Stratford’s Ashcroft Inc. says it has increased production capacity at its China plant for its calibration- and pressure-measurement equipment sold to industrial customers in that Asian nation.
CEO Steven A. Culmone said Wednesday the upgraded 10,000 square feet of the 45,000-square-foot facility to its four-year-old facility in the city of Suzhou will produce Ashcroft’s electronic pressure transducers sold to China’s growing original equipment manufacturer market for such finished goods as pumps, lifts and compressors.
About 75 people work in the Suzhou plant, said spokesman Susan Urbinati. The company employs around 400 in Stratford.
Producing transducers there “allows Ashcroft to continue to provide custom product configurations, quicker product delivery and local support services,” Culmone said in a statement.
Founded before the Civil War making pressure gauges for steam locomotives, Ashcroft also makes gauges, thermometers, switches, transmitters, calibration equipment and isolators for pressure measurement, monitoring and control under its Ashcroft, Heise, Willy, and Weksler trademarks.
It also has operations in Brazil, Germany, Mexico and Singapore; and joint ventures in India, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
