Balluff marks 20th year by expanding U.S. HQ. (Presstime Notes).Balluff Inc. has broken ground on a new addition to its U.S. headquarters in Florence, KY. "This year marks Balluff Inc.'s 20th anniversary in the U.S.," says Kent Howard, company president, "and we're celebrating by expanding our facility by 45 percent to enhance our product design and manufacturing capabilities, as well as provide speedier deliveries to customers." Paul Hemmer hem 1 n. 1. An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down. 2. Companies, Ft. Mitchell, KY--which constructed Balluff Inc.'s Florence headquarters in 1986--has been chosen for the near $1 million expansion of the facility. The 18,000 square foot, two floor addition brings total space to 58,000 square foot and will be used to expand offices, warehouse and manufacturing/testing areas. The fast track project is scheduled for November 2001 completion. Much of the new space will be dedicated to manufacturing and testing Balluff Inc.'s lines of inductive inductive 1. eliciting a reaction within an organism. 2. inductive heating a form of radiofrequency hyperthermia that selectively heats muscle, blood and proteinaceous tissue, sparing fat and air-containing tissues. proximity sensors and Micropulse magnetostrictive linear position sensors A position sensor is any device that enables position measurement. It can either be an absolute position sensor or a relative one(displacement sensor). Position sensors can be either linear or angular. . U.S. production will help meet projected strong growth in sales for these products, which are used for positioning and part sensing applications on automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. machinery used in the automotive, plastics, packaging and metalworking industries. "Balluff started out 40 years ago making rugged limit switches for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , and now toughness is our niche," says Howard. "We develop sensors that can be installed and then forgotten, because they just keep working." |
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