OVERVIEW
For over 60 years, VEGA Americas, Inc. (formerly Ohmart/VEGA Corporation) has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level, density, weight, and pressure. The company's enduring mission is "to deliver innovation measurement solutions worldwide." A global corporation located in Cincinnati, Ohio, VEGA Americas combines manufacturing, distribution, and service for products that represent the most sophisticated process measurement technologies anywhere in the world.
The inventor of the modern nuclear-based measurement system and the first to introduce two-wire, loop-powered radar, VEGA has a strong tradition of product development and improvement. Innovations including FiberFlex, the world’s first flexible nuclear detector; plics©, a complete concept in Instrumentation; and ProTrac©, a revolutionary change to nuclear gauging, continue this tradition.
Our full product line of level, density, weight, and pressure measurement solutions allows us to provide one of the most complete ranges of measurement solutions in the industry. We are proud to apply our products and solutions to serve a wide variety of industries, including energy, petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, mining, plastics, food and beverage, bulk solids, and water and wastewater.
We believe that the future of instrumentation lies in the ability to produce high quality, innovative products that keep pace with technology, and provide service and value to our customers.
HISTORY
VEGA Americas, Inc. has led the way in innovative measurement solutions from its beginning in 1950. Philip Ohmart founded the original company, Ohmart, based on his invention of a radiation-based system to measure level or density. This product was called the "Ohmart Cell" and was the pioneer of ion-chambers to be used in process control.
Shortly afterward, in 1959, the modern company known as VEGA was founded in Germany. Originally started as a handcraft business, the company soon began producing machined parts, and then eventually moved to producing capacitance probes in their first entry into the process control market.
In 1996, Ohmart introduced the industry's first HART®-compatible nuclear gauge, beginning the movement towards "modernizing" process measurement equipment. The very next year, VEGA introduced the world's first two-wire radar gauge, providing a cost effective way to make use of radar technology. Within 2 years, VEGA was the world leader in radar technology for process measurement. As part of this tremendous success, Ohmart began manufacturing the products in North America under license from VEGA. Shortly thereafter, in 1998, the official company name was changed to Ohmart/VEGA to reflect the partnership and commitment of Ohmart and VEGA.
Most recently, the company has adopted the name VEGA as the logical next step in its evolution. Now known as VEGA Americas, Inc., the nominal change brings both clarity and opportunity for customers, employees, and the global market in general.
Looking forward, the future offers many opportunities for VEGA Americas to continue to find new and innovative ways to provide measurement solutions to the world's industries.
QUALITY
VEGA Americas continually strives to improve the quality of the products and services it supplies. All employees are part of our Quality system, and we welcome any questions or comments you may have regarding our Quality program.
ISO 9001
The Quality systems of VEGA have been evaluated by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited (LRQA), and have been found to be compliant to ISO 9001, ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001, and EN ISO 9001.
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