Dear Visitor,

APS Antriebs- Prüf- und Steuertechnik GmbH (drive test and control technology company) is a highly regarded German enterprise due to its soil, rock, asphalt and material testing machines, which are marketed under the brand name ‘Wille Geotechnik^®’. The initial activities of the company began in the 1990s in cooperation with universities and the implementation of research activities and development of scientific equipment. The contact and collaboration with such institutes remains strong to this day and has developed over the past years.

APS is located in the university town of Göttingen, which has given rise to the largest number of Nobel Prize winners in Germany. Göttingen is in the south-east of the state of Lower Saxony, central Germany making it easily accessible. The town is best known for being home to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, ranked the number one university in Germany in 2010 and forty-third in the world according to the QS, and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

In addition, Göttingen also hosts part of the highly prestigious and world-renowned Max Planck Society, the establishment of which began in Göttingen in 1948. This continues to develop and expand today, as does our collaboration with such institutions.

All parts of design, construction, manufacturing, quality-control and delivery tests are conducted by our own qualified experts in our factory in Germany. With high-quality testing machines the company has received international acknowledgement, in particular by research institutes and universities from all over the world. With such capabilities, the company manufactures standard testing systems as well as customised material testing systems for a wide range of applications. In the meantime, the company has grown into a globally expanding enterprise. With our expertise, we help a range of users in standard, routine challenges to highly complex investigations.

Our comprehensive assortment of products and an attentive service satisfies the demands on testing devices for civil engineering and for laboratory equipment in both research and private industries. Furthermore, we’re able to set-up complete laboratories with standard devices and newly designed machines for soil, asphalt and material testing.

The APS Antriebs- Prüf- und Steuertechnik GmbH is known for delivering advanced technological solutions and products of renowned quality, simultaneously ensuring that even the most ‘state of the art’ developments are transformed into user friendly products of the highest quality.

Our expertise cover research activities in the field of soil, asphalt, rock, and building material testing from a single transducer to a complete turnkey system. Whenever you need professional and standardised solutions for your testing demands, APS is a top address.  

The APS Antriebs- Prüf- und Steuertechnik GmbH is proud of its high-quality product standards and will happily be your partner when quality is of the utmost importance.  

To find out about our products and services, please refer to following pages.

Yours faithfully,

Thorsten Wille
(General Manager)