Established in 1937, customers around the world associate the McMurdo brand with the Commercial shipping SOLAS required Cospas Sarsat 406MHz distress beacon, the EPIRB and the smaller individual beacon the FasrFind PLB.  The McMurdo brand is a global leader in marine electronics, synonymous with quality, marine safety and technology innovation, including the world’s first compact PLB, the first AIS EPIRB and the first distress beacons utilising Galileo.  Although best known for GMDSS equipment for commercial vessels, the portfolio includes AIS SARTs, GMDSS Radio, AIS MOB devices, PLBs, AIS Electronics and EPIRBs for customers in the leisure, fishing, workboat, military and search and rescue customers.