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| Endress+Hauser Recognized As Scholarship Founding Sponsor |
Donation honors memory of long-time fieldbus supporter and Foxboro executive HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 5, 2004 — The Fieldbus Foundation, conducting a press briefing at the ISA EXPO 2004 Exhibition & Conference in Houston, Texas, today announced that Endress+Hauser Holding AG, a recognized leader in the supply of industrial automation products, has made a $25,000 donation to the James O. Gray-Fieldbus Foundation Scholarship Fund. The donation has earned Endress+Hauser a "Founding Sponsor” designation. The James O. Gray-Fieldbus Foundation Scholarship Fund honors the memory of James (Jim) O. Gray, a long-time Fieldbus Foundation supporter, and friend and colleague to many in the automation industry, who passed away in 2002. The goal of the James O. Gray-Fieldbus Foundation Scholarship program is to create a perpetual $250,000 endowment fund for educational scholarships, which will provide annual awards of up to $1,000. These scholarships are awarded to students around the world interested in the industrial automation industry. The 2004 scholarship recipients will be announced at ISA EXPO 2004 in Houston. Dieter Schaudel, Endress+Hauser Holding AG chief technical officer, chief information officer and executive board member said, “We are proud and pleased to participate in the endowment effort for this initiative. Endress+Hauser is a strong supporter and technical contributing member of many achievements in FOUNDATION™ fieldbus development.” Mr. Schaudel continued, “Jim Gray left an example of dedication and expertise, leading others in the industry to advance their knowledge of this important technology. Endress+Hauser’s association with the scholarship demonstrates our continued commitment to furthering the adoption of fieldbus through the education and training of the industrial workforce.” Fieldbus Foundation President and CEO Richard Timoney welcomed the Endress+Hauser Founding Sponsor donation. He said, “Endress+Hauser has contributed as a strong supporter and active member of fieldbus technology community. As a long-standing foundation member, they value education and the goals of this scholarship fund, named in honor of Jim Gray.” Employed by Foxboro (now an Invensys unit) for 25 years as sales and marketing manager, Jim Gray was very active within the Fieldbus Foundation from its inception. He held the positions of: secretary of the foundation, member of the Executive Committee, and member of the U.S. marketing committee. Foundation members, and those interested in the progress of the automation industry, are encouraged to participate in the James O. Gray-Fieldbus Foundation Scholarship Fund. For information on the various levels of support and more detail on the scholarship program, please contact Maggie Carlson, Fieldbus Foundation, at 512.794.8890, ext. 21, or visit www.fieldbus.org/scholarship. About Endress+Hauser Endress+Hauser is an international group of companies, offering process control devices and systems for all major parameters in industrial measurement and automation technology: level, flow, pressure, tank gauging, temperature and industrial liquid analysis as well as process recorders. The Endress+Hauser Group maintains its own subsidiaries in all leading industrialized nations worldwide. A network of E+H representatives serves industry with sales and service facilities in other countries. The enterprise was founded by Georg H. Endress and Ludwig Hauser in 1953. In subsequent years the company developed from being a specialist in level measurement, to a supplier of complete solutions for industrial measurement and automation. The extension of the range of products by high-tech innovations is accompanied by a constant program of entering new markets. About the Fieldbus Foundation™ The Fieldbus Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation consisting of nearly 350 leading process and manufacturing automation companies worldwide whose major purpose is to provide an open and neutral environment for the development of a single, international, interoperable fieldbus. In this environment, end users, manufacturers, universities and research organizations are working together to develop the technology, provide development tools, support and training, coordinate field trials and demonstrations, and enable product interoperability. Visit their web site at www.fieldbus.org. |