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Royal Eijkelkamp is present at the Singapore International Water Week 2018, a global platform to share and co-create innovative water solutions. The focus of Royal Eijkelkamp will be Smart Sensoring and Monitoring.

When - 8-12 July
Where - Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
More information - Official Website 

We have added a new project in our online project database. It is the Engbertsdijksvenen project in the Netherlands. Engbertsdijksvenen is a Natura 2000 nature preserve. Remedial actions were prepared for this protected 1,000 hectare nature preserve on the basis of European regulations, to maintain and restore the existing raised bogs, among other things. To monitor the effects of the remedial actions, the Engbertsdijksvenen groundwater monitoring network was established by Eijkelkamp Soil & Water. 59 monitoring wells were installed for this purpose within a 1.5-kilometre radius all around the nature preserve. The fact that residents and land owners are closely involved in configuring the network makes the project all the more special.

Read more about this project on the website of Eijkelkamp Soil & Water or watch the video on the Royal Eijkelkamp Youtube channel.

Royal news! This morning Fons Eijkelkamp became a Knight in The Order of Orange-Nassau because of special merits for society.

Visit us at the Expomin 2018 in Chile to learn more about what Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill has to offer on sonic drilling equipment for mining applications or on smart sensoring applications for water issues in mines or tailing dumps. Meet The Difference!

Today we welcomed a great delegation of Centre Ground Water Board from India and talked about Smart Sensoring, Sampling and Monitoring.

Proud to be a partner of the seminar held in Bogor, Indonesia about the 'Environmental impact on water in the mining life cycle'. Organised by Royal Eijkelkamp, PT Servita Beningdo, WLN Indonesia and Witteveen+Bos.

Royal Eijkelkamp is one of the ten remaining nominees that competes for the prestigious title Family Business Award 2018.

Fons and Huug Eijkelkamp presented their sustainable roadmap during a diner with all nominees. The roadmap starts in 1948 with a special hand-auger, used to make the Dutch soil maps, which in turn leads to the Dutch agricultural revolution. In 1980, after the Dutch pollution disaster in Lekkerkerk a complete instrument package was developed to accurately map the polluted areas in Holland and later abroad.

The Eijkelkamp Foundation started a large project in rural North Benin bringing clean water technology for 100.000 people and work for 40 local Water Entrepreneurs in 2014.

In 2015 the developed Sonic drilling technology broke through worldwide. Drilling with sonic makes it faster, cleaner and more accurate to penetrate and sample Mother earth. The high-quality soil samples makes mining much more effective and less destructive.

In 2017 Fons launched the NL-FoodSecurityAlliance, an integrated approach of mainly Dutch expertise in the area of soil, water, food and finance. The Alliance cooperates with local institutions to help the population in e.g. the Sahel with climate change problems, water-,  food shortages and migration.

Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill and GeoPoint Systems have joined forces. Under the name of Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions together they will focus on developing and manufacturing SonicCPT tooling, smart sensoring, accessories and SonicCPT related rigs, such as the recently developed CompactCPTCrawler and Drill‘n CPT unit.

Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions was created when Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill and GeoPoint Systems together developed a unique concept designed to integrate Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) into sonic drilling systems. The founders of Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions; Huug Eijkelkamp, Ruud Mosterd and Ferry Hoogveld enthusiastically explain why this combination of various innovative technologies is groundbreaking. ‘The CPT market is extremely conservative. The ‘Dutch Cone’, or the CPT cone, is a Dutch invention that is increasingly being used throughout the world, even with the current geology-related limitations. Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions thinks outside the box and in terms of possibilities. This way, the technology is becoming better and faster, and furthermore it can be used in any type of soil.’

‘It should be noted that this is not just a merger of companies to create a new entity; it also brings two different worlds together. Combining forces has resulted in a one-stop shop for developing, selling, training and maintaining CPT and related geotechnical and environmental products. Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions has the largest product range of geotechncial and environmental cones in the industry and is represented throughout the world for even faster delivery and local support.’

‘It is good to see that our new concept responds to a major need. This enables our customers to do their work even more efficiently. The revolutionary Drill’n CPT unit, for example, makes it possible for drilling companies to easily convert their drilling rig into a CPT rig. This translates into multi-purpose applications and reduced overhead costs. In other words, good news for geo-engineering companies specializing in foundation inspections, the mining industry, and for CPT and drilling companies. You can now do far more with smaller, lighter machines. Our smart CPT concepts are going to conquer the market.’

For more information about Eijkelkamp GeoPoint SoilSolutions, please contact Huug Eijkelkamp (+31 6 4837 5158) or Ruud Mosterd (+31 6 2145 4004).

Werken bij Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill bv te Giesbeek

Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill bv, een dochter van Royal Eijkelkamp in Giesbeek, constateert elke dag een wereldwijd toenemende behoefte aan boor-, bemonstering- en meettechnieken, waarbij de sonische boortechniek wordt ervaren als innovatieve en efficiënte techniek met grote mondiale potentie. Deze innovatieve positie wordt duidelijk erkend in het Europese H2020 project SOLSA (Sonic Online Sampling and Analyzing), waarbij Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill een van de belangrijkste partners is. Binnen dit project wordt de basis gelegd voor de meest geavanceerde generatie boor- en samplemachines van de toekomst. De ontwikkel roadmap wordt m.b.v. de project management methodiek uitgevoerd.

Voor onze afdelingen Sales zijn wij op zoek naar jou, een enthousiaste:

Inside Sales Engineer m/v

Je bent verantwoordelijk voor het realiseren van jouw deel van het meerjarige SOLSA project plan en je ondersteunt in voorkomende gevallen de Proces Engineer bij het realiseren van lopende orders. Als Inside Sales Engineer rapporteer je aan de Sales Manager van Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill bv.

Taken / werkzaamheden

• Het proactief opvolgen van (zelf gegenereerde) leads
• Het analyseren van aanvragen en het vertalen van eisen en wensen naar technisch haalbare oplossingen
• Technische productselecties uitvoeren en de juiste hoofdcomponenten, spare parts en service abonnementen selecteren
• Vaststellen van technische offertespecificaties
• Bepalen van standpunten met betrekking tot de te offreren commerciële condities
• Vaststellen van de levertijd
• Uitwerken en uitbrengen van een passende (standaard-) offerte
• Het proactief opvolgen van uitgebrachte offertes
• Het correct, tijdig en accuraat verwerken van informatie in het ERP-systeem
• Analyseren en (mede) oplossen van vragen of probleemstellingen van klanten, gerelateerd aan uitgebrachte offertes
• Afsluiten van opdrachten en het verzorgen van correcte verwerking en interne overdracht
• Vanuit de binnendienst de sales managers ondersteunen
• Informatie aanleveren ter voorbereiding op de kick-off meetings van verkochte projecten

Functie-eisen

• MBO+ / HBO werk- en denkniveau
• Een afgeronde technische vooropleiding op MBO+ of HBO niveau
• 3 - 5 jaar relevante werkervaring in een soortgelijke binnendienst functie
• Aantoonbare ervaring in offerte voorbereiding
• Kennis van projectmatig werken
• Oog voor kwaliteit en haalbaarheid
• Commerciële instelling
• Teamplayer
• Uitstekende communicatieve vaardigheden in het Nederlands en het Engels
• Bovendien gaat onze voorkeur uit naar het uitstekend spreken van de Spaanse taal. 

Informatie
Voor informatie kun je contact opnemen met Huug Eijkelkamp, Algemeen Directeur, op telefoonnummer 0313 – 880 201

Sollicitatie
Jouw schriftelijke sollicitatie voorzien van cv en duidelijk omschreven motivatie met als referentienummer ESD-18-01 kun je voor 16 februari sturen aan:

Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill  b.v.
t.a.v. Inge Eijkelkamp, Personeelsfunctionaris,
Postbus 4
6987 ZG  GIESBEEK
T: 0313 – 880 221
E: personeelszaken@eijkelkamp.com

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Royal Eijkelkamp is involved in soil and water projects all over the world. We have historically been good at developing and installing measuring and sampling equipment, however, from our control room in Giesbeek we can also provide reliable soil and water data. And it is exactly this unique combination that offers you unprecedented opportunities!

Our world is getting smarter, and a smart world is mainly created by measuring, monitoring and by following up with relevant actions.

Eijkelkamp Smart Sensoring has the resources, technology and services to produce relevant data for you. Data from which you can obtain valuable information or data for control signals for machines and equipment. That is the essence of what we do. We facilitate the data that allow you to shape things to your needs. We do, of course, deliver all the hardware, sensors, soil drilling equipment, cables and modems you require for this, and provide the necessary advice, as well.

Curious how Eijkelkamp can be the defference for you soil & water project? Contact us.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please note that Royal Eijkelkamp is closed from 25 December 2016 up to and including 1 January 2017. From 2nd January 2017 we are happy to help you again.

Happy work anniversary to our dedicated colleague Hans! As of today he is part of an elite club, working for 40 years in team Royal Eijkelkamp. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate your dedication and hard work.

Over the past 20 years, miniature fiber optic spectrometers have evolved from a novelty to a widely accepted sensor that provides valuable data. Organizations are realizing that the advanced utility and flexibility provided in this small package can provide very accurate real time data. This can be very valuable because lab analysis can take many days to complete.

The basic function of a spectrometer is to take in light, break it into its spectral components, and digitize the signal as a function of wavelength. The first step in this process is to direct light through a fiber optic cable into the spectrometer through a narrow aperture known as an entrance slit. The slit vignettes the light as it enters the spectrometer.

A few sensor functions are very important at this stage. Depending on the type of medium ranging from clear liquids to heavily polluted and turbid medium. The length of the light path needs to be determined. In a clear medium, you want to measure as much liquid as possible. But in heavily polluted and turbid medium you need to adjust the length of the path to get an accurate reading.

Another factor to consider is smearing of the lenses. If particles stick to the sensor, the sensors readout can deviate or fail to read all together. To combat this problem a solution was sought. And some of the best innovations often come in simple packages.

The Eijkelkamp spectrometer (UV/VIS) is our new and improved situ spectral analyzer and operates within the wavelength range 200 to 710 nm (UV/Vis). Because the sensor itself only contains the optics and all the electronics are housed in the control unit. This sensor is small, robust and perfect of the most challenging environments. Combine this small in-situ sensor with the latest innovations such as an adjustable light path and the option for a lens cleaning mechanism. This sensor can meet all challenges.

Curious? Than contact our product specialist and meet the difference in spectrometry (UV/VIS).

The Triathlon organization of Woerden is now using the measuring buoy to monitor water quality and temperature. Keeping a continuous eye on water quality, 24 hours a day. The organization gives insight to all interested on various parameters, like the water temperature, via their website.

After the triathlon in Woerden, the measuring buoy will be used for many other swimming events.

Take a look for yourself. Click here for more info.

Learn more about the measuring buoy? Contact us at +31 313 880 200 or sales@eijkelkamp.com.

The main objective for “Soil Tillage Research Organization“ is to include all interested parties in solving contemporary issues of soil tillage. Based on modern knowledge on soil complexity and multifunctionality, because only joint effort can bring us towards the development of human awareness for protection and preservation of the greatest natural treasure – our soil.

Today we celebrated Joost Thiels's 25th working anniversary at Eijkelkamp Soil & Water. 

Together with it's partner in Slovenia Mikro+Polo Eijkelkamp Soil & Water organized a workshop water sampling and monitoring in Izola. Participants of the workshop came from Slovenian laboratories and consultancy bureaus or were independent researchers in the field of soil and water.

Meet Royal Eijkelkamp at the 2nd edition of Aachen International Mining Symposia in Germany. We will present among other things:

• LIBS Ore Sorter | The LIBS Ore Sorter is a machine capable of sorting copper ore at 1.000 tons per hour. The technique that is used is called Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). LIBS works by focusing a laser beam on the ore surface to create plasma, breaking the ore down to its elements. Read more about the LIBS Ore Sorter.
• SOLSA | SOLSA is the first automated expert system for on-site cores analysis. With access to data on-line, great savings are expected on the number of drill holes, the accuracy of geo-models and economic evaluation of ore reserves. Read more about SOLSA.
• Smart Sensoring | Our world is getting smarter, and a smart world mainly generates action from measuring and monitoring and by following this up with relevant actions. To us smart means more than producing a large quantity of data: these data should also be given meaning and be linked to an action.

When

7 June and 8 June

Where

PPS Lecture Hall Building (1)
Professor-Pirlet-Str. 12
52074 Aachen, Germany

Why

Today, the global mining community faces significant challenges, ranging from technological to social, environmental and economic issues. The mining community has confronted and solved such challenges over centuries and has thereby delivered important contributions to the use and development of our mineral resources.

The key objective of the 2nd International Conference Mining in Europe is to share the latest developments on mining expertise, activities, developments and research in Europe and beyond. The Conference will address a series of topics, with a focus on mineral resources, mining technologies, and responsible mining.

Who

All professionals from the mining industry and practitioners from consulting companies, equipment suppliers and software providers, people from research institutions and government agencies as well as academic scholars and researchers are invited to attend this Conference. An additional objective of this Conference is to encourage MSc and PhD students to showcase their research.

More information

For more information about the 2nd Aachen International Mining Symposia please visit the official website.

We welcomed our Swedish partner Unoson Environment AB. They visited us with several customers to talk about our smart  soil & water solutions.

The Rijnland District Water Control Board uses the Eijkelkamp Smart Lysimeter for better investigation of  the effects of climate change on water management. The Smart Lysimeter measurement set up, in addition to evaporation, collects data on the amount of precipitation, wind and soil moisture. This data is then transferred telemetrically to Rijnland.

Hoogheemraad Sjaak Langeslag officially launched the first Smart Lysimeter setup yesterday. In total, Rijnland uses three Eijkelkamp Smart Lysimeter set ups to acquire important information for water management. In particular the measurement of evaporation gives Water board Rijnland the additional information it can use in their water management, says Sjaak Langeslag.

"We could already see how much water falls via rain, snow and hail. How much water leaves our area through our weirs, drainages and ground. We could not accurately map the invisible water loss through evaporation. With the lysimeter, we can. "

To collect data from several soil types, The Rijnland District Water Control Board and Eijkelkamp Soil & Water selected three locations:

• In Noordwijkerhout on a sandy soil;

• In Woubrugge on a clay soil;

• In Reeuwijk on a peat soil.

The data gathered by the Smart Lysimeter provides Rijnland a better insight into the complete water cycle. This enables the Rijnland District Water Control Board to better anticipate the effects of changing weather patterns in relation to water management.

Meet Royal Eijkelkamp at IE Expo China 2017 on 4 - 6 May in Shanghai, China.

IE expo China 2017
IE expo China 2017 offers an effective business and networking platform for Chinese and international professionals in the environmental sector and is accompanied by a first-class technical-scientific conference program.

Royal Eijkelkamp
Personal attention and a unique range of solutions: for more than 100 years, this has been our trademark at Royal Eijkelkamp. Royal Eijkelkamp has been devising, developing, producing and delivering smart solutions for soil and water projects worldwide since 1911. Royal Eijkelkamp has quite a range on offer for:

• Soil sampling and monitoring
• Water sampling and monitoring
• Environmental research equipment
• Remediation equipment
• Sonic drilling rigs and tooling
• Brand new inventions for environmental soil screening

When 4-6 May 2017
Where Shanghai New International Expo Center

We are looking forward to meeting you at IE Expo!

Kind regards,
Your Royal Eijkelkamp team

The mining sector faces the challenge of satisfying demand for raw materials and energy whilst keeping the impacts of its operations in check. In combination with decreasing head grades and reduced accessibility to deposits, rising demand results in ever larger volumes of mining waste produced. At the same time, society’s call for accountability in mining grows stronger, making it harder to obtain and hold a ‘social licence to operate’. After mining operations, legacy sites too often add yet another challenge, with large and lasting environmental and social impacts and generally too little funds for sufficient rehabilitation.

These challenges not only inflict additional costs (e.g. for transport); they require new approaches in mine planning, handling mining wastes and rehabilitation concepts in a socially and environmentally responsible manner - without putting too much pressure on the operation. MAREC (Mining Area Rehabilitation and Environmental Control) addresses these challenges, by looking for a win-win situation where residual value can be recovered while environmental impacts are mitigated.

The MAREC Approach

Rooted in fundamental knowledge on mining and the environment, the MAREC approach starts by acknowledging that every problem is unique. Our system analysis identifies key issues, which are isolated and targeted using fast innovative procedures. Solving technological, environmental and social bottlenecks, the MAREC approach will turn your business case beneficial for all parties involved.

From explorations to closure, MAREC offers a variety of advisory services throughout the whole mine life cycle, including, amongst others:

Exploration & Feasibility

• Sampling campaigns
• Deposit assessment
• Location appraisal
• Environmental and social impact assesment
• Bankable feasibility studies

Planning & Construction

• Integrated mine planning
• Infrastructural planning, design & supervision
• Environmental management plan
• Social management plan
• Mine permitting
• Hydrogeology and water management
• Slope design (pit)

Operations

• Equipment appraisal & procurement
• Monitoring, including real time intelligence based decision support systems
• Training and educationTransport (slurry)

Operations

• Closure plan execution
• Area restoration (rehabilitation)
• Stakeholder management

MAREC does not limit itself to these services but rather tailors its solutions to your needs. Services are offered separately or as combination for full project development. With three companies proving a solid and wide range of services and with access to an extensive network, we have the means to deliver.

MAREC team members

Our consultants will always keep close contact with you and are keen to discuss all possibilities to find an optimal tailor-made solution.

Read more about the MAREC Approach here...

Thursday, March 30rd, Royal Eijkelkamp hosted a brainstorm session with partners.

After joining a innovations brokerage in Seoul with not enough success we decided to organise our own brianstorm session with our close by partners the University Twente, Witteveen+Bos, Leap and Oost NV. Trying to find an innovative approach to tackle future problems around soil & water.

Not difficult to find some, chosing the right one is the challenge, we believe we found one!

Royal Eijkelkamp joined the Water Alliance, a unique partnership for Dutch companies, government agencies and knowledge institutes involved in water technology.

The Water Alliance focuses on innovative and sustainable water technology that can be used worldwide. It brings together a complete chain of innovation for water technology, from first idea, research & development, specialised laboratories, a water application centre and various demosites. It is driven by the idea that technological development and innovation is needed. In this way the Netherlands will become the European Water Technology Hub, with its focal point at the WaterCampus Leeuwarden.

We are very excited to introduce the new TD-Diver water level logger as the Mini-Diver’s successor! The new TD-Diver water level logger is a totally new design which combines over 75 years of groundwater monitoring experience with the most recent technologies and components available in the market today.

Focus on long term reliability and stability
When developing the TD-Diver water level logger the focus on long term reliability and stability has remained unwavered. The new TD-Diver water level logger is heavier than its predecessor so you will experience a simpler and smoother deployment down a bore-hole. By adding more memory and processor capacity, compensation and calibration of the pressure sensor has been improved. This gives the TD-Diver water level logger the features to guarantee the best linearity, accuracy and stability.

Improved Baro-Diver
The conveniently priced Baro-Diver water level logger has also been equipped with the new and improved technologies. This ensures that you accurately capture changes in atmospheric pressure.

More information about the new Diver

For more information or personal advice about the new Diver water level loggers please contact our sales team by telephone (+31 313 880 200) or email.

Come and meet Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill at Geofluid 2016 in Piacenza, Italy, from 5 - 8 October. One of the better shows in the world when it comes to drilling solutions.

Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill will display a SmallRotoSonic ML and a CompactRotoSonic XL MAX with the latest options available. Furthermore the latest Drill-Tracker software will be demonstrated as well our SonicCPT solutions.

You can find us at the booth of our partner Fraste. See you there!

Organisers of swimming events in open water still sometimes come up against unpleasant surprises. After the discovery of dead ducks in the Dutch Berkel river, the organisers of De Vrije Slag Door Zutphen (swimming event) decided to cancel the 2015 event, just prior to the start. Although participants were very understanding about the decision, the organiser was uncomfortable taking the decision based on advice from the GGD (area health authority) and in consultation with the water board and Municipality of Zutphen, without hard facts being available.

Eijkelkamp Soil & Water has now developed a unique measurement system for De Vrije Slag Door Zutphen to test the water continuously for variables important for swimmers. The smart measurement device is attached to a floating buoy and forwards the most important water values to an organisation via the Eijkelkamp web portal.

De Vrije Slag Door Zutphen was the first organiser of open water swimming events to work with this Eijkelkamp Soil & Water-developed measurement system and that has attracted quite a lot of media attention.

View the Omroep Gelderland images on Dutch television, read the article in de Stentor or listen to radio items on Omroep Gelderland and B-FM.

If you would like to know more about the Eijkelkamp measurement buoy please contact Eijkelkamp Soil & Water at info@eijkelkamp.com or +31 313 880 200.

In France Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill promoted their developments to the Sonic OnLine Sampling and Analyzing (SOLSA) project partners, a Horizon 2020 project. Horizon 2020 is the European Commission programme for financing European research and innovation projects

Meet Eijkelkamp Soil & Water at IFAT 2016 in Munich. You have 5 days to meet Eijkelkamp Soil & Water at the Netherlands Water Pavilion in Hall A3, booth 305/404. Eijkelkamp Soil & Water's focus during the IFAT 2016 will be smart sensoring and measuring and monitoring water quality and quantity.

IFAT 2016
Besides Eijkelkamp Soil & Water, more than 3.000 exhibitors attend the IFAT, world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies to showcase their pioneering technologies, innovations, and strategies and solutions tailored to meet the requirements of the market in question.

Where Messe Munich
When 30 May - 3 June 2016
Booth A3.305/404

Buying tickets for the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies is possible at the official IFAT 2016 website.

Meet Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill at the 1st Aachen International Mining Symposia. Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill will present the MAREC concept, LIBS inline grade scanner and real time mining. 

The Aachen International Mining Symposia is a landmark event, as this conference will draw attendance from leading mining professionals from all over the world. Speakers representing industry, institutions, government agencies, equipment suppliers and software providers, professionals from the mining industry and practitioners from consulting companies, as well as academic scholars and researchers will present and discuss mining issues of the 21st century. The focus will be on responsible mining, mining technologies and mineral resources in the realm of significant challenges, ranging from technological to social, environmental and economic concerns.

Visit the Aachen International Mining Symposia website for more event information.

Mangrove restoration projects are carried out world-wide to rehabilitate degraded mangrove forests. These restoration projects often have a low success rate because planting of new trees is done without taking into account site-specific hydrological conditions. To bring more hydrological knowledge into mangrove restoration projects, an international group of researchers, including Bram te Brake from Eijkelkamp Academy, have performed research to link hydrological conditions and mangrove vegetation.

The research included measuring water levels in mangrove forest using Diver water level loggers to analyze how long and how often the mangrove sites were inundated. This was linked to the current and potential vegetation at these sites. The research was published online in scientific journal PLOS ONE on March 23rd.

Eijkelkamp’s Bram te Brake said: “We have developed a simple, but robust, toolkit to use hydrology for mangrove restoration projects, including practical suggestions to increase the success rate of these projects. One of the main recommendations is to monitoring water levels at mangrove sites for a period of at least 30 days, to cover tidal variation. Using the guidelines in the paper this data can directly be used to guide decisions on mangrove species planting or ecological restoration of the area. The toolkit is intended to be used by mangrove organizations and local parties working in the field and helps to restore the valuable ecosystem of mangroves by providing a balanced combination between scientific support and practical guidelines.”

The research was carried out in cooperation with researchers from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) and Wageningen University (the Netherlands).

The article “Hydrological Classification, a Practical Tool for Mangrove Restoration” has been published on the PLOS website and can be downloaded freely.

Eijkelkamp Soil & Water organized the workshop "high time for water quality'. During the workshop, various speakers spoke about the theme of water quality from a practical standpoint. From policy issues to how to effectively measuring and monitoring in the field. A total of 30 participants joined the following presentations:

• Problems with water quality and suspected sites by Paul Post, chairman of the freestyle swimming club of Zutphen, the Netherlands
• Swimming in the Netherlands, Policy and Practice by Bart-Jan Vreman, Advisor Water Quality & Ecology at Arcadis
• Online measuring and monitoring of algae and water quality by Bob van IJzendoorn, Assistant sampling at Waterschap Rijn en IJssel
• Monitoring turbidity by Theo Prins, Senior Advisor Environmental Middle Ground | Business Line ENVIRONMENT Antea Group

Would you like to be invited for future workshops or other events by Eijkelkamp Soil & Water, Eijkelkamp Academy of Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill? Sign up for our Royal Eijkelkamp digital newsletter.

Van 15 tot en met 17 maart vindt u Eijkelkamp Soil & Water op de Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs 2016 in stand 206. De focus van Eijkelkamp Soil & Water ligt tijdens de vakbeurs op smart sensoring, waterkwaliteit en -kwantiteit meten en monitoren.

Zeker weten dat we elkaar spreken?

Maak direct een afspraak met een van ons. Stuur een e-mail naar Ruben Pot of Nico Camfferman met daarin de gewenste dag en tijdstip.

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Waarom u de Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs 2016 niet mag missen

De Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs is dé inspiratiebron voor de hele waterbranche. De nieuwste innovaties en producten op het gebied van waterbehandeling, -management en -technologie komen aan bod tijdens deze 10e editie. Samen met de gelijktijdige RioleringsVakdagen brengt deze vakbeurs u in contact met ruim 300 exposanten. Breid uw netwerk uit en leg op de beursvloer de basis voor nieuwe samenwerkingen.

Bezoek voor meer informatie de Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs website.

From explorations to closure, MAREC offers a variety of advisory services throughout the whole mine life cycle. MAREC is a consortium shaped around three internationally operating consultancies active in the mining sector; Royal Eijkelkamp IHC Mining Witteveen+Bos. As MAREC consortium partners we align our research and development agendas, co-invest in system innovations and together provide tailor-made solutions for your business. Our expertise covers the full spectrum of required capacities for safe, responsible and sustainable mining and tailings management - from (re-)exploration and design to operations and closure.

Visit the MAREC website and take a look at the MAREC project overview.

After the annual audit Eijkelkamp Soil & Water's ISO-9001 certificate is again renewed. The quality system employed by Eijkelkamp Soil & Water and its implementation satisfy NEN-EN-ISO 9001:2008 for the following areas of application:

• The development, production, purchase and sale of equipment for the analysis of soil, water, plants, climate, residual substances and surveying equipment.
• Providing training courses in the field of environmental studies, land development and water management.

Eijkelkamp Soil & Water received the certification for the first time in 1996 and has always managed to keep it since then.

We are proud to present our new logo. A modern logo encompassing our incredible pride at receiving the designation 'Royal' (Royal Eijkelkamp) and the colour orange, which represents the Netherlands worldwide as a water and soil country. The new logo will also create a uniform whole with the Royal Eijkelkamp companies: Eijkelkamp Soil & Water, Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill, Eijkelkamp Academy and Eijkelkamp Foundation.

Implementation in stages

The logo will be incorporated in stages on all our corporate promotional materials such as the websites, letterheads and our products. So it is perfectly possible that you will occasionally see the old Royal Eijkelkamp logo. 

Meet the difference for yourself

Are you curious about the difference that Royal Eijkelkamp can make for you? Please contact us to arrange a meeting with one of our specialists. They would be happy to tell you all about our solutions for soil and water research.

If you have any questions or comments as a result of the name change, feel free to contact us at info@eijkelkamp.com or + 31 313 880 200.

Watch the video PPM Oost made about Royal Eijkelkamp. In the video you will get an insight in the world of Royal Eijkelkamp by interviews with the group of executive board Fons Eijkelkamp, Huug Eijkelkamp and Frank Tillmann.

Watch the Royal Eijkelkamp video

Fons Eijkelkamp and Frank Tillmann have been interviewed for Dutch Magazine 'Innovatieve Ondernemingen in de Achterhoek'. The interview focusses on the innovation of Royal Eijkelkamp, once started as a blacksmith and now a worldwide operating company offering solutions for soil and water research.

Download the article from Innovatieve Ondernemingen in de Achterhoek.

Upgraded from the reliable CRS XL platform Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill now proudly presents the new MidRotoSonic XL Max! The multi-purpose Sonic drilling rig in a relatively small package is built to give optimal power and host the LRS 50k Sonic Head. Good vibrations!

Sonic rigs accelerate drilling speed, capacity, and boost productivity for a broad variety of applications. From Geotechnical Drilling and Environmental Drilling to Mineral and Seismic exploration, the MRS XL Max with 150Hz makes the difference. In harder soil types the LRS 50k Sonic Head, which features simultaneous vibration and rotation, optimizes penetration velocity. In soft to medium geology types you do not get any above ground cutting and no drilling mud. In harder formations it will be way cleaner than other drilling techniques. This means you and your team will work in a much cleaner, safer, and less cumbersome working area.

Safety isn’t Expensive, it’s Priceless!

At SonicSampDrill we put a lot of time and effort in realizing the difference in safety. Our team continuously searches for ways to enhance the safety features on SSD rigs. Therefore the MRS XL Max is equipped with a wide range of features such as:

-          Fully Automated Rod/Casing Handler

-          Magnetic hydraulic Rod/Casing Loader (Diameter to 12”)

-          Triple Floating Clamps

-          Mechanical Separators (among different rod layers)

-          Radio Graphic Controls

-          Flashing Drive Light

-          SPT AutoDropHammer

See here for the full specification sheet.

The Eijkelkamp Foundation is supporting Lex van Gelder in two water-related projects in Burma (also known as Myanmar).

In October 2013, Lex and his wife Rini, visited Burma once again for the first project. They have already used some of the equipment made available by the Eijkelkamp Foundation. Lex van Gelder is an independent advisor in the area of water research and treatment and has been involved in water projects in developing countries for 10 years.

Lex and his wife have participated in various projects in Burma in recent years. Political circumstances in Burma make it difficult to involve established organisations in these projects, which is why they visited the country as private individuals.

Polluted surface water

When they travelled to Burma in October, their first project involved ascertaining water quality in an area that is very interesting for the mining industry. Although the mining methods used are currently still traditional (using no or few chemicals), it was suspected that these activities caused so much pollution that this would endanger the local population’s drinking water supply. This supply mainly consists of surface water; streams are often used as water source for cooking, washing, agriculture and, of course, for drinking.

Indications from the local population about deteriorated water quality were a reason for starting this project.

Lex mapped out the current situation with an initial water quality measurement, a baseline measurement. Should further mining development result in pollution, the baseline measurement will enable this pollution to be verified. No tests had been carried out until this baseline measurement, which makes it difficult to demonstrate the presence of pollution: let alone ascribe responsibility to mining activities.

Besides measuring water quality and taking samples, Lex and his wife also worked out local possibilities of setting-up small-scale drinking water purification in Burma. Via workshops and guest lessons at primary and secondary schools, they also educated locals about the importance of hygiene, hand-washing and clean drinking water.

The Eijkelkamp Foundation provided Lex with various field kits including test strips for water quality measurement and a sieve set to conduct a sand filter demonstration.

Digging boreholes

Lex will be travelling to Burma again in 2014, for another project for which the Eijkelkamp Foundation provided a bailer boring auger set. This project will search for suitable groundwater with the aim of at least safeguarding drinking water quality by siting boreholes. As well as increasing the local population’s independence concerning a basic need, this will also result in logistical benefits. The local population in this area currently travels great distances to obtain water from partially polluted lakes and rivers. They still do this in a very primitive way using ox carts.

Boring holes with the bailer boring auger set enables water to be detected at limited depths. The project will offer training so that the local population can carry out this work themselves.

The project objectives are:

• give direct support to the local population (together with their own organisation) in remote areas where established NGOs do not or can hardly operate
• raise the local population’s awareness of the mining industry’s impact, water quality and sanitation
• knowledge transfer, with the possible start-up of small local enterprise (service/bore company and/or home-made drinking water filters)

See a preview of the video of Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill's latest delivered rig to Russia. This rig and service trailer are, among others, equipped with;

• Hydraulic liftable arctic tent
• 50K LargeRotoSonic with dual rod handling (rods and casing)
• Heater (working till -60C)
• Mudpuppy water recycling unit
• Triple clamps

This machine is going to the far east for 6x8 and 8x 10 sampling applications for minerals.