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Swiss Sensor Manufacturer Moves into Modern Production and Office Facilities


New Website Launched and Headquarters Expanded to Accomodate Growth


Magnetrol International (Belgium), a specialist global manufacturer of level and flow process control instrumentation, are proud to announce that the company has launched its new, redesigned corporate website.


Magnetrol.com has a brand new look. After almost a year in development, Magnetrol is excited and proud to announce the launch of its new, revamped corporate website. Users will enjoy the improved functionality and simplified navigation. The streamlined product offering enables the company to focus to a greater degree on customer’s and representative’s needs.


Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG (Switzerland) has invested more than 14 million Swiss francs in its new headquarters in Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland. The new building offers nearly 100 employees of the high-tech company a modern work environment, ensuring the production, development, sales and administration departments can work efficiently.


IST develops, manufactures and markets world-class sensors for measuring temperature, humidity, flow and conductivity. These high-quality products are used in a broad range of applications such as HVAC, medical technology, process automation and aerospace. The company, with more than 160 employees in Ebnat-Kappel, (Switzerland), Roznov, (Czech Republic), and Las Vegas, (USA), manufactures more than ten million sensors annually and sells them on all five continents. “We are a global company to the core,” emphasises Managing Director Dr Mirko Lehmann.


IST specialises in sensors based on thin-film deposition. “The production processes place high demands on the work flow and the infrastructure,” explains Dr Jörn Lützen, member of the management board and head of the new building construction project. “This new, dedicated facility provides the ideal conditions for meeting these challenges.” Roughly half of the 5,000-square-meter floor space is reserved for production and development with 800 square meters set aside for the clean room. “Because the presence of even the tiniest impurities makes it impossible for us to manufacture sensors with micrometer precision, an absolutely pure environment is essential,” adds Jörn Lützen.


Given that IST boasts around 4,000 different products and adds more than 200 new ones each year, the Managing Director emphasises that “the new production facilities increase our flexibility.” Last but not least, the expansion allows the company to drive the development of new products such as biosensors or sensors for gas analysis. “We have a reputation for quickly understanding what the customer wants and tackling and rapidly implementing new developments. This calls for effective communication between all of the departments, which the new building facilitates thanks to a creative interior design,” says Mirko Lehmann.


IST shared rented premises with other companies in the adjacent community of Wattwill until 2012. The operation was spread over several floors. Managing Director Mirko Lehmann felt it was important for the company to remain in eastern Switzerland. “Apart from the fact that most of our employees live here in the region of Toggenburg, the new building is in a very beautiful, quiet and natural setting that motivates us to be even more productive while attracting job seekers. Our business partners also enjoy visiting us.”


IST celebrated the dedication of the new facility on 6 September 2013 in the presence of numerous guests. The three-story building was erected in less than 18 months. More than half of the investment for the construction of the building went to regional companies. The third-floor cafeteria features a glass façade with a magnificent view of the Churfirsten mountain range, part of the eastern Swiss Alps and landmark of the Toggenburg area. Mirko Lehmann: “This region still has tremendous potential for continued growth.”


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Magnetrol is dedicated to providing the highest level of service. This new site enables the company to more efficiently promote new products and initiatives, as well as quickly direct traffic to the content they are looking for. Keep checking Magnetrol.com for the additional enhancements and improvements that are on the way.


Not only is its website new, so is the corporate headquarters. In august, the U.S. headquarters relocated from Downers Grove to Aurora, Illinois. Magnetrol’s headquarters move accommodates the need for increased capacity by the company. The relocation to a new 20.530m³ facility in the Meridian Business Campus more than doubles its production capacity, while housing Magnetrol’s headquarters operation under one roof.


Also the build - out of the facility in Belgium, which houses manufacturing, sales and administration operations, will double production capacity of Magnetrol’s regional headquarters for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India markets. The expansion is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2013.


“Magnetrol’s growth represents our commitment to delivering excellent products and service, while leveraging strategic market opportunities,” said President and CEO Jeffrey K. Swallow. “Our company’s history is tied to instrumentation technology breakthroughs, and our continued success will come from remaining our customers’ preferred partner for level and flow control solutions.”


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New Infrared Radar Gauge Conar Antenna


Recently L&J Engineering (USA), an industry specialist in the level gauging market, has added an all new Conar antenna design to the MCG 1600SFI Smart Flash Infrared Radar Gauge. The Conar antenna is designed for use in stilling well and gauge/sampling hatch applications.


The Conar antenna incorporates advanced waveguide technology which allows for a smaller, compact, and lightweight design. The Conar antenna features a Teflon radome that prevents buildup from forming on the inside of the antenna. This will allow for easy cleanup and maintenance on the radar gauge.


Designed to work in a variety of industries, the MCG 1600SFI has an accuracy of ± 0.5mm and uses FMCW technology operating with a frequency range of 10GHz. The MCG 1600SFI Radar Gauge can be customised to specific applications. All information is displayed on the radar’s 32-character backlit LCD display and is programmed via the MCG 2150 Remote Calibrator.


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More than ever “time is money”. Process interruptions are costly and must be reduced or eliminated when possible, especially in today’s fierce competitive and difficult market conditions throughout the world. Getting a production line operational one day or even a few hours earlier than scheduled generates increased customer satisfaction and profits. Recognising this need for faster deliveries, Fluidwell (Netherlands) now considerably reduced production lead times to fulfill orders in less than 10 working days (completely made to order).


“Our customers already welcomed our fast shipping performance of less than 3 weeks lead times. However, in recent times we noticed that the opportunity for rush orders as fast as 3 and 10 working days at a surcharge had increased. Surcharges were never a problem for most customers, considering the advantages of being operational faster”, says Eric Rath, General Manager of the Fluidwell Group in The Netherlands.


“Therefore it was a logical move to adapt our production processes for an even faster standard delivery schedule. Everything is still made to order rather than from stock, a serious challenge when you have over 200,000 different combinations. Tailor-made products result in great advantages in cost and simplicity for installation and programming for our customers. Or, to put it simply, we eliminate the trade-off between speed, simplicity and functionality”.


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OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2013 • WWW.PETRO-ONLINE.COM


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