Abstract
Schonstedt Instrument Company is a small manufacturing company located in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, about 70 miles (112 km) from Washington, D.C. Schonstedt makes instruments that locate underground objects. These include pipe, cable, and magnetic locators that find and trace underground utilities and ferrous metals such as boundary markers used by surveyors. Magnetic locators have proven to be successful in locating unexploded ordnance (UXO) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). In looking for ways to grow this market, Schonstedt recognized an opportunity to support humanitarian demining throughout the world. Determining that the sale of a pipe and cable locator would financially support the donation of a magnetic locator, Schonstedt implemented a program in 2007 that would be sustainable over time and created the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative.
Recommended Citation
Ebberson, Bob and Hart, Wendy
(2017)
"Public, Private, and Civil Sector Partnerships Bolster Humanitarian Demining Efforts,"
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 21
:
Iss.
1
, Article 8.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol21/iss1/8
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