Endress+Hauser Inaugurates World-Class Edmonton Facility

Endress+Hauser Inaugurates World-Class Edmonton Facility

 June 9, 2017

Endress+Hauser has opened a new 20,000-square-foot regional customer support centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Located in the Ellerslie industrial business area south of the city, the facility houses a regional office and warehouse, flow calibration lab and the company’s process training unit, a training program and mini process plant environment that offers field technicians and engineers a unique learning experience through real-life simulations and specialized curriculum.

“We’re happy to offer Edmonton and the entire region access to some of the most advanced technical support, training and measurement instrumentation in the world,” says Anthony Varga, General Manager at Endress+Hauser Canada. “We’re committed to helping our customers compete on an international scale and, based on our experience with other similar facilities in other markets, we’re confident that this will help the region’s workforce and industry tremendously for years to come.”

Endress+Hauser expects to train more than 240 workers and engineers at the process training unit per year. Courses include Introduction to Instrumentation, Analytical, Flow, Pressure and Temperature Instrumentation, Communications along with customized packages.

This is the first process training unit for Endress+Hauser in Canada. There are 10 in the United States.

The inauguration brought together leaders of the company including Matthias Altendorf, Global CEO of Endress+Hauser from Switzerland, Todd Lucey, Sales Director, North America, from Greenwood, Ind., Anthony Varga, General Manager, Canada, from Burlington, Ont., as well as members of the Endress family.

Construction of the $12 million facility began in September 2014.

Endress+Hauser is the largest independent manufacturer of instrumentation in the world, with global manufacturing facilities, more than 13,000 associates, and net sales of over CAD $2 billion. The company is renowned for its wide range of measuring devices and automation solutions for process industries.

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