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News Release from: Kistler Instruments
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 July 2006
Kistler doubles UK workshop, training
space
To meet demand for its piezoelectric and piezoresistive sensors constantly increasing from all sections of industry, Kistler Instruments has doubled its UK space for workshops and training.
With the demand for its piezoelectric and piezoresistive sensors constantly increasing from all sections of industry, Kistler Instruments needs additional space to meet current and future demand The move to the Murrell Green Business Park at Hook, Hampshire, UK, will double the space available, allowing for dedicated calibration and repair workshops, training rooms and increased availability of spares and stock
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Managing director, Jim Vaughan said, "The additional space will make it possible for us to continue expansion in the UK whilst maintaining the high standard of service Kistler users expect.
We have recently seen a surge in demand from the injection moulding industry for our cavity pressure monitoring instrumentation.
As this is a relatively new technology, we are looking at ways of providing training needed by the industry.
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The new premises will allow us to expand our in-house training capability for both our own staff and our customers." Kistler Instruments aims to be fully operational in the new location by mid-July.
* About Kistler Instruments - established in Wintherthur (Switzerland) in 1957, Kistler is represented in over 50 countries and has subsidiaries in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA, China, Korea and Singapore.
With a staff of more than 800, the Kistler Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation.
The Kistler Group achieved turnover of SFR 160 million in the 2005 financial year.
Kistler's core competence is the development, production and use of sensors for measuring pressure, force and acceleration.
Kistler's know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare measuring signals for use in analyzing physical processes, controlling and optimizing industrial processes, improving product quality in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.
Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal processing, installation technology and biomechanics.
Heavy investment in research and development, 15% of staff worldwide are engaged in research and development, has generated a number of innovations using piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive techniques to provide solutions to numerous force, pressure and acceleration measuring problems.
These innovations include the world's first commercial quartz sensor, two-wire constant current technology to integrate sensors with microelectronic circuitry, high-temperature pressure sensors for use up to 400 deg C and three-component force measuring sensors.
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