As we believe in our portfolio, we have a 1-year warranty policy for our products. We realize that a buying decision is based on a mixture of product features that should fulfill the customers demand and the overall benefit on longer term.

In other words, what are the costs in relation to the product life cycle? With the 1-year warranty Sokkia in Europe provides to keep the total costs of ownership at a reasonable low level. Although we strongly believe in our products we do encourage our customers to do a regular calibration check to keep the instrument technically healthy. Our equipment operates in all weather conditions including rain, dust and huge temperature differences.