Case Study
Itron Improves Productivity
Itron Improves Productivity An Adiabatic Humidifier Solution Condair If Paul Anderson hadn’t looked at the calendar, or seen the leaves turning red, he still would have known when fall arrived. Each fall he began to receive regular visits from his plant engineers, conerned about productivity problems and rising numbers of defects due to EOS/ESD problems. (ElectroStatic Overstress/ElectroStatic Discharge) Anderson is facilites operations manager for Itron Inc. ’s 540-employee, 110,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Waseca, Minnesota which produces RF devices and automated meter reading equipment. With more than 25 years of facilities management experience under his belt, Anderson has managed the facility’s operations since 1999. Born in a garage in tiny Hauser, Idaho in 1977, Itron Inc. has