GEOSYS continues its growth and implements GEOSYS Europe in Switzerland, headquarters of its European Operations
06.06.2015 1798 views
GEOSYS the world leader in remote sensing decision support tools for agriculture, formalizes the creation of its new subsidiary in Switzerland, GEOSYS Europe, to better support its clients based in the Europe area and ensure proximity to major international decision-making centers of the agricultural industry.
“Our European Sales Team has now its own legal entity which completes our geographical sales organization to cover large agricultural production areas. GEOSYS Europe will allow us to better support our customers in a context where Digital Agriculture knows a fast development phase.”
Damien Lepoutre, GEOSYS President and Land O’Lakes VP, said.
Pierre ROLLAND, appointed Director of GEOSYS Europe
The new entity will be headed by Pierre Rolland, Director EMEA Operations.
Pierre Rolland joined GEOSYS in 2005 as Sales Director and significantly contributed to the growth and sales organization in Europe.
“The Swiss subsidiary is a platform close to our markets. I welcome this strategic step for the GEOSYS Group. Our double local and international dimension can thus be better valued for our major international clients.” Pierre Rolland said.
A strategic location
Based in Morges, near Lausanne, GEOSYS Europe benefits from a central geographical location, and offers a great technical support with a multicultural team and a strong presence in France (Paris and Toulouse) and Russia (Krasnodar - 3 resources).
GEOSYS Europe becomes the fifth subsidiary of GEOSYS Group.
About GEOSYS
GEOSYS combines the most advanced agronomic research with information technologies like GIS and remote sensing to provide the most complete picture for crop production.
With more than 25 years in business and projects in more than 50 countries, GEOSYS is the world leader for agricultural information and decision support tools based on remote sensing. GEOSYS has offices in Europe (Toulouse, France & Morges, Switzerland), North America (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), Australia (Sydney), and in South America (Campinas, SP, Brazil).
About Land O’Lakes
Land O'Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from farm production to consumer foods. With 2014 annual sales of more than $15 billion, Land O'Lakes is one of the nation’s largest cooperatives, ranking 194 on the Fortune 500. Building on a legacy of more than 92 years of operation, Land O'Lakes today operates some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production including LAND O LAKES® Dairy Foods, Purina Animal Nutrition and WinField. The company does business in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Land O'Lakes International Development is a division of the company helping to transform lives through agriculture and enterprise partnerships that are enhancing profitability and food security in developing countries around the world. Since 1981, this division has helped generate economic growth and improve the quality of life for millions of people through more than 275 projects in 76 developing nations. Land O'Lakes, Inc. corporate headquarters are located in Arden Hills, MN.
Contact for more information on this press release:
Mrs Céline TAZKY
celine.tazky@geosys.com
www.geosys.com
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Hail world records: the biggest, heaviest, and deadliest hail
Hail is one of the biggest hazards with severe thunderstorms – while it is usually small, and relatively harmless, it may grow to tennis ball sized or even larger. It may cause severe damage, injuries and in extreme cases even death. It forms as super cooled water droplets within a thunderstorm updraft begin freezing onto a condensation nucleus. The super cooled droplets are colder than 0 °C, but still in liquid state. As they come into contact with the growing hailstone they freeze onto it, making it grow. The growing hailstone is kept in the air by the storm’s updraft until it grows too big and heavy for the upward wind to keep it aloft. The hailstone may make a single journey within the updraft, or it may make several journeys, each forming a new layer, producing a concentric onion-like structure. Some hailstones form and grow by many smaller hailstones sticking and freezing together into a large hailstone – such form is called an agglomerate. The largest hailstones sometimes even form long icy horns or spines! The most severe hailstorms and largest hail is usually associated with supercell thunderstorms – it takes high to extreme instability, strong wind shear and dry mid levels for very large hail to form. But just how big and heavy? Read on. LARGEST (DIAMETER) HAILSTONE EVER RECORDED: July 23, 2010 Vivian, South Dakota A 20.3 cm (8.0 inch) hailstone was recorded in the intense hailstorm produced by the July 23, 2010 Vivian, South Dakota severe supercell. The hailstone was found by a Mr. Lee Scott and turned over to the U.S. National Weather Service for certification in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The hailstone had a circumference of 47.3 cm (18.625 inches) and a weight of 0.88 kg (1.9375 pounds)! It even produced an impact pit about 25 cm across on the ground. NWS Aberdeen staff measuring the diameter and circumference of the record-setting hailstone. Note that the ruler is in inches! Photo: NWS Aberdeen. There are other, unconfirmed instances of similarly sized hail reported in the past – Ponca City, Oklahoma is reported have been hit by up to 20-cm hail on April 17, 1935. LARGEST (CIRCUMFERENCE) HAILSTONE EVER RECORDED: June 22, 2003 Aurora, Nebraska A 47.6 cm (18.75 inches) circumference hailstone was recorded on June 22, 2003 on a severe thunderstorm that hit Aurora, Nebraska. The hailstone was 17.8 cm (7.0 inches) in diameter, but no weight was officially recorded as the hailstone partially broke off as it hit a roof of a house. It is very noteworthy, that the hail that hit Hamilton County (including Aurora) produced impact pits on the ground up to 36 cm across! Imagine a melon-sized chunk of ice falling out of the sky? Punching a hole in your car windshield? Your roof? Breaking bone? Hail is one of the biggest hazards with severe thunderstorms – while it is usually small, and relatively harmless, it may grow to tennis ball sized or even larger. It may cause severe damage, injuries and in extreme cases even death. It forms as super cooled water droplets within a thunderstorm updraft begin freezing onto a condensation nucleus. The super cooled droplets are colder than 0 °C, but still in liquid state. As they come into contact with the growing hailstone they freeze onto it, making it grow. The growing hailstone is kept in the air by the storm’s updraft until it grows too big and heavy for the upward wind to keep it aloft. The hailstone may make a single journey within the updraft, or it may make several journeys, each forming a new layer, producing a concentric onion-like structure. Some hailstones form and grow by many smaller hailstones sticking and freezing together into a large hailstone – such form is called an agglomerate. The largest hailstones sometimes even form long icy horns or spines! The most severe hailstorms and largest hail is usually associated with supercell thunderstorms – it takes high to extreme instability, strong wind shear and dry mid levels for very large hail to form. But just how big and heavy? Read on. LARGEST (DIAMETER) HAILSTONE EVER RECORDED: July 23, 2010 Vivian, South Dakota A 20.3 cm (8.0 inch) hailstone was recorded in the intense hailstorm produced by the July 23, 2010 Vivian, South Dakota severe supercell. The hailstone was found by a Mr. Lee Scott and turned over to the U.S. National Weather Service for certification in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The hailstone had a circumference of 47.3 cm (18.625 inches) and a weight of 0.88 kg (1.9375 pounds)! It even produced an impact pit about 25 cm across on the ground. NWS Aberdeen staff measuring the diameter and circumference of the record-setting hailstone. Note that the ruler is in inches! Photo: NWS Aberdeen. There are other, unconfirmed instances of similarly sized hail reported in the past – Ponca City, Oklahoma is reported have been hit by up to 20-cm hail on April 17, 1935. LARGEST (CIRCUMFERENCE) HAILSTONE EVER RECORDED: June 22, 2003 Aurora, Nebraska A 47.6 cm (18.75 inches) circumference hailstone was recorded on June 22, 2003 on a severe thunderstorm that hit Aurora, Nebraska. The hailstone was 17.8 cm (7.0 inches) in diameter, but no weight was officially recorded as the hailstone partially broke off as it hit a roof of a house. It is very noteworthy, that the hail that hit Hamilton County (including Aurora) produced impact pits on the ground up to 36 cm across! NWS Hastings staff measuring the diameter and circumference of the Aurora, Nebraska hailstone. Again, the ruler is in inches! Photo: NWS Hastings. HEAVIEST HAILSTONE EVER RECORDED: April 14, 1986, Gopalganj district, Bangladesh The heaviest hailstone that has been authenticated by authorities fell during an intense severe hailstorm in Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on April 14, 1986. It weighed in at 1.0 kg (2.25 pounds)! The intense hailstorm killed 92 people. In Europe the record is held by an large, 0.97 kg hailstone that fell in Strasbourg, France on August 11, 1958 – unfortunately no dimensions were recorded. BIGGEST HAIL ACCUMULATION ON THE GROUND EVER RECORDED: June 3, 1959, Seldon, Kansas A persistent, virtually stationary hailstorm hit Seldon, Kansas on June 3, 1959, producing a blanket of hail up to 45 cm thick over an area of 140 square kilometers. Aerial view of the 45 cm thick blanket of hail over Seldon, Kansas on June 3, 1959. Photo: Norton Telegram, Norton, Kansas. DEADLIEST HAILSTORM: April 22, 1888, Moradabad & Beheri districts, India The April 22, 1888, Moradabad & Beheri districts, India is the deadliest hailstorm in recorded modern history, with 246 fatailities. Source - http://www.severe-weather.eu
