ribeka Software GmbH Company Profile Brochure

The ExpertsYour AdvantagesOur international experience and our complete approach toground water management have important advantages for you:• All hardware and software solutions are obtained from onecompany. This guarantees an excellent work flow from dataacquisition to data evaluation, without having to worry aboutcompatibility.• All expertise that is needed comes from one company, fromthe design of a ground water monitoring plan to the installa-tion of state-of-the-art technical equipment.• Due to close contact to our over 1000 customers worldwidewe are always the first to understand the changing require-ments of modern resource management and to develop thenecessary solutions.• As a provider of complete ground water management systems,we can offer our products and services at a much cheaperprice than companies that deliver only one part of it.• Due to our strong scientific background we are able to offerthe environmental consulting that should accompany everyground water management project.• We do not just sell things and leave We stay in touchwith our customers and are always there for them with ourexpertise and support.Company Historyribeka was founded in 1995 and was awarded with the German Founder Awards for innovativedevelopments in the ground water sector in 1996. Since then, the company has become a wellknown leader in the development and application of ground water management systems.In the past years we have been setting standards with our solutions for ground water management,ground water monitoring, mobile data acquisition and GIS supported analysis. In 2006 the ribekaUSA office was founded in order to support our customers in North America more efficiently.Since the beginning of 2007 we have a highly successful project and distribution partner in Chinaand in 2008 we set up a partnership with a large, renowned Indian technology company.This success encourages us to continue and further develop our global cooperation network.www.ribeka.comReferencesOur more than 1000 customersfrom around the world are:ribekaGround Water andEnvironmental Management• Federal Institute for HydraulicEngineering, Karlsruhe, Germany• FRAPORT AG, Frankfurt Inter-national Airport, Germany• Environmental Authority of theCity of Hamburg, Germany• The Public Services of the Cityof Kiel, Germany• RWE Power, Mühlheim, Germany• Geoinformation Authority of theGerman Armed Forces, Germany• Ford Motor Company, Cologne,Germany• Audi AG, Ingolstadt and Heilbronn,Germany• Shell Oil, Cologne, Germany• BASF, Limburgerhof, Germany• Shell Oil UK, Great Britain• University of Vienna, Austria• Earth Friendly Ltd., Goa, India• BP Oil, Houston, USA• ConocoPhillips, Houston, USA• Proctor & Gamble, Needham, USA• Ministry of Natural Resources &Environment, Vietnam• Department of Geology andMinerals, Vietnam• Department of Natural Resources& Environment, Lam DongProvince, Vietnam• IWRM, Integrated Water ResourcesManagement Project, Lam Dong,Vietnam• Beijing Hydraulic ResearchInstitute, Beijing, P.R. China• Municipality of Beijing, P.R. China• Hebei Hydraulic Research Institute,P.R. China• High Commission for the Develop-ment of ArRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaWater suppliersWater authoritiesEnvironmental authoritiesMineral water companiesUniversitiesResearch institutesConsultanciesSanitary landfillsIndustrial companiesThe petroleum industryand all who work with ground waterrelated datafor Efficient Ground Water ManagementribekaJohann-Philipp-Reis-Str. 9, 53332 Bornheim, GermanyTelefon: +49(0)22 22 - 990 600, Telefax: +49(0)22 22 - 990 601E-Mail: info@ribeka.com, www.ribeka.comribekaGround Water andEnvironmental ManagementThe Experts for EfficientGround Water ManagementA complex challenge, such as ground water management,calls for an interdisciplinary, comprehensive approach.Drinking water extraction, agriculture, industry, land useand contaminated sites as well as hydrogeological andmeteorological factors can interact and influence the groundwater resource, both in terms of quality and quantity.These factors result in a highly complex data pool thathas to be efficiently managed and that requires a structuredevaluation before it can be used as a basis for decision-making.The expertise of ribeka is in providing complete customer-oriented solutions for sustainable ground water management.The experience of our multidisciplinary team ensures theidentification of the ideal data acquisition, management andevaluation system, depending on the given circumstances.Water suppliers, environmental authorities, industrial companiesand landfill operators around the world trust in our expertiseto monitor and manage their ground water resources.Ground Water is a Matter of TrustThe element “water” is our most valuable resource and itseconomical, ecological and geopolitical importance willcontinue to strongly grow in future. Stability of the long-termwater balance and optimal use of the potential of the resourceground water depend on many factors. The water cycle is asensitive system that can quickly and lastingly react to changesand interferences. Therefore, handling ground water calls for aspecially cautious, foresighted and sustainable management.Due to years of practical experience we know how to handleground water and understand the short and long-term require-ments of the water economy. As ground water consultants wewere early to develop and implement advanced GIS softwaresolutions and to combine them with state-of-the-art technicalmonitoring equipment in order to create complete ground watermonitoring systems.We consequently and successfully follow this integrated approach.ribekaGround Water andEnvironmental Management• Supplying ground water monitoring equipment• Installing and testing monitoring equipment andcorresponding software• Developing GIS and data base software solutions(e.g. GW-Base®)• Carrying out hydrogeological consultation• Drinking water exploration• Ground water remediation• Ground water modeling• Designing ground water resource management plans• Realizing the data acquisition for our customers• Providing training courses• Offering after sales service and supportTogether with our customers we identify the parts of oursystem that ideally suit their needs. Thereby, thanks to ourgreat experience, they can always trust us to keep an eyeon the overall situation.Our team of professionals consists of experiencedhydrogeologists, geologists, geophysicists, technicians,GIS developers and IT experts who constantly workon improving and implementing our solutions.The solutions offered by ribeka cover the entire field ofground water management and can be divided into the following parts:Our Resource Management System