MEDIA ADVISORY - Endress+Hauser holds grand opening of state-of-the-art customer training & support centre in Edmonton
City officials, customers, media and staff are invited to visit the unique site – a boon for the city
EDMONTON, May 30, 2017 /CNW/ - Matthias Altendorf, Global CEO of Endress+Hauser (The People for Process Automation), joins his colleagues Anthony Varga, General Manager, Canada, Todd Lucey, Sales Director, North America, and Geoff Watson, Western Canada Regional Sales Manager, in extending a cordial invitation to Edmonton-area media to the official grand opening celebration of its leading-edge customer training & support centre.
Commenced in 2015 and completed in late 2016, the facility represents a total investment of $12 million and currently employs a staff of 23. In addition, the facility expects to contribute to the development of a skilled and growing regional workforce thanks to its unique process training unit (PTU). The PTU is a "mini process plant" that provides customers across diverse industries with a hands-on training experience that simulates real-life process conditions. The company expects to train up to 240 workers per year at the facility.
The Endress+Hauser family, whose company is made up of more than 13,000 employees around the globe, currently employs 134 Canadians and is a world leader in measurement instrumentation technology for process industries.
| WHO: |
Matthias Altendorf, Global CEO |
| Anthony Varga, General Manager, Canada |
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| Todd Lucey, Sales Director, North America |
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| Geoff Watson, Western Regional Sales Manager |
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| WHEN & |
Friday, June 2 |
| WHERE: |
Brief remarks by Endress+Hauser leadership begin at 10 a.m. |
| 9045 22 Ave. SW. (in front of building entrance) |
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| Edmonton, AB T6X 0J9 |
Media are asked to arrive early. A ribbon cutting and unveiling of a gift commissioned for the occasion will follow, along with a quick tour of the process training unit. After the media tour, The Endress+Hauser leadership team will be available to take questions from media. Photos and video are welcome.
SOURCE Endress+Hauser
Media information: James Lucas (offsite), Torchia Communications, 647-539-2077, [email protected]; Scott Whitehouse (onsite, in Edmonton), Endress+Hauser, 905-630-3816, [email protected]
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