Geospace Technologies Corporation

Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in order to locate characterize and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Markets Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets. The Oil and Gas Markets segment offers wireless seismic data acquisition systems and reservoir characterization products and services as well as traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones hydrophones leader wires connectors cables marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment provides industrial products including imaging equipment water meter products remote shut-off valves and Internet of Things platform as well as seismic sensors for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications such as mine safety and earthquake detection applications; and electronic pre-press products that employ direct thermal imaging direct-to-screen printing systems and digital inkjet printing technologies targeted at the commercial and industrial graphics textile and flexographic printing industries. The Emerging Markets segment designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance cross-border tunneling detection and other products targeted at movement monitoring intrusion detection and situational awareness. This segment serves customers that include various agencies of the United States government including the Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security and other agencies. The company operates in Asia Canada Europe South America the United States and internationally. Geospace Technologies Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston Texas.