Emerson Process Management has opened a new process instrumentation technical center in Bao’an China as an expansion to meet increasing demand for world-class automation technology to support the region’s rapidly growing infrastructure.
The new technical center adds to Emerson’s existing manufacturing facility to create the first fully integrated process control instrumentation facility in China.
The world-class ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturing facility was established in 1994 in Bao’an, Shenzhen province.
The new Bao’an Technical Center will undertake expanded high-technology capabilities, from research, evaluation, product design and development, and testing of process instrumentation.
The new technical center will be set on par with other engineering centers of excellence in the US and in Singapore.
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