Endress+Hauser was founded in Switzerland in 1953 by George Endress and Ludwig Hauser. Today the Endress+Hauser Group is a global leader in the provision of measurement instrumentation and automation solutions for industrial process engineering.  It consists of a network of legally independent companies, managed and coordinated by a holding company in Reinach, Switzerland.  The group comprises 75 companies in 38 countries, which operate 19 production centres in Switzerland, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, China, Japan, India, Czechia and the USA.  At the end of 2006, Endress+Hauser employed 7,045 people, generating €985.2 million. 

With a wide range of sensors, instruments, systems and services, Endress+Hauser covers the areas of level, flow, pressure, temperature, analysis and recording.  The range also includes the connection of field appliances to mainframe processing systems using fieldbuses and automation and logistical solutions.  The products manufactured by Endress+Hauser set the standard in reliability, availability, quality and technology.  Customers come primarily from the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, water & wastewater, paper, energ, primaries and oil & gas sectors.  They optimize their process engineering procedures with the support from Endress+Hauser while taking into consideration environmental protection, safety and economic efficiency.