For sustainable use of soil and water, measuring different soils properties, important soil processes, and determining soil water and plant relations are basic steps in research. Access to advanced equipment for accurate measurements of soil and water properties and processes is very important. High price and sometimes low quality of imported equipment are the key factors restricting access and use of advanced equipment in research centers and well-known universities in the country. Azar-Khak-Ab Urmia Company was established in 2013 in order to design and produce routine and advanced equipment for research centers, universities and departments related to soil and water researches. This company benefits from the knowledge of university faculties and soil and water technical experts. Automatic field cone penetrometer, automatic cone micro-penetrometer, 5 and 15 bar pressure plate extractors, rainfall simulator, drainable mini-lysimeters, automatic wet sieving and Kopecky core samplers are some products of this company.
