荷蘭Profound
Profound公司的業務是研發并銷售基樁診斷及監測系統、專業且經濟的基樁質量控制和保證系統。在過去的50年里,Profound一直是這一領域的先行者。
公司創始于1960年代,當時是荷蘭應用科學研究所(TNO)—歐洲第二大R&D組織—的建筑和施工研究部門。顧名思義,基樁診斷系統(FPDS)組織,利用當時最先進的技術,為客戶在基樁測試方面開展了廣泛的研究、測試及開發工作。而且,Profound開發的設備和軟件使得客戶自己就能夠進行基樁檢測工作。
在1980年代,這個市場,尤其是國際市場,急劇膨脹。為了在維持產品技術的高水平的同時,還確保為客戶(包括國際客戶)提供最優質的服務,Profound從一個附屬部門變成了一個獨立的TNO全資子公司。這個子公司被命名為Profound (PROfessional FOUNdation Diagnostics)。在大約3年后的2002年,它從TNO組織中分離出來,成為了一家私人公司。
作為一間私人公司,Profound繼續著50前就開始的事業,為超過40個國家的客戶提供專業服務。同時,Profound致力于技術創新,不斷在基樁診斷領域里為客戶開發出更有效、實用的新技術。
Profound develops and manufactures innovative and high quality Pile Testing Equipment and Geotechnical Monitoring Systems for professional use.
Ranging from inventive pile testing methods to innovative geotechnical monitoring equipment, we are continuously striving to make the best technology available to you.
Profound develops and markets Foundation Pile Diagnostic and Monitoring Systems, professional and cost-effective systems for the quality control and quality assurance of foundation piles and other structural components, and has been a pioneer in this field for almost 50 years.
The company began in the 1960’s as a group of the Building and Construction Research Department within the Dutch organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the second largest R&D organization in Europe. The Foundation Pile Diagnostic Systems (FPDS) Group, as it was called, took on a broad range of activities for its clients in foundation pile testing with state-of-the-art technology that was developed in research and development projects. Their equipment and software also enabled clients to perform or monitor foundation pile testing themselves.
During the 1980’s the market, and especially the international market, expanded substantially for these activities. To ensure continued optimal services to all clients (incl. the international clients) while maintaining the high technology standards of the products, the decision was made in 1999 to change the department to a fully owned subsidiary of TNO. This subsidiary was called Profound (PROfessional FOUNdation Diagnostics), which was split off from the TNO organization some three years later, when it became a privately held company in 2002.
As an independent company Profound continues with the work that was started some 50 years ago, to accommodate its clients (now in more than 40 countries), and also to innovate by continuously making new practical applications in the field of foundation engineering and geotechnical monitoring available to the market.