A Mountain View manufacturer that makes the flow meters and sensors tucked inside semiconductor fabs, car factories and medical imaging machines has leased a flex building in El Dorado Hills, adding space for expansion. Proteus Industries Inc. is expanding beyond its Mountain View facility.
The lease, reported Friday by The Business Journals, comes as Proteus has been operating at capacity inside its 24,000-square-foot Mountain View facility. The new El Dorado Hills site is expected to double the company’s shop floor space, according to the same report, adding space beyond its Mountain View facility.
Proteus describes itself as a small liquid flow meter manufacturer, and its products show up in some surprisingly high-stakes places. The company’s own site states that its parts are used in semiconductor fabs, automotive welding cells, and medical imaging centers around the world, per proteusind.com. Its products serve applications across semiconductor manufacturing, automotive production and medical imaging.
A Decades-Old Mountain View Company Looks East
Proteus Industries was founded by Jon Heiner in 1978 and is currently based in Mountain View, California, where it makes flow-sensing and control products, according to the company’s own career page. The planned El Dorado Hills site will add a location in the Sacramento region for the Mountain View-based business…