Emerson Celebrates Grand Opening of New Innovation Center
DAYTON, Ohio — Emerson recently celebrated the grand opening of The Helix Innovation Center on the University of Dayton campus. Emerson’s $35 million total investment in The Helix will foster an ambitious, collaborative approach to conducting research aimed at creating new technologies that address heating, cooling and refrigeration challenges that affect today’s homes, commercial buildings, data centers, restaurants, supermarkets and other retail operations, the company reports.
“There are some big things happening in our industry right now, and we are playing a leading role in many of them. These initiatives include the connected home, the industrial Internet of Things, intelligent stores, new system architectures that can work with natural refrigerants, and ultra-efficient air conditioning systems,” said Bob Sharp, executive vice president, Emerson. “To stay on the forefront, our approach is to look at the entire environment our customers operate in; this is why we have invested to create this facility.”