Aptella announces distribution agreement with Soil Instruments to expand deformation monitoring portfolio

Intelligent positioning solutions provider Aptella to distribute Soil Instruments’ geotechnical sensor range for specialised monitoring applications throughout Australia and New Zealand. Soil Instruments designs and manufactures a wide range of geotechnical monitoring instruments that are used to detect variations in pressure, strain, settlement, or other parameters in deformation monitoring scenarios. “Aptella has worked with Soil Instruments’ product range for 18 months for specific projects that have required specialised sensors,” said Andrew Jones, Monitoring Marketing Development Manager at Aptella. “Soil Instruments has an excellent reputation amongst engineers and geotechnical specialists for their high quality monitoring products,” he added. “Their range expands our monitoring solution portfolio, providing customers a more efficient technical and commercial offering,” he added. For almost 60

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