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Markets + Trends
| News for Process Automation 1/2016
Successful from the Start
Just 20 miles southeast of Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Capital of the
World, you will find the North American headquarter of Pepperl+Fuchs
in Twinsburg. More than a sales office, the site includes office space,
R&D, manufacturing areas, a customer training facility, and distribution
plants. The Twinsburg plant is the only global subsidiary to be respon-
sible for a global business unit: The Global Center of Excellence and
Innovation for Bebco EPS and VisuNet HMI is based here. This year,
Pepperl+Fuchs was voted best provider of industrial enclosure purge
and pressurization systems by Control magazine in its 2016 Readers’
Choice survey for the 13th consecutive year. In Twinsburg, the sensor
modification group for factory automation works with customers one-
on-one to modify and provide basic sensing products to solve unique
application challenges. One of these unique solutions was the Pile
Driver developed in 1997, a proximity switch designed for toughness
and durability.
The Call of Black Gold
Texas is the second most populous and second largest state by area
in the USA. An economic boom in Texas started when large oil
reserves were discovered in 1901. The impact of this “black gold”
changed the state’s economy. Texas was transformed into a major
petroleum producer and has become a key player in the US economy:
from oil and gas production, to oil refining, to the petrochemical industry.
Texas Means “Friend”
The name Texas is derived from the Hasinai word Táysha’ and means
“friends” or “allies”. “This association is a good reason for Pepperl+Fuchs
to take up residence in this state and to strengthen collaborative relations
with America with another subsidiary,” explains Bolin. On May 1, 2013,
the SEC opened its doors in Houston. This location mainly develops and
produces control stations, switch cabinets, and purge and pressurization
systems. It has over 1,100 m² of space available; more than 800 m² of
this is dedicated to production. But Pepperl+Fuchs wants to take service
to a new level.
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