Temperature central
Figure 1: The new temperature manufacturing plant, part of Endress+Hauser Wetzer, will produce sensor elements, thermometers, thermowells, transmitters, system components and recorders.
On the final day of May, a new $8 million, 42,000 sq ft temperature manufacturing facility was born in Greenwood, Indiana (Figure 1). Endress+Hauser has manufactured temperature measurement technology and system products on this same campus, which is also its U.S. sales headquarters, since 2008.
The new plant, part of Endress+Hauser Wetzer, will produce sensor elements, thermometers, thermowells, transmitters, system components and recorders. “The new facility demonstrates Endress+Hauser’s commitment to the market and customers in North America,” said Patrick McGlothlen, general manager of the new facility (Figure 2). “It shows that we are dedicated to manufacturing and providing services close to our customers.”
Being as close to customers as possible is not only a strategic advantage for Endress+Hauser; customers are considered to be part of the company. “The ‘our’ in our company includes customers, associates and shareholders,” explained Klaus Endress, president of the supervisory board for Endress+Hauser Holding. The new plant has not only allowed the temperature manufacturing division to move from its previous 12,000-sq-ft residence, which it had outgrown just three years after moving into it in 2011. “It equips us with the ability to increase capacity,” said McGlothlen, whose facility delivers products to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia and Chile for Endress+Hauser Wetzer.