Our series of articles featuring InstMC Companion Companies continues as we go behind the scenes at Vega Controls... Liquid level measurement, embracing a wide variety of different technologies and numerous operating principles, is a key aspect for many applications in the processing industry. Although one of the oldest of measurements, it continues to hold high-ranking importance in today's hi-tech industrial climate. Incorrect or inappropriate measurements can cause levels in vessels to be excessively higher or lower than their measured values - leading to all kinds of problems affecting machinery, operating conditions, safety and the environment. There are many instrumentation manufacturers offering liquid level measurement as part of their instrumentation portfolios. However, for one company - 'Vega' - it is this measurement parameter and its pioneering development across virtually all industrial applications that form the core of its business. Vega Grieshaber KG is a family enterprise headquartered in Germany which last year celebrated 50 years of pioneering innovation. Today, the company claims to be one of the world's leading manufacturers of instruments for level, limit level and pressure measurement. It employs 900 people and, with subsidiaries and distribution partners, is active in more than 70 countries - 35 in Europe alone. Its UK wholly-owned subsidiary - Vega Controls - was established in 1982 and is based in West Sussex.
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