About HGS (India) Ltd

About company

HGS (India) Limited, (HGSI) (erstwhile Geosource India Limited) a part of the Sowar group, was established in 1986 in technical and financial collaboration with Geosource Inc USA, owner of Sensor Nederland b.v. to manufacture geophone strings, seismic cables & connectors. Geophones have historically been passive analog devices and typically comprise a spring-mounted magnetic mass moving within a wire coil to generate an electrical signal.A geophone is a device that converts ground movement (velocity) into voltage, which may be recorded at a recording station. The deviation of this measured voltage from the base line is called the seismic response and is analyzed for structure of the earth