Endress+Hauser AG. (9/27/17). "Press Release: Endress+Hauser Inaugurates New Campus in Lyon".

	Region	Lyon
	Country	France
	Organisation	Endress+Hauser (Group)
	Organisation 2	Kaiser Optical Systems Inc.
	Group	Endress+Hauser (Group)
	Product	analytical instrument
	Product 2	Raman spectrometer
	Index term	Kaiser Optical Systems–Endress+Hauser: investment, 2013 acquisition by Endress+Hauser
	Person	Endress, Klaus (Endress+Hauser 2014–202312 Supervisory Board Chair before CEO joined 1979 RETIRED 202312)
	Person 2	Altendorf, Matthias (Endress+Hauser 202401– Supervisory Board Chair before CEO 2014–202312)

Sales Center and Kaiser Optical Systems European headquarters together under one roof

Endress+Hauser has invested 4.9 million euros in a new building in Lyon. As well as 25 sales and service employees from Endress+Hauser, nine employees from the European headquarters of Kaiser Optical Systems will move into the new facility.

“The new building offers modern offices for our employees and abundant space for customer training,” says Laurent Mulley, Managing Director of Endress+Hauser France, who is delighted with the new facility. “At the same time we are bringing together Endress+Hauser's process control technology and the advanced analysis processes of Kaiser Optical Systems under a single roof. We are thus laying a foundation that will allow us to strengthen our presence in the French market over the long term,” added Laurent Mulley during the dedication ceremony that was attended by customers, as well as guests from business and government.

Close collaboration

“One of the cornerstones of our strategy is to one day support our customers' lab and process control applications,” explained Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group. “Having Endress+Hauser and Kaiser Optical Systems in proximity in Lyon illustrates the progress we are making in carrying out this strategy.” Expanding the business in the area of process control and laboratory analysis reflects the wishes of many customers for enhanced quality parameter measurements.

Long-term investment

The new energy-efficient office building is located near Lyon–Bron airport, in one of the fastestgrowing business regions in France. The building houses 1,500 square meters of office space, warehouse facilities, a training center and a presentation room for customer training. With a total of around 7,000 square meters of space, the campus offers sufficient room to grow the location further.

Synergies for optimal customer management

The primary beneficiaries of the collaboration between Endress+Hauser and Kaiser Optical Systems are customers in the life sciences, chemical, water & wastewater, food & beverage and oil & gas industries. American-based Kaiser Optical Systems was acquired by Endress+Hauser in 2013. The company's Raman spectroscopy analyzers are designed for examining the composition and properties of liquid, gas and solid materials.

Endress+Hauser in France

Endress+Hauser France has more than 250 employees at its headquarters in Huningue and at offices in Paris, Bordeaux and Lyon. As well as the French market, the Sales Center also oversees the Group's business in French-speaking Africa. Kaiser Optical Systems has 76 employees at its headquarters in Ann Arbor/Michigan, where the production facilities are co-located. The nine employees assigned to the Lyon office are coordinating the European sales activities.

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EH_Campus Lyon.jpg Close cooperation: Endress+Hauser, and its subsidiary Kaiser Optical Systems, a specialist in state-ofthe-art analyzers, move into a new facility in Lyon.

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EH_Inauguration Campus Lyon.jpg Inauguration in France (from left): Bruno Lenain (Managing Director of Kaiser Optical Systems Europe), Laurent Mulley (Managing Director of Endress+Hauser France), Gilles Gascon (Mayor of Saint-Priest), Klaus Endress (Supervisory Board President of the Endress+Hauser Group), Matthias Altendorf (CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group), Tim Harrison (CEO of Kaiser Optical Systems) and Serge Cheynel (Director of Regional Sales, Endress+Hauser France) cut the ribbon.

The Endress+Hauser Group

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. The Group employs 13,000 personnel across the globe, generating net sales of more than 2.1 billion euros in 2016.

Structure

With dedicated sales centers and a strong network of partners, Endress+Hauser guarantees competent worldwide support. Our production centers in 12 countries meet customers’ needs and requirements quickly and effectively. The Group is managed and coordinated by a holding company in Reinach, Switzerland. As a successful family-owned business, Endress+Hauser is set for continued independence and self-reliance.

Products

Endress+Hauser provides sensors, instruments, systems and services for level, flow, pressure and temperature measurement as well as analytics and data acquisition. The company supports customers with automation engineering, logistics and IT services and solutions. Our products set standards in quality and technology.

Industries

We work closely with the chemical, petrochemical, food & beverage, oil & gas, water & wastewater, power & energy, life science, primaries & metal, renewable energies, pulp & paper and shipbuilding industries. Endress+Hauser supports its customers in optimizing their processes in terms of reliability, safety, economic efficiency and environmental impact.

History

Founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser, Endress+Hauser has been solely owned by the Endress family since 1975. The Group has developed from a specialist in level measurement to a provider of complete solutions for industrial measuring technology and automation, with constant expansion into new territories and markets.

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Contact

Martin Raab
Group Media Spokesperson
Endress+Hauser AG
Kägenstrasse 2
4153 Reinach BL
Switzerland
Email martin.raab@holding.endress.com
Phone +41 61 715 7722
Fax +41 61 715 2888

Record changed: 2023-06-05