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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/akkerman.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/akkerman.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
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      "regions": [
        "global"
      ],
      "use_cases": [
        "water and sewer line installation",
        "road, rail, and runway crossings",
        "oil and gas pipeline installation",
        "electric and telecom utility installation",
        "sewer pipe rehabilitation"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "water and wastewater utilities",
        "transportation infrastructure",
        "oil and gas",
        "electric and telecom utilities",
        "government and municipal contractors"
      ]
    },
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    "proof": {
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        {
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          "status": "self_declared"
        }
      ]
    },
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Brownsdale",
        "region": "Minnesota",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/",
      "name": "Akkerman",
      "domain": "akkerman.com",
      "founded": 1973,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/akkerman-inc",
        "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60765601",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkerman_Inc."
      ],
      "employees": {
        "max": 100,
        "min": 100
      },
      "legal_name": "Akkerman Inc.",
      "description": "Akkerman develops, manufactures, and supports underground construction equipment for guided boring, slurry microtunneling, pipe jacking, tunnel boring, and pipe rehabilitation, enabling installation of water, wastewater, and other infrastructure."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "guided-boring",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/guided-boring/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Guided Boring",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "GBM series jacking frames (GBM 4800, 240A, 308A, 339A), pilot tube systems, rock boring units, and guided auger boring attachments for trenchless installation of water, sewer, and utility pipe."
      },
      {
        "id": "slurry-microtunneling",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/slurry-microtunneling/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Slurry Microtunneling",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "SLC center-drive and SLP periphery-drive microtunnel boring machines with guidance systems, jacking frames, and intermediate jacking stations for slurry microtunneling pipe installation."
      },
      {
        "id": "pipe-jacking-utility-tunneling",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/pipe-jacking-utility-tunneling/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Pipe Jacking & Utility Tunneling",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Tunnel boring machines, earth pressure balance machines, excavator shield systems, and jacking frames for pipe jacking and utility tunneling; equipment can excavate tunnels up to 14 feet in diameter."
      },
      {
        "id": "sliplining",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/sliplining/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Sliplining",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "SLS-100 Slip-Liner installs 30-102 inch OD pipe up to 20 feet long in either direction from a single access pit using wireless remote controls, for sewer pipe rehabilitation without bypass pumping.",
        "spec_url": "https://www.akkerman.com/product/sls-100-slip-liner/"
      },
      {
        "id": "lubrication-systems",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/lubrication-systems/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Lubrication Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Automated Bentonite Injection System and high-pressure lubrication systems that reduce jacking friction during guided boring and slurry microtunneling operations."
      },
      {
        "id": "support-equipment",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/equipment-category/support-equipment/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Support Equipment",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Tunneling guidance systems and custom machining and fabrication services supporting Akkerman boring and tunneling equipment."
      },
      {
        "id": "parts-services",
        "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/parts-services/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Parts & Services",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Aftermarket inventory of over 10,000 replacement parts plus field service and equipment training delivered by factory technicians representing over 125 years of combined service."
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.akkerman.com/contact/",
      "phone": "+1 (800) 533.0386"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
  }
}