About Us
Technical precision, sustainable management and a clear added value for our customers – these three pillars are the basis for IML’s self-image and success. A true family business with a great spirit of innovation and uncompromising quality requirements. Our customers worldwide have appreciated this since 1985.
IML North America designs wood testing products that accurately determine the internal quality of wood. IML has developed wood inspection drills and wood inspection software for utility pole inspection, bridge inspection, tree services, and much more. Our products are designed to protect your company with high quality data and to save your time and money with exact measurements.
Located in the heart of New Hampshire, IML North America covers the United States, Central America, and Canada. Our office is happy to provide you with a quality wood testing instrument and an exceptional customer service experience.
About Our Headquarters in Germany
Who „We“ are
We are a family business for innovation which internationally consists of more than 60 employees. Our passion is developing technical solutions for different branches and utilizing them as a basis for our products. As a team we conscientiously transpose our demand for innovation, precision and uncompromising quality.
Company History
1985 Erich Hunger founded IML in the University of Heidelberg’s Technology Park. As a result there was a close relationship to science from the beginning on. From then on IML grows perpetually and evolved to an internationally successful company, which is market-leading in the field of wood testing systems. As an addition the fields of dental technology, dental care products and production of precision parts. More about the IML company history.
Why IML?
We are commited to our work with our full passion.

Family
At IML, we foster a family-like atmosphere. This collaborative spirit helps us achieve our primary goal: customer satisfaction.

Precise
In everything we do, precision plays a decisive role. It serves us as a guideline for quality towards perfection and is a unique feature of our products at the same time.

Sustainable
As a family business we always plan and think about future. This also reflects in our products, which contribute to sustainability with innovation and longevity.

Mission and Entitlement
We won´t stop, until we found the best suitable solution for our customer. Our honest entitlement for our work shall be forwarded to our customer by our products. To reach this goal, the whole IML-team bets on precision, diligence and reliability in all areas. Thereby stagnation is no option to us. By the aid of our creativity and strength of implementation we continuously develop our products further to be able to still meet our demand for quality in the future.
Family Run Business
A true family business founded out of thirst for knowledge, lead with enthusiasm.

Erich Hunger
Founder & CEO
Driven by his enthusiasm for technical solutions Erich Hunger founded IML in 1985. In the meantime especially his inventiveness brought IML onto the international to. As Erich Hunger likes to emphasize, this was only possible thanks to the team spirit and the whole team’s effort.

Fabian Hunger
Marketing and Sales
Since 2012 Fabian Hunger helps shaping IML’s future. As the responsible for IML’s Marketing & Sales and the manager of USA-brand, he ensures our high demand for quality nationally as well as internationally.

Sebastian Hunger
Technical Project Manager
Already since 2004, IML can rely on Sebastian Hunger and his Know-How. As the production and development manager he is responsible for the conversion of our demand for the highest precision and quality.
We really appreciate you and others in your office going the extra mile to get us trained, answer questions, get the equipment to us in time, and give us a fair price on the rental. We will definitely recommend IML to any others who need to buy or rent the equipment you have and will be using your services in the future. We have also let others in our Power sector know about the capabilities and they may be interested to use a drill as well.
We recently used the IML drills for our annual 69kV inspection. We own one drill and we leased another from IML. We could not ask for better customer service and support. Help was just a phone call away. We will definitely be looking to purchase another drill in the near future. Thanks again for your help through the inspections process.
I purchased IML RESI F300 machine for a wood structure assessment of a Yacht Club deck in BC, Canada. I had about 150 readings in two days and the machine worked for me PERFECTLY! The IML staff was exceptionally helpful both before and after we purchased the equipment. Overall, the equipment package and the service I received were beyond my expectations!
We at Nationwide Tree Service are super Excited about our tree inspection drills that we purchased from your company. I was really surprised to find out that no one in my area uses these drills. My drills have been making me money from day one. My customers are really impressed by the the data that the drills provide to them on the health of their trees. I’ve been told on several occasions the the customer choose my company just because of how impressed they were that we had the drills. A couple of these customers even spent several hundreds of dollars more just to go with my company. We think the drills are great, our customers are super impressed by them and they are already paying for themselves.
Very well pleased with initial start from the first call to get information on drill and to the follow up with our purchase seeing how we liked it. We here with the City of Raleigh really love our new drill. We have used the older version for years and find that the new technology drills are a great improvement. Good job IML North America.
I have been using Resistographs for over 15 years. In my field of work I am assessing the condition of wooden timbers in historical bridges, old warehouses, old mill buildings, marine pilings, and even utility poles. I recently upgraded to the IML PD300 and I am very happy. The drill is very similar to the prior generation of drills which used graph paper. The newer versions are operated using software and all the graphs are easily downloaded onto my computer and can be included into my technical reports as PDF’s. The drill itself operates at a faster speed than the prior generations giving me the ability to collect more data during an inspection. This is a very effective non-destructive tool for assessing wooden timbers, pilings and poles. – Matt Anderson, Wood Science Consulting.
IML and its staff are without question, the most knowledgeable and helpful service industry professionals I’ve ever worked with. Their company sets the example for all others within the industry. Having worked with them on several occasions over the past few years, I have yet to be disappointed. The level of service we receive as a small utility contractor, is what you’d expect an international corp. to receive. IML has earned a life-long customer and proponent.
I recently got trained on the PD-500 at their NH facility. The training was great. Everyone was very knowledgeable and friendly. It looks to be a great tool that we are excited to start using. Thanks.
When I arrived at IML in NH Bob, Kevin and Amber made me feel very comfortable with their products. They gave me a thorough training about the F-500 resistograph. I bought a used F-500 that had been completely refurbished. They in no way pressured me to buy the more expensive models. However. If the need arises I may upgrade. I can see that the product is at the highest quality. They also told me that they were available anytime to answer my questions, giving me their direct lines. When I buy expensive items most of the time I feel like I got ripped off, but after the experience at IML I felt like I got a great deal and I am excited with the future possibility of the product.”
I purchased an F-Series drill to use for inspecting decay in trees from IML. They were very friendly throughout the process and did not try to push me into any one of there products. Amber took time to get to know what I would be using the drill for and what would fit my budget. I ended up purchasing a refurbished drill and when it arrived I was surprised how clean and new the drill looked. If you told me the drill was new I would have never known. I did end up having an issue after drilling my second hole. I emailed Amber and she got back to me quickly and had the shop call me on the phone at a time that worked for me and I was able to fix the issue quickly and easily myself. They have offered many times to do training on the drill both over zoom/facetime or in person. I could not be happier with my experience with IML and their commitment to the tree care industry