Pentair Expands Silicon Valley Campus
Expansion includes 65,000-square-feet manufacturing, R&D labs and office space
supporting Raychem brand products
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 5, 2016 – Pentair, a leading global industrial company providing advanced solutions in
energy, food and water, recently completed a 65,000-square-foot expansion at its Redwood City operations in
California’s Silicon Valley. The increased footprint allows for expanded manufacturing capabilities, a new technology
center with state-of-the-art research and development labs, and a modern learning center featuring a smart customer
experience to provide training opportunities for industry professionals. The site manufactures the company’s Raychem
brand heat tracing cable for residential, commercial and industrial applications.
“Our Raychem brand is well known for quality, ease-of-use and reliability,” said Alok Maskara, President, Pentair
Technical Solutions. “This expansion supports our new product innovations and continued commitment to make
significant improvements in products, services, and facilities to meet the needs of our customers now and in the
future.”
Pentair’s Raychem brand products have a strong history in Silicon Valley, dating back more than 50 years. Paul Cook,
an MIT graduate, founded Raychem Corporation in 1957 as a pioneer in polymer science. Although the Raychem
brand has been part of Raychem Corporation, Tyco International, and now Pentair, the commitment to develop and
manufacture quality Raychem products in Silicon Valley has remained steadfast. Pentair’s Raychem brand is a leading
manufacturer of heat-tracing products in the world, having manufactured more than 1.75 billion feet of heat tracing
cable worldwide.
Pentair’s Raychem brand, residential and commercial solutions, are installed globally in airports, hospitals, hotels and
homes, while its industrial solutions are installed in refineries, power plants, oil rigs and chemical processing plants
around the world.
About Pentair Technical Solutions
Pentair Technical Solutions is a global leader of systems and solutions that safeguard industrial controls, electrical
components, communications hardware, electronic devices, pipelines, processes and buildings. Its premier brands
CADDY, ERICO, Hoffman, LENTON, Raychem, Schroff, and Tracer provide a comprehensive range of standard, modified
and custom engineered solutions for energy, industrial, infrastructure, commercial, communications, medical, security
and defense applications.
Pentair Thermal Building and Industrial Heat Tracing Solutions help protect people, processes and infrastructure with
an extensive range of quality solutions and turnkey services to maintain temperature or prevent freezing in industrial,
commercial and residential applications. For more information, visit www.pentairthermal.com.
About Pentair plc
Pentair plc (www.pentair.com) provides leading products, services, and solutions industry-wide for the many different
requirements of its customers in the fields of water and other fluids, thermal management, and equipment
protection. With 2015 revenues of $6.4 billion, Pentair employs around 30,000 people worldwide.
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Contact:
Jane Alleva, Marketing Communications Manager
Pentair Thermal Building Solutions
Tel: 1.604.759.1440
E-mail: [email protected]