Honorary Diploma “for Outstanding and Consistent Contribution to Training”. Major simulator projects are successfully completed in South Korea and UK. Transas Aviation is registered.


• 1999 – Transas is the first company in the world to receive an international ECDIS Type Approval Certificate. Transas Vessel Traffic Management Systems are delivered to major Russian and ex-USSR ports.


• 2000 – Company’s annual turnover exceeds 45 million US dollars. The number of Transas employees worldwide exceeds 700 people.


• 2001 – 18 million US dollars VTS contract for 10 ports in the Gulf of Finland is signed.


• 2002 – The first helicopter simulator installed at JSC SPARC (Russia). Certification of the first avionics product (AMMS).


• 2003 – Construction of Transas office in Saint Petersburg (total area – 12 000 sq.m.) is completed. The International Transas Headquarters was established in Cork, Ireland.


• 2004 – Certification of conventional avionics product (TAWS). Order for the simulation complex for JSC Gazpromavia is received. The virtual reality infotainment complex “Trans-Force” is launched.


• 2005 – Annual Transas Group turnover reaches the sum of 78,7 mln USD. Latvia AIS Network project is completed.


• 2006 – Transas becomes one of the first residents of NEUDORF, The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in St.Petersburg, Russia. The first Trilateral (Russia, Finland, Estonia) distance simulated training exercise of crisis management in the Gulf of Finland conducted expanding the new horizons in safety industry. TRANSAS gains World’s first INS class C type-approval certificate for Hyundai-Transas intelligent Bridge System. Annual Transas Group turnover reaches 160 mln USD.