Our purpose

We empower decision-makers with innovative and data-driven solutions that keep life thriving.

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Engineering data-driven environmental software, hardware and IT solutions for 60 years

Founded in 1963 in Aachen, Germany, KISTERS is an international midsize company that specializes in the water, weather, energy, and IT sectors.

We focus on the gathering, processing and reporting of data; creating innovative and data-driven solutions that harness the power of information and technology; and supporting organizations of all sizes around the world.

With over 750 experts, engineers, scientists, inventors and developers from more than 30 nations across 5 continents, we are one global team.

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Meeting uniquely North American needs for 20 years

Incorporated in 2004, KISTERS North America is a subsidiary of KISTERS.

With staff across the U.S. and Canada, our team understands and meets local customer needs with intimate knowledge of KISTERS innovations and their use worldwide.

We work closely with organizations, utilities, industry partners and associations to overcome and ease all aspects of the data value-chain to inform sustainable management of water, weather, and manufacturing resources.

The combined depth of applied knowledge makes available monitoring instruments, software, and customized solutions for hydrometeorology, water quality monitoring, telemetry and remote sensing to confront 21st Century challenges.

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Land acknowledgement

KISTERS acknowledges that our Roseville, California office is situated on the traditional territory of the Nisenan Maidu, an Indigenous people of California from the Yuba River and American River watersheds and the California Central Valley.

Our Boerne office has a land association with the traditional territories of the Tonkawa, Ndé Kónitsąąíí Gokíyaa (Lipan Apache), Coahuiltecan, and Jumanos nations.

On the East, our Lake Worth Beach office is on land identified with the territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Hollywood Reservation), Taíno, Tequesta, Miccosukee, and Mascogo nations.

In Canada, our Fredericton office has an Indigenous land association with the traditional territories of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) nations.

Our values

Embrace CHALLENGES

Team North America works with organizations of all sizes to address common to complex issues. We help achieve water security initiatives, environmental protection, nuclear waste management, data interoperability and the internet of watersheds.

Work TOGETHER.

Our team works to seamlessly collect, distill and deliver data to empower people to make science-based, multidisciplinary and equitable decisions today to sustain and improve quality of life for communities tomorrow.

Drive with PASSION

We believe our solutions will be effective & impactful if we use our passion to solve problems – our passion for data, passion for IT, passion for the environment.

Care for PEOPLE

Our game-changing solutions cannot make a difference without people, users. From the project scope of work through technical support and industry collaboration, we embrace your challenges & work with you to overcome them.

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A family company in every regard

Led by the Kisters family, KISTERS reflects a family company culture. Direct dialog, fairness, a cooperative management style and mutual respect are central elements of our corporate culture. An open doors management policy and flat structure invite team members at all levels to connect with management and the executive board, eliminating barriers to initiating discussions.

The KISTERS Group is a signatory of the Charter of Diversity, an employer initiative to promote diversity in companies, and a member of the Fair Company Initiative for fair working conditions and a new ethic in the world of work.

Customer success stories

We’re not the heroes of the story.

We’re the shoulders they stand on.

Dive into some customer case studies which demonstrate the challenges our products, services and expertise help overcome.

View their success stories

“We aim to live and value diversity, including the diversity of our business partners with whom we maintain long-term close relationships based on mutual respect.”

Klaus Kisters, CEO

FAQs

Is KISTERS North America an engineering firm or an environmental consultant?

No, in North America, the KISTERS Group doesn’t provide engineering services or environmental consulting. If you’re in search of engineering or environmental services in Europe, please visit the website www.kisters.eu.

KISTERS North America distinctly provides monitoring instruments as well as software for data-driven resource management. Our engineers and subject matter experts focus on the following scopes of work:

design, manufacture, sales and technical support of sensors and accessories to measure water, weather and the natural environment
development, implementation, and technical support of software and IT services for energy, hydrometeorology and water resources engineering, water quality, ecology and environmental science
development, implementation, and provision of technical support of software and IT solutions for CAD data management

Most notably, our company doesn’t have a billable hours goal.

Under limited contracts, we set hours for labor/services such as customer-specific software development or 24-hour technical support.

Is KISTERS North America an IT company?

Yes, we are an IT company that implements and supports commercial software and data as a service (DaaS) for water, weather and environmental data users as well as design / manufacturing CAD data users.

As an IT organization, we have 6 principal activities:

Configure and deploy enterprise applications
Store, monitor and manage cloud solutions / hosted applications
Build and manage IT infrastructure for cloud / hosted applications
Enhance features and ensure security of our proprietary software
Provide training and technical support for our software
Support integration of our software with other software as requested by customers

Which KISTERS software is hosted in the cloud?

All KISTERS software can be hosted in public or private cloud infrastructure. AWS and Azure are the most common public cloud spaces. However, each company offers private space for exclusive use by a single organization.

While on-premise software installations are the most cost-effective in the long run, KISTERS customers have differing resources and needs. Organizations with dedicated IT personnel can build and manage their own computing devices and networks. Companies without a deeper IT department may opt for hosted applications. Instead of retaining IT staff in-house, they outsource the management of information technology infrastructure and maintenance services.

Hybrid deployment is very common among KISTERS customers in North America. This approach enables non-technical users to use web browsers to access and engage data while empowering technical users with more functions within the desktop client.

The following KISTERS software is only available online in North America: datasphere, HailSens360, HydroMaster (exclusive to Canada), and 3DViewStation WebViewer.

Does KISTERS offer LIMS?

No, KISTERS doesn’t develop lab information management systems (LIMS).

Think upstream. To sustain and support long-term water management, KISTERS water quality software is designed for more comprehensive water information management. Frequently used functions include discrete sample scheduling, verification of analytical lab results against ordered tests, and comparison of water chemistry data to biosurveys / biological surveys.

Does KISTERS offer SCADA?

No, KISTERS doesn’t offer Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems or Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems in North America.

Think bigger picture water data management. Water Information System by KISTERS (WISKI) is designed for comprehensive water information management, from source to tap or toilet. While SCADA and PLC systems focus on real-time controls, WISKI can serve as a historian in addition to advanced analytics software. The architecture empowers drinking water and wastewater utilities to integrate large volumes of timeseries data and tens of thousands of tags with point-in-time water chemistry data to support regulatory compliance reporting.

Already have a historian? Apply WISKI Analytics to recognize trends and anomalies in leaks, pressure, service areas, or other parameters as well as to couple high-integrity data with models or digital twins to identify more options for water efficiency and sustainability. In addition KISTERS APIs enable utilities to share these insights with business intelligence software.

Utilities can decouple their operational technology, uphold cybersecurity measure, and harvest the benefits from advanced IT tools like WISKI.

Does KISTERS offer EHS?

No, KISTERS doesn’t offer environmental health and safety (EHS) software in North America.

KISTERS is known for water, weather and environmental software. What types of professionals use our advanced information technology? Natural resources managers, climate and environmental scientists, forecast engineers and water resource engineers

Federal agencies such as Environment and Climate Change Canada and U.S. Fish and Wildlife work with us. Provincial ministries and state departments of water resources also collaborate with us. Large water utilities including the Toronto-based OCWA and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) rely on our technology to sustain clean drinking water from source to treatment facilities.

Does KISTERS sell CAD licenses?

No, KISTERS doesn’t offer computer-aided design (CAD) / computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software. To create or draft designs, you’ll still need a CAD license.

Instead we develop and support CAD visualization software called 3DViewStation. The rendering software enhances collaboration. It expedites the approval and manufacturing processes. Viewers interact with product data. A wealth of tools lets them test feasibility and functionality of designs, plus evaluate aesthetics. They can analyze, validate, markup and more from mobile devices. No GB of CAD software needed.

What types of manufacturers rely on this application? Automotive and trucking; aerospace; aviation; battery / energy storage; building construction; defense; mold, die, and stamping