Pepperl+Fuchs to Construct a 110,000-Square-Foot Facility in Houston with an Expanded Engineering Center
The new engineering center will design, build and certify custom equipment on site in days
TWINSBURG, Ohio, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepperl+Fuchs, a world leader in process automation and applications, broke ground on June 2, 2016 on a 110,000-square-foot facility in Katy, Texas, in the West Ten Business Park near Houston. The new facility, which will replace an existing 20,000-square-foot space, will house an expanded Solutions Engineering Center, a customer training area, warehouse space and distribution facilities.
A quickly expanding service from Pepperl+Fuchs, the Solutions Engineering Center is staffed with a team of engineers, who design, build and certify customized solutions on site for process automation in hazardous locations, such as oil refineries, pharmaceutical facilities and other manufacturing facilities. The Solutions Engineering Center will assemble customized equipment locally and deliver it immediately for just-in-time installation.
"This new engineering center will really take our service to a new level," said Jim Bolin, Pepperl+Fuchs' COO of process automation. "Certifying hazardous-location equipment alone can take months. This new facility will expand our capabilities to build and certify industry leading products in a matter of days."
The new building is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2017. The Solutions Engineering Center in Houston will be one of the largest of six throughout the world, with others in England, Germany, Singapore, Australia and Ohio.
"Katy Area Economic Development Council has worked with Pepperl+Fuchs since January 2014 by providing site selection, technical and incentives assistance." said Lance LaCour, Katy Area EDC President and CEO. "We are thrilled Pepperl+Fuchs is locating its new distribution center and regional headquarters in the Katy area and bringing 100 jobs and $25 million in capital investment."
About Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs is a world leader in the design, manufacture, application and support of a broad range of robust solutions to varied process automation markets and applications for hazardous locations. A perennial Control and Control Design Reader's Choice Award winner for intrinsic safety equipment and purge & pressurization systems, Pepperl+Fuchs has also been named by Control magazine and the ARC Advisory Group as one of the Top 50 Global Automation Companies. For more information, visit www.pepperl-fuchs.us.
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