UWITEC Umwelt und Wissenschaftstechnik

UWITEC Umwelt und Wissenschaftstechnik (commonly shortened to UWITEC) is an Austrian company based in Mondsee that designs, manufactures and distributes equipment and systems for the scientific sampling of standing and flowing waters. Its product range covers surface corers, piston corers, platforms, winches, water samplers, freeze corers, groundwater and pump equipment, samplers, anchors, releasers, transport gear, sieves and nets, ropes and PVC pipes. The company describes itself as a specialist in sediment sampling and states that it has more than 30 years of experience in sampling standing and flowing waters. Beyond hardware, UWITEC positions itself as a full-service partner for scientific sampling. According to its own description, it supports customers from conception through development and design to manufacturing, and it also offers services such as sampling campaigns and training. Its stated passion is ease of operation and user understanding of how the equipment works, and it emphasises uncomplicated service, a strong team and clever products. The company operates internationally. Its homepage presents sampling projects and training activities in locations including a lake in Shigatse, China/Tibet at about 4,500 m above sea level; Mono Lake in Lee Vining, California, USA; Lake Bolshoe Shchuchje in the Ural Mountains, Russia; the Saldur lakes in the Saldur mountains, Matscher Tal, South Tyrol; the Danube at Bad Deutsch Altenburg, Austria; Lake Iseo in Lombardy, Italy; Mondsee in Austria; Hallstättersee in Austria; and Lake Ladoga in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Reported sediment recovery lengths in these examples include 54 m, 64 m and 92 m. UWITEC is headquartered at Weissensteinstraße 30, 5310 Mondsee, Austria, and can be contacted by telephone at +43 (0)6232 3946 or by email at office@uwitec.at. Its website is available in German and English. The company is a private business; no parent company, owner or stock listing is indicated in the available evidence.

UWITEC Umwelt und Wissenschaftstechnik is an Austrian company headquartered in Mondsee. Its own account states that it has more than 30 years of experience in the sampling of standing and flowing waters, and that it has specialised in sediment sampling since the beginning of its corporate history. The company describes its know-how in this field as unrivalled. From its base in Mondsee, UWITEC has built a business around the design, development, construction and manufacture of equipment and systems for scientific sampling. Its product lines are organised into families such as surface corers, piston corers, platforms, winches, water samplers and freeze corers, each offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants, alongside groundwater and pump equipment, samplers, anchors, releasers, transport gear, sieves and nets, ropes and PVC pipes. The company presents itself as a worldwide partner. Its homepage documents sampling and training activities in a wide range of international settings. These include sediment sampling at about 4,500 m above sea level at Taruo Lake in Shigatse, China/Tibet in August 2014; training on a small platform at Mono Lake in Lee Vining, California, USA, in October 2015; a recovered sediment length of 54 m at Lake Bolshoe Shchuchje in the Ural Mountains, Russia, in April 2016; sediment sampling with a small platform at the Saldur lakes in the Saldur mountains, Matscher Tal, South Tyrol, in July 2016; sampling from a workboat with a Freezecorer on the Danube at Bad Deutsch Altenburg, Austria, in November 2017; sampling with an Imloch hammer corer at Lake Iseo in Lombardy, Italy, in October 2018; a recovered sediment length of 64 m with HIPERCORIG (hydraulic hammer system) at Mondsee in Austria in May 2018; a recovered sediment length of 92 m with HIPERCORIG at Hallstättersee in Austria in May 2021; and sampling with a hybrid platform at Lake Ladoga in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, in September 2013. UWITEC's stated mission is to manufacture and distribute equipment and systems that make the best possible sampling of standing and flowing waters for scientific purposes. It emphasises that it handles everything from conception through development and design to manufacturing, and that the passion behind its products is ease of operation and user understanding of how the equipment works. It also highlights uncomplicated service, a strong team and clever products, and offers services such as sampling and training in addition to selling equipment. The available evidence does not specify the exact founding year, founders, ownership structure or any stock listing. The company operates from Weissensteinstraße 30, 5310 Mondsee, Austria, and maintains a bilingual German/English website.

• Sampling with a hybrid platform at Lake Ladoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia

• Sediment sampling at about 4,500 m above sea level at Taruo Lake, Shigatse, China/Tibet

• Training on a small platform at Mono Lake, Lee Vining, California, USA

• Recovered sediment length of 54 m at Lake Bolshoe Shchuchje, Ural Mountains, Russia

• Sediment sampling with a small platform at the Saldur lakes, Saldur mountains, Matscher Tal, South Tyrol

• Sampling from a workboat with a Freezecorer on the Danube at Bad Deutsch Altenburg, Austria

• Recovered sediment length of 64 m with HIPERCORIG (hydraulic hammer system) at Mondsee, Austria

• Sampling with an Imloch hammer corer at Lake Iseo, Lombardy, Italy

• Recovered sediment length of 92 m with HIPERCORIG at Hallstättersee, Austria

Specialist manufacturer and full-service partner for scientific water and sediment sampling, emphasising ease of operation, understanding of equipment function, and worldwide service.

• Surface corers

  Surface coring equipment offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants.

• Piston corers

  Piston coring equipment offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants.

• Platforms

  Sampling platforms offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants.

• Winches

  Winches offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants.

• Water samplers

  Water sampling devices offered in Mini, Small, Medium, Large and Special variants.

• Freeze corers

  Freeze coring equipment, including the Freezecorer used on the Danube.

• Groundwater and pumps

  Equipment for groundwater and pumping applications.

• Samplers

  Various sampling devices.

• Anchors

  Anchoring equipment for sampling operations.

• Releasers

  Release mechanisms for sampling equipment.

• Transport equipment

  Transport gear for sampling equipment.

• Sieves and nets

  Sieves and nets for sampling work.

• Ropes

  Ropes used in sampling operations.

• PVC pipes

  PVC pipes for sampling equipment.

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