The Siemens Industry Automation Division has announced that it is concentrating its production of components for the process industry in the French location of Haguenau. With the construction of a new 10,000sq/m production line facility for flowmeters, the location has been expanded to become the main mechatronic manufacturing center for process instrumentation and analysis in Europe. Up to now, Siemens manufactured in Haguenau field devices such as positioners, pressure and temperature transmitters, as well as process analysis equipment such as gas analyzers and laser spectrometers for the global market. These components form the basis for automation procedures in the process industry, for example in chemical and petrochemical plants, the production of food or the water treatment industry. The production site in Haguenau has been expanded by 10,000sq/m up to 30, 000sq/m to include facilities for the manufacture of magnetic flowmeters. In future it will be the workplace for more than 500 employees. The new production unit is equipped with production and test systems, as well as with flowmeter calibration rigs for pipelines with a diameter exceeding two meters.