Endress+Hauser celebrated its 50th anniversary in November 2018. Part of the Switzerland-headquartered Group, the UK sales and production center was founded in 1968 by Dr Georg H Endress, the grandfather of the current Managing Director. Steven Endress took the reins as Managing Director in 2016, the first third-generation member of the Endress family to take an operational role in the family business. Reflecting on the 50-year anniversary, he said, “Over the years our buildings and the scope of our offer have changed as we seek to align with our customers’ needs. But, without doubt, our most important asset is our people. It is the drive, ambition and attitude of my colleagues that makes the difference.”
The birthday was celebrated in the Runway Visitor Park in Manchester with 450 employees and their partners as well as customers, retirees and members of the management. In addition to speeches by the management and a dinner, there was a colorful supporting program.
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- Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Endress+Hauser in the UK.
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- The location: Under the wings of the Concorde, 450 guests came together to celebrate the 50th birthday of Endress+Hauser in the UK.
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- Guests were welcomed by Steven Endress, the ‘pilot’ of Endress+Hauser in the UK, and first third-generation member of the Endress family to take an operational role in the family business.
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- The warm welcome of Steven Endress was followed by a speech of Klaus Endress, President of the Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group.
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- Question time: Mike Armiger (GEA Group), Steve Seddon (Pirusi), Matthias Altendorf (Endress+Hauser) and Steve Brambley (GAMBICA) answer the questions from Iain Cropper (Endress+Hauser UK).
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- The cutting of the cake: Of course, a cake has to be served on a birthday. If you have a closer look at this special Endress+Hauser cake, you can see that it shows part of our offerings and also the ‘Baselstab’, the official blazon of the Swiss Canton Basel Land.
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- The dinner was accompanied by the orchestra from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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- In addition, there was a lively and entertaining programme during the evening, including an apres-ski setting, acrobats, a photo booth and a snowboarding machine.
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- The surprise of the evening was the band Top Secret Drum Corps from Basel, who inspired the audience with their traditional Basel drumming.
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- The band regularly participates at the Basel Tattoo and the Royal Edingburgh Military Tattoo events.
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- Please get on board: The journey has not yet reached its end. Thanks to all customers, partners, retirees, colleagues who celebrated with us.
