Last year a new production facility was inaugurated in Su­zhou, China, 100 kilometers west of Shanghai. Working together under one roof, three product centers  - Endress+Hauser Maulburg, Endress+Hauser Conducta and Endress+Hauser Wetzer - assemble and calibrate level, pressure, analysis and temperature measuring instruments. The three companies invested about seven million euros. The new building of the Japanese sales center in Fuchu, a suburb of the capital, Tokyo, was also inaugurated (cost: over five million euros).

At the end of 2006, the 'Sternenhof' in Reinach, Switzerland, was ready for occupancy. At a total cost of 34 million Euros, this is the largest building project in the history of the corporation.  The 19,500 square meter complex includes offices, conference, training and exhibition rooms. The Swiss sales center Endress+Hauser Metso, Endress+Hauser Process Solutions (specializing in automation solutions), Endress+Hauser Instruments International (responsible for providing support to international markets) as well as the holding companies of the corporate group are all located here. Around 400 people work in the 'Sternenhof'.

Endress+Hauser Flowtec expanded the plant at Cernay, France, for just under two million euros. A new hall has greatly improved work procedure in the manufacture of magnetic-inductive flowmeters with large nominal diameter. The company has invested about 14 million euros in a new plant in Greenwood the US state of Indiana. Production began at the beginning of May 2007. The flowmeter plant in Suzhou in China is also undergoing expansion at present. There are plans to extend the plant in Aurangabad, India, too.

Building is underway at two locations on the Endress+Hauser site at Maulburg in Germany: for about twelve million euros the specialists for level and pressure measurement are constructing a building with production and office space as well as a new canteen for the 1,500 employees on the site. A new building is also planned for construction in the region around Berlin, where pressure sensors are already developed and manufactured.  Endress+Hauser Conducta, the product center for analytical measurement engineering, plans to start work on the new office and production building at the headquarters in Gerlingen, Germany in summer 2007.

In Manchester a new building for the British sales and product center is under construction. The new building, costing about seven million euros, is scheduled to open in September 2007. Endress+Hauser Thailand is also to get a new location. Work has started on the building of a logistics and service center in Weil am Rhein, Germany, too.  It will primarily take over work for the German, Swiss and Austrian sales centers, as well as for the sales support center, Endress+Hauser Instruments International.

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in the provision of measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. In 2005 the Group generated 885.5 million euros in turnover and a profit of 69.8 million euros. The family business comprises 75 companies with more than 7,000 associates in 38 countries, managed and coordinated by a holding company in Reinach, Switzerland. Competent employees and partners guarantee sales and quality service worldwide.

Products
With a wide range of sensors, instruments, systems and services, Endress+Hauser covers the areas of level, flow, pressure and temperature measurement as well as liquid analysis and data acquisition. We connect field devices to process control systems and support our customers with automation and logistics solutions. Our products set standards in quality and technology. In 2005, Endress+Hauser spent 8.4 percent of its net sales on research and development, and filed patent applications for 173 developments.

Industries
Customers are primarily from the chemical/petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, water & wastewater, paper, energy and oil & gas sectors. With support from Endress+Hauser, they optimize their process engineering procedures while taking into consideration environmental protection, safety and economic efficiency.

History
Endress+Hauser was founded in 1953 by Georg H. Endress and Ludwig Hauser. The Endress family has been the sole owner of the company since 1975. In 1995, Klaus Endress took over the management of the Group from his father. For more than 50 years, the company has developed consistently from being a specialist in level measurement to a provider of complete solutions for industrial measuring technology and automation, while continually breaking into new markets.

Contact

Monique Juillerat                                           

Corporate Public Relations Officer               

Endress+Hauser AG                                     

Kägenstrasse 2

4153 Reinach BL 1

Switzerland

E-mail: monique.juillerat@holding.endress.com
Phone +41 61 715 77 29
Fax +41 61 715 28 88