HELZEL Messtechnik GmbH was founded by Thomas Helzel and Matthias Kniephoff, who are both engineers with core competencies in HF technique and signal processing. In the beginning the company engaged in various industrial and medical applications while today HF radar systems are the main product. The first commercial ocean radar WERA was produced in 2000 and due to the reliable high-quality of its output data, WERA enjoys a unique reputation as a leading remote ocean sensing system with more than 150 HELZEL radar systems installed world-wide.

HELZEL is embedded in a network of small and medium size companies (the Maritime Cluster) and cooperating with various research institutes world-wide. These strong commercial and scientific partners together with their highly motivated team build the backbone of the company.

Helzel ocean radar WERA is highly flexible and can be configured for the specific requirements in coastal research: The measurements have high spatial and temporal resolution of surface currents, wave parameters and wind direction. The data are available as maps of sea-surface currents or wave height and time series for selectable points can be generated. All data can be archived and exported in various formats. The open data interface allows access to data at all processing levels as well as access to archived raw data or maps.