PRESS RELEASE SENER to Participate in the 2012 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation

PRESS RELEASE

SENER to participate in the 2012 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Event

Madrid, June 28, 2012 – From July 1-4, the SENER Technology and Engineering Group will be represented at the 2012 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Event, to be held in Amsterdam. This prestigious event brings together the main companies and institutions that develop Earth- or Space-based telescopes as well as instrumentation and support technology for the field of astronomy.

SENER will attend SPIE in order to exhibit its latest projects in the sector, developed through NTE- SENER, a subsidiary company of the SENER Group that holds a unique position as a supplier of positioning mechanisms for large telescopes and their optical instruments, in addition to working in other areas of the Space and Health sector.

Among the main projects that will be displayed at SPIE exhibition, of special note is the JPCam panoramic camera actuator system for the T250 Telescope, which is being built in the Javalambre Astrophysics Observatory (Teruel, Spain). The JPCam is fully financed by Brazil. NTE-SENER is responsible for the design, manufacturing, verification and delivering of both the telescope's support structure and the actuator system which will anchor the camera to it. The latter system is one of the JPCam's most complex and critical systems.

In addition to this most recent contract, NTE-SENER will also have other developments for instrumentation systems for ground-based telescopes on display at the SPIE exhibition, including the filter-wheels for OSIRIS, a low-resolution long-slit and multiobject spectrograph to be installed in the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC); the electronic subsystems for EMIR, an infrared multiobject spectrograph, also for the GTC, which will work under cryogenic conditions; the ACD (Amplitude Calibration Device) robotic arm for the ALMA radio-telescope, responsible for placing calibrated loads in front of its antenna receivers; and the main unit of the GRAAL (Ground Layer Adaptive Optics Assisted by Lasers) instrument, an adaptive optics module for the VLT (Very Large Telescope).

The stand will also feature the company's custom mirror drive systems, such as the fifth mirror field stabilisation unit for the E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope); the secondary and tertiary mirror drive systems for the IRAIT robotic telescope; and the secondary mirror drive systems for the GTC and VISTA telescopes and for EST (European Solar Telescope).

Through NTE-SENER, SENER has worked in the astronomy sector and in large scientific installations since the year 2000. The company supplies high-precision positioning and pointing systems for optical and electro-optical instruments and equipment for clients such as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), among others.

In addition, SENER'S and NTE-SENER'S work in the Astronomy sector will also be exhibited in the 10 th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Astronomy (SEA) from July 9-13 in Valencia, Spain.

For more information: Oihana Casas. Communication. SENER Tel. (+34) 91 807 7318 / 679 314 085 www.sener.es SENER at SPIE Stand # 113 Amsterdam RAI Convention Ctr. Amsterdam, Netherlands July 1-4, 2012 www.spie.org

About NTE-SENER NTE-SENER was founded in 1987 and has formed part of the SENER Group since 2009. NTE-SENER currently develops instruments and electronics for science and research in Space, high precision mechatronics for Astronomy and large scientific installations, and high technology for the Healthcare sector. Today, the company leads complex technological projects in which it applies its capacities in systems engineering and multi-disciplinary design (structures, thermal controls, precision mechatronics, signal processing and acquisition, embedded microprocessors and software, power electronics, RAMS engineering and analysis of human factors in space). It is certified in accordance with the most stringent standards: ESA, NASA, ESO, ECSS, IEEE, SAE, MIL, etc.

NTE-SENER combines more than 20 years of NTE's experience in the space sector, where it has achieved renowned prestige in instrumentation for manned missions, life support systems in space and electronic subsystems for space missions with more than 40 years of space work accumulated by SENER. The latter has flawlessly supplied more than 150 units of equipment to 46 satellites, has participated in ESA and NASA missions, and is currently recognised as one of the leading Spanish companies in Space.

About SENER SENER, a private engineering and technology group, was founded in 1956. It seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and enjoys international recognition, thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has a workforce of more than 5,000 professionals and a turnover of €1.16 billion (2011 figures).

SENER engages in the specific activities of Engineering and Construction, and also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Energy and the Environment, as well as in Aeronautics. Its Engineering and Construction Division, SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. has become one of the leading Spanish engineering firms, with a turnover of more than €653 million (2011 figures), around 2,200 employees and offices in Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Barcelona, Bilbao, Buenos Aires, Busan (South Korea), Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Okayama (Japan), San Francisco, Seville, Valencia and Warsaw.

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For more information: Oihana Casas. Communication. SENER Tel. (+34) 91 807 7318 / 679 314 085 www.sener.es