RALEIGH, N.C., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elster Group
(NYSE: ELT) today announced that its manufacturing facility in
San Luis Potosi, Mexico has
received certification from the Comision Federal de Electricidad
(CFE), North America's largest
electric utility. The certification, issued by CFE's
Laboratorio de Pruebas de Equipos y Materiales (LAPEM), designates
the Elster facility as an approved supplier of electricity meters
for the utility.
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With this certification, Elster is expanding its production
capacity to include electric meters at its San Luis Potosi facility, to meet anticipated
growing demand from CFE and other Elster customers in North
America. CFE generates, distributes and markets
electric power for approximately 34.2 million customers.
"Elster is growing in North
America and we are pleased to be adding this additional
capacity at San Luis Potosi, which
has been producing Elster products for more than ten years," said
Ed Myszka, president, Elster
Solutions.
"By taking advantage of production facilities located closer to
some of our customers in Mexico
and in the U.S., we are better able to provide the business
continuity and service dependability our customers have come to
expect," Myszka added.
About Elster
Elster (NYSE: ELT) is one of the world's largest electricity,
gas and water measurement and control providers. Its offerings
include distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart
metering, demand response, networking and software solutions, and
numerous related communications and services – key components for
enabling consumer choice, operational efficiency and conservation.
Its products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the
traditional and emerging Smart Grid markets.
Elster has one of the most extensive installed revenue
measurement bases in the world, with more than 200 million metering
devices deployed over the course of the last 10 years. It sells its
products and services in more than 130 countries across
electricity, gas, water and multi-utility applications for
residential, commercial and industrial, and transmission and
distribution applications.
For more information about Elster, please visit www.elster.com
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SOURCE Elster Group
