such as the Deputy General of Gipuzkoa, Markel Olano, and the mayor of the town, José Antonio Santano, and the general director of the SPRI Group, Alexander Arriola.
The new facilities are located at Plaza de Euskadi nº 8, in the Zaisa industrial park, next to the Behobia neighborhood of Irun. The official opening ceremony was part of a day of visits to the new facilities, attended by the company's top executives: Pascal Galant, President of Emerson Industrial Automation Global Sales and Solutions; Jackie Laurent, Vice President and Global Head of Marketing; Laurent Babaud, Vice President and Sales Director for Europe; and Antonio Herrero, CEO for Spain and Portugal of Emerson Industrial Automation Iberia SA.
The presentation included speeches by Emerson executives and the authorities present, who subsequently signed the Guest Book and were presented with a lithograph expressly designed for the occasion by the Bilbao-born painter Inma Cortés, a watercolorist with extensive exhibition experience over the last 15 years.
The inauguration of the new facilities was also attended by approximately one hundred guests, including representatives from companies throughout the state that are clients of Emerson Industrial Automation's Drives & Motors Division, a global leader in providing automation and power generation solutions for industry. This business unit, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, sales, and global support of products and solutions for industrial process automation, generates around $2 billion in annual revenue.
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the Basque Country. The company has chosen to locate its new headquarters in an area with a long manufacturing tradition, a dynamic and robust industrial base, and where it already holds a significant market share. Excellent transport links will also allow it to maintain close contact with the entire northern region of the Iberian Peninsula, with the aim of increasing its penetration in the industrial market.
Until now, Emerson had, in addition to its facilities in Irun, a sales and technical service center in Durango, and another in Vitoria specializing in technical support and product repair, energy audits, rapid replacement and commissioning service, preventive maintenance studies, and training support. The former Irun headquarters has been converted into a logistics warehouse, and the majority of the staff—30 people including customer service, technical support, engineering, and administrative and sales personnel—have moved to the new offices, which will also house the Group's finance department.
As part of an international merger between its subsidiaries Motores Leroy-Somer SAS and Control Techniques Limited, the North American giant has restructured its operations in the Iberian Peninsula, creating the new Emerson Industrial Automation Iberia SA. The merger took effect on November 1st, and the new company has a staff of around one hundred professionals and an annual turnover of approximately 46 million euros, which will be taxed in the Gipuzkoa tax authorities.
