Regional guide: Eriez connects Erie manufacturing to global markets
Erie-based Eriez manufactures separation equipment for mining, food, recycling and other processing industries.
Eriez is headquartered in Erie and traces its founding to 1942. The company’s official profile describes equipment for magnetic separation, flotation, metal detection and material handling, serving mining, food, recycling, packaging, aggregate and other processing industries.
Its history began with O.F. Merwin, a grain-milling equipment salesman who heard customers’ concerns about stray iron entering their machinery. He developed a permanent magnetic plate separator prototype in the basement of his Erie home. The company subsequently expanded its product range and international operations.
Eriez reports more than 1,000 employees globally and 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries. It designs, manufactures and markets on six continents, supported by a sales representative network and factory-trained sales engineers. These figures describe the worldwide enterprise and are not a count of Erie-area employment. This regional guide summarizes an established local manufacturer from its official company profile, which provides no publication date.
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