Beijing Highlander Digital Record Technology Co., Ltd. ("Highlander") is a High-Tech and software enterprise founded in Feb 2001. The company is controlled by COSCO Network Ltd, and its other main shareholders are Shougang Metallurguical Machinery Plant and Tsinghua University.
The company deals with ship electronic science and technology. It aims at producing advanced shipping equipment with its high technology. At present, Highlander owns the international leading series of Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) products (A type, A1 type, A2 type, B type, B1type, and S type), Speed Log, Remote Supervisory System for Vessel etc. The VDR products have filled up the domestic vacancy in this field, and have been purchased by many large navigation group companies in Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Greece, Singapore, Korea etc. The VDR products have already been successfully installed on about two hundred ships.
As the first company dealing with high-tech ship electronic products in China, Highlander is well established as the leading company in this field due to its advanced technology and quality services. Highlander actively participates in international competition and cooperation. In 2004, Highlander cooperated with the internationally renowned company, Swedish Consilium Company, to establish a Joint Venture, Consilium-Highlander Co., Ltd. to establish the manufacturing base of shipping equipments in China. Now, the manufacturing base is coming to being, and has attracted the attention of the industry.
Highlander has established its global service system at the main ports all over the world, which is able to offer convenient and efficient services. With its headquarter and production base in Beijing, the company also has branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yantai and Hong Kong.