Livermore, Calif. – March 18, 2009 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has formed a new partnership with Halltech Corporation to distribute and support Topcon mapping and GIS products in Canada.
Halltech Corporation, located in Guelph, Ontario, specializes in providing GPS solutions for GIS mapping in the fields of environmental and agricultural research, natural resource management, mineral exploration and military applications.
The company has recently added Topcon GIS solutions to its product offering and plans to provide this equipment to their current high-end customer base that requires a high degree of accuracy and rugged functionality in the field.
The company will begin introducing Topcon products to their customers in provincial and federal government, municipalities, educational institutions, private companies and multinationals.
Murray Hall, president of Halltech Corporation said, “We made the decision to work with Topcon because of their recent advancements in rugged handheld mapping technology and their commitment to dealer support. Our clients work in very hostile GPS environments in every remote corner of the planet. Topcon’s GIS solutions are the only handhelds to offer dual- constellation satellite tracking.
“With the recent announcement of an additional three GLONASS satellites, the constellation is nearing full operational status. Our users will now be able to work in places that were impossible in the past.”
Halltech plans to demonstrate Topcon’s capabilities in side-by-side comparison trials with products currently in the market. “Our valued clients have always trusted Halltech to be on the leading edge of GPS technology and partnering with Topcon confirms our commitment to continue to do exactly that,” Hall said. Halltech will be offering Topcon products through their expanding dealer chain throughout Canada to achieve maximum exposure.
Dave Henderson, national sales manager for TPS said, “We are pleased to have a distributor located in this area of Canada with such a high level of technical expertise and customer satisfaction as Halltech has demonstrated for more than 20 years. We have strong confidence that our products will be well supported by Murray and his team and we are looking forward to helping Halltech make their customers successful and productive using our GIS field solutions.”
TPS offers advanced tools for GIS field data collection and maintenance. The rugged, compact GMS-2 Pro mobile mapping receiver is an integral piece of the TPS lineup of advanced GPS solutions.
The GMS-2 Pro incorporates advanced technology such as a digital camera, laser distance meter and digital compass in one small hand-held device:
• Integrated 2.0 megapixel digital camera;
• Integrated distance measuring device;
• Integrated barcode reader;
• Easy access USB memory expansion;
• Replaceable, rechargeable all-day battery; and
• Dual-constellation satellite tracking.
About Halltech
Halltech Corporation, founded in 1991, are manufacturers and distributors of rugged technical field equipment. They also supply mapping tools to the Armed Forces in Canada and deployed overseas. If an application is related to rugged data collection and positioning…they not only sell it, they support it.
About Topcon Positioning Systems
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., (TPS) designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets. The company has worldwide employee operations and dealer networks. Topcon Corporation was founded in 1932. It is the parent company of TPS and is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (7732).
