Omega Engineering inaugurates new office in Mexico, continuing expansion around the globe

OMEGA Engineering is celebrating its new office in Mexico.

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Feb 27th, 2015

OMEGA Engineering is celebrating its new office in Mexico. This is in line with OMEGA's strategy to expand its business and leadership globally. Headquartered in the USA, the company has been a leader in process measurement and control in the country for over 50 years, and is part of Spectris plc, a leading supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls listed on the London Stock Exchange.

With customers around the globe, including some of the 500 largest global companies in the world, the products under the OMEGA brand have a broad range of applications from the automotive and aerospace, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and chemical, food and beverage industries, among others. Its diverse marketing approach incorporates literature, internet marketing and telephone sales to reach a large base of customers in industrial and academic markets.

The OMEGA Engineering Mexico office will be located in the San Pedro Garza García (Monterrey metropolitan area), in the state of Nuevo León.

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