Pole Star Space Applications, the architect behind the Purplefinder maritime tracking platform, is on the move. The move, which will take place at the end of October, follows recent office moves in Boston and Hong Kong as Pole Star continues to grow. Over the past 10 months, Pole Star has expanded its research and development team by over 50% and further investment in this area is planned.
Although known for its “purple’ product branding (Purplefinder), the company will be moving to the award-winning Yellow Building in West London designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris—the architects behind Google’s new London headquarters.
“Our investment in people and technology indicates our intent to expand our portfolio of services and products to meet the demands and opportunities that we see in existing and new markets” explains Andrew Peters, Pole Star CEO, “but, sadly, renaming the building was not an option.”
About Pole Star Space Applications
Founded in 1998, Pole Star Space Applications (www.polestarglobal.com) is the global provider of satellite based ship monitoring, risk management and compliance services to governments, flag states, commercial marine, fisheries and financial service entities. We understand and meet the needs of our customers (over 1,100 commercial customers and 118 governments worldwide). We provide 24 x 7 global support and Pole Star systems are currently used to track nearly 40,000 ships worldwide.
About the Yellow Building
The Yellow Building was completed in 2008 and has won numerous UK awards and was commended at the World Architect Festival in 2008. It was designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris—the architects behind Google’s new London headquarters.