Emerson a global engineering and technology company, announced that it will invest more than USD 100M in Boulder to significantly expand its manufacturing space and launch an innovation center focused on research, new product development, and industry training for its advanced flow measurement products.
Emerson is recognized globally for its advanced flow measurement technologies and diagnostics that help leading global customers in the life sciences, food, and beverage, chemical, power, and energy industries. The innovation center will drive innovation and new product development to enable customers in these critical industries to realize performance improvements in production, reliability, safety, and sustainability.
The nearly 180,000-square-foot expansion includes a new, 85,000-square-foot laboratory and manufacturing facility to design and develop products, technologies, and software that measure and control the flow of material in a manufacturing process. These innovations are core components of Emerson’s Plantweb™ digital ecosystem, a scalable portfolio of technologies, software, and services that help customers digitally transform their operations and achieve Top Quartile performance.
The expanded Boulder facility will offer a hands-on Interactive Plant Environment that simulates real-world industrial manufacturing conditions for worker training and upskilling to help reshape the future workforce. The experiential training facility will provide Emerson customers with hands-on access to the most advanced products and technologies, including flow, temperature, level, pressure and wireless instrumentation, valves and regulators, as well as Emerson’s leading control systems and Plantweb™ digital ecosystem. Emerson’s flow measurement portfolio includes Coriolis, magnetic, vortex, multiphase, differential pressure, and ultrasonic meters under the Micro Motion™, Rosemount™, Roxar™, and Daniel™ brands.
Emerson will add charging stations for electric vehicles, launch green landscaping, energy efficiency, and water conservation programs, and provide bicycle parking at the new facility. Emerson expects to break ground in spring 2020.