2010
Geomil steps forward. Next to the made over corporate layout, new products and concepts for on- and off-shore applications, based on latest technology are presented on the Open Day with international visitors

2009
75 years of CPT experience!
GeoMil invests in a new premises in the industrial area "Gouwe Park" in Moordrecht, close to Gouda. Moving takes place in March and the urgently needed additional production capacities for all departments are tripled. 
 
GeoMil enhances product development for near- and off-shore equipment and launches the new SHARK system.

2008
Fully robotised CPT operation for trucks and crawlers.

2007
GeoMil delivers the 3000th CPT unit, a 200 kN 6x6 heavy duty truck in desert version, to Fugro Middle East in Dubai.

2006
GeoMil Equipment and Verbeek Management Systems in Tyler, Texas join their forces and establish VMS-GeoMil for serving the American markets.
First unique Train Truck built, a 4x4 CPT truck with additional rail track wheel set and turntable for combined road/terrain and railroad use.
 
2005
GeoMil Equipment establishes GeoMil Asia Sdn Bhd as a subsidiary for serving the South East Asian market.

2003
GeoMil reloaded! After a challenging economic period GeoMil Equipment becomes a management owned company, even more focussing on designing high quality and utmost productive CPT equipment.
Launch of Windows based CPTest recording and CPTask processing and interpretation software applications for GeoMil and GEF CPT data format.

1998
Modern PLC (programmable logical control) technology becomes the GeoMil standard for the control of heavy pushing rigs like trucks and crawlers.

1997
GeoMil Equipment moves into the newly built premises in Alphen aan den Rijn, about 20 km north of Gouda.

1996
The GMF Gouda CPT department and Dutch Conewel BV merged to become GeoMil Equipment BV as independent entity.
From now on GeoMil Equipment is the sole manufacturer of former GMF Gouda and succeeding CPT products.
 
1991
GMF Gouda builds the GeoTruck, a wheel based 6x6 CPT truck with additional caterpillar tracks for moving in heavy terrain and lowering the ground pressure.

1974
By adding a piezo element to the electric cone penetrometer it is possible to simultaneously  measure the pore water pressure during penetration. The Piezocone or CPTU cone forms the global standard for cone penetration testing since.

The swiftly developing computer technology allowed for steadily improving data plotting, visualisation and processing and increasing accuracies.

1971
After a period of testing, failing and improving the electric cone penetrometers with strain gauged measuring bodies become more reliable and popular.

1965
H.K.S. Begemann improved the Dutch cone and added an extra sliding shaft for measuring the sleeve friction, resulting in the Friction Jacket Cone, also known as Begemann Cone.

1959
GMF Gouda introduces the first hydraulic pushing rigs for 10 ton and later also 20 ton capacity setting a new standard for efficient CPT soundings.

1947
Johan Vermeiden of the Delft Laboratory for Soil Mechanics develops the Jacket Cone, coming with a tapered shaped sleeve.

1940
The Bull, a manual operated light device for pushing CPT cones with up to 2 tons was developed. It formed an affordable testing device that spread around the world and is still in use in some developing countries.

1932 -1934
Pieter Barentsen, engineer at the "Rijkswaterstaat" (Dutch Department of Public Works), develops the first internationally recognised cone model for Cone Penetration Testing (CPT). Jan Geurt Hupkes, like Barentsen a member of the Gouda Rotary Club, provides all testing and production facilities at GMF Gouda.
 
The Dutch Cone was born and also the first patent in CPT history, applied in 1934 and granted in 1938 to Goudsche Machinefabriek and Pieter Barentsen. GMF Gouda became the first manufacturer of CPT equipment on an industrial scale.
 
1909
Jan Geurt Hupkes establishes the "Goudsche Machinefabriek" later named "GMF Gouda" (manufacturer of specialized machinery to the chemical and food industry).