Eaton constructs state-of-the-art Innovation Center in Roztoky

Eaton is investing in the new facility to accommodate the rapid expansion of its European Innovation Center in Prague, which was opened in 2012. Eaton's Innovation Center is currently located directly opposite the new building site in a facility shared with the CVUT. The new building will be completed around the end of 2014 with employees moving in from the beginning of 2015.

Eaton's European Innovation Center develops power management systems for the European market that help its customers in the electrical, hydraulic, aerospace and vehicle industries to manufacture more efficient, effective, sustainable and safe technologies. In addition to its investment in the new building and heavy duty lab infrastructure, Eaton is recruiting and adding highly skilled engineers from across the Czech Republic and beyond. Eaton is also working closely with its partners at the CVUT to provide scholarships to students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Under current plans, Eaton aims to expand its workforce at the Innovation Center from 25 employees today to more than 140 by the end of 2016.

Ram Ramakrishnan, Eaton's executive vice president and chief technology officer, says: "Eaton's investment in its European Innovation Center represents a vote of confidence in the Czech Republic and its engineering talent pool as well as the importance of European industry as a driver of global innovation in the realm of power management. We look forward to working with our valued partners at the CVUT and our colleagues across Eaton to realise our ambitious growth plans for the Innovation Center over the coming years."

Jan Vondras, director and head of the Eaton Innovation Center, adds: "Eaton chose to locate its Innovation Center in Roztoky due to its close proximity to the CVUT campus, city centre and airport. The building will be highly energy efficient and sustainable due to the incorporation of many advanced technologies such as geothermal heating and cooling as well as water recycling systems. The building will also be fitted out with state-of-the art labs as well as an Eaton Experience Center that will showcase Eaton's wide range of power management solutions for visitors to the facility."

Vclav Havlek, rector at the CVUT, says: "Eaton is helping to create high-value job opportunities for our students which will only increase as the Innovation Center in Roztoky expands. The opportunity for our students are tremendous, as Eaton's team is dynamic and conducting very wide-ranging research and development collaborating with an international engineering team spanning the US, China and India as well as across Europe."

For more information about the Innovation Center in Roztoky, and to view Eaton's product brand portfolio, please visit www.eaton.com/hydraulics.