Justin McElhattan Elected as President and COO by Industrial Scientific Board of Directors
PITTSBURGH, PA, USA - 01 Feb 2008 - Industrial Scientific Corporation announced today that Justin McElhattan was elected to the newly created position of President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. In his new role, Mr. McElhattan will be responsible for integrating and growing the corporation's worldwide gas monitoring business.
"Our talent pool is generously distributed around the world," said Justin. "With a continued focus on doing the right things for customers, we will align our customer-centric operations by developing worldwide strategies that increase productivity and effectiveness in the areas of product and service quality, lean manufacturing, supply chain management, and service operations."
Since joining Industrial Scientific in 1998, Mr. McElhattan has served in positions of increasing responsibility, including North America Sales Manager, General Manager of Service Operations, Director of Global Operations, Vice President, Operations, and, most recently, President, Industrial Scientific Americas. Justin holds a BS degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in operations.
About Industrial Scientific Corporation
Industrial Scientific Corporation is a global leader in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing gas monitoring instruments, systems and related products. With continuous improvements in engineering and R&D, lean manufacturing operations and expanded service capabilities, Industrial Scientific is widely known for providing rugged, dependable products that excel in monitoring hazardous gases in the most demanding work environments in the world. Employing over 800 people, Industrial Scientific has manufacturing operations based in Pittsburgh (USA), Arras (France), Dortmund (Germany) and Shanghai (China), provides technical services to customers from local service centers around the world, and has additional subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Dubai, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more information about Industrial Scientific, please go to www.indsci.com.
