Industry Blog
Explore the latest news about drone technology, data solutions, and Firmatek’s perspective across a range of industries.
Firmatek Values: Team First
Putting the Team First In our blog a few weeks ago, we discussed what it meant to be a Trusted Advisor to our clients...
Embrace the Tech Revolution by Incorporating Drones Into Your Workflow
Contributed by Firmatek president, Lauren Elmore. This article was recently published in Cement Americas spring editi...
How Drones Can Keep Employees Safe and Engaged in High-Risk Environments
By Lauren Elmore, President of Firmatek. This article is also published in Unmanned Aerial Online. While they sometim...
My First Year as Chief Drone Officer
My First Year as Chief Drone Officer A year ago, I joined Firmatek as the industry’s first Chief Drone Officer....
What it means to be a Trusted Advisor
One of our core values at Firmatek is to be a trusted advisor to our clients. We place a high value on serving our cl...
Challenges of Inventory Management: Part 3
Contributed by VP of Processing, Scott Schiele Over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed two common problems with in...
Challenges of Inventory Management: Part 2
Contributed by VP of Processing, Scott Schiele Following last week’s blog where we discussed base issues with stock...
Challenges of Inventory Management: Part 1
Contributed by VP of Processing, Scott Schiele At Firmatek, we do a lot of inventory measurements for our clients. Ty...
The 3 R’s to Follow When Flying a Drone
As drone technology has advanced, more companies are utilizing drones in their day-to-day operations. Although the in...
Firmatek Named Top 25 Drone Solutions Provider
“We partner with our clients to figure out what piece of technology is best for their site and for their partic...
Firmatek’s 5 Keys to Safety
Contributed by Firmatek CDO, Andrew Maximow For decades Firmatek has maintained a strict compliance with Mining Safet...
How to Ease Employee Fears about New Mining Technology
Technology is adding unparalleled value to the mining and aggregate industries. Executives and plant managers are ab...
Elevating Your Tech Company with the Human Element
As seen in the Huffington Post. (Read it here.) Despite the constant stream of technological advancements we enjoy, t...
How Tech is Making Mining More Efficient
In this post, we explore several types of mining technology to examine what each one does and how well it works.
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Drones and Natural Disasters: How Our Tools Have Helped Disaster Relief Efforts
In the heavy industries, we rely on drones every day — and so do our colleagues in emergency and disaster relief.