LANSING, MI — Seiler Instrument Geospatial recently continued its annual tradition of hosting open houses and customer appreciation days at its many locations throughout the Midwest. In the Michigan Contractor & Builder area, the event was held in the Lansing and Wixom, Michigan locations.

Seiler President Eric “Rick” Seiler Jr. and Vice President Tom Seiler; geospatial and CAD staff; and vendor representatives from Trimble, Spectra Precision, Screening Eagle, and more were on hand to greet customers, express their appreciation, and answer questions. Festivities included demos and presentations on Seiler Geospatial equipment, food, giveaways, and the chance to win door prizes.

“We are celebrating our customer appreciation days here in St. Louis and in each of our eight offices in seven states to show our appreciation and showcase and share with our customers all the new solutions and technologies that we have," Tom said. "We are counting our blessings with our many decades-long relationships with our customers across construction, architecture, surveying, and mapping. We really deal with a lot of professionals, and we try to give them exactly what they expect and deserve in a supplier.”

“Our customers come in and they have big projects that they are working on, and everything is all about getting it in on time and under budget. ... Our technology has helped get that done,” said Michael O’Grady, Business Development Director at Seiler Geospatial.

Some of the new Trimble equipment on display were the X-12 High Resolution Scanner, which scans at 2.187 million points per second and has a range of 0.3 meters to 365 meters; and a couple new receivers, the R750 and the R780. Tom also introduced a Swiss-made, penetrating radar product that works in both ground and concrete.

“It’s made by a company called Screening Eagle and with ground penetrating radar and GPS integrated with it, it’s really a very strong solution at a very low price,” O’Grady said. “Drones, scanning equipment — all the toys are here. Toys for big boys, I always say.”

Since 1945, Seiler has supported the geospatial industry by expanding and evolving to promote and educate its customers on new technologies and industry trends. Seiler is one of the largest Authorized Trimble Distributors in the Midwest and a distributor for several other hardware and software products. The company provides hardware, support, and software tools that fit clients' specific workflows, which ensure efficiencies and profitability.

Seiler’s products and services include survey optical, GNSS, data controllers, 3D scanning, drones, mapping GIS, utility survey systems, forensics, field and office software, training, service & repair, and more. Their corporate office is located in St. Louis, and the company has seven additional geospatial sales offices in Lenexa, Indianapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lansing, Detroit, and Omaha.