- Endress+Hauser
Infobox Company
company_name = Endress+Hauser
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1953
location = Reinach,Switzerland .
key_people =Dr. h.c. George H Endress
(Co-Founder of Endress+Hauser)Ludwig Hauser
(Co-Founder of Endress+Hauser)
Klaus Endress
(CEO, Endress+Hauser AG)
industry = Instrumentation, Process Automation
products = Instrumentation
revenue = profit €86,400,000 (2006)
net_income = profit €985,200,000 (2006)
num_employees = 7,045 (end of 2006)
homepage = [http://www.endress.com/ endress.com]Endress+Hauser (Endress and Hauser) is a Swiss-based
instrumentation andprocess automation company. Endress+Hauser operates in theinstrumentation market with offices around the world, producing instruments measuringlevel ,flow ,pressure , andtemperature . They also produce a range of analytical instrumentation measuring variables in water quality, such aspH/ORP ,conductivity ,dissolved oxygen , andturbidity . The company produce a range of instrumentation designed for use in dangerous environments and extreme conditions.Endress+Hauser has 41 sales centers worldwide, which last year produced a turnover of
€ 985 million. The company operates production centers inGermany ,Switzerland ,France , theUK ,Italy , theUSA ,China ,India ,Japan and theCzech Republic .History
On
February 1 1953, Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser co-founded L. Hauser KG. By 1957, it was renamed Endress and Hauser. The company started its activities with the sale of an electronic capacitivelevel sensor imported from England. Today it would probably be called a "garage business " even though the first company premises was a converted bedroom.The level sensor soon became a success, and the founders quickly began building up their own production facilities.
Sales, which concentrated on South Germany in the early years, were extended to the whole of Germany and then to neighboring countries. Level sensors with different measurement principles were added to the capacitive meters. Later, sensors and devices for other physical variables such as
pressure ,flow ,analytics andtemperature as well as technical components, were also developed, produced and sold. Sales and services expanded over the whole of Western Europe. The first overseas branch offices started in Japan and in the USA in the 1970s. In the 1980s the company started a campaign to meet the "challenge ofmicroelectronics " and to take over the technological lead. The transition from signal-oriented to information-orientedprocess automation forced E+H to seek active participation in various Fieldbus initiatives; today the company ranks as the globalmarket leader . In 1995, Dr. h.c. Georg H. Endress, born 1924, passed the leadership of the company to his second eldest son, Klaus Endress who had previously acted as the group'sChief Executive Officer (CEO).In 1997 the company acquired
Whessoe plc, a British instrumentation business. [ [http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/whessoea.htm UK Business Park] ] E+H have not floated on thestock exchange , and continue to be a family owned business, employing Dr. h.c. George H Endress's children inside the organization.References
External links
[http://www.endress.com/ www.endress.com - Global site]
[http://www.us.endress.com/ www.us.endress.com - US site]
[http://www.uk.endress.com/ www.uk.endress.com - UK site]
[http://www.au.endress.com/ www.au.endress.com - AU site]
[http://www.transcom.sk/ www.endress.sk - SK site]
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