FLIR Systems Expanding Presence in Washington, D.C. with New Headquarters
March 13 2019 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
New Headquarters Situated Near Major Customers,
Regulators, and Investors Features Sensing Solutions Showroom
FLIR Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLIR) today announced it would open
a new headquarters office in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington,
D.C. The facility significantly expands the company’s presence in
Washington, D.C. and creates a new space to showcase FLIR
technology that helps save lives and livelihoods.
“FLIR is a global company serving diverse customers around the
world with advanced technologies,” said Jim Cannon, President and
CEO at FLIR Systems. “Having a greater presence in Washington, D.C.
is critical to helping us grow our business, as it creates better
proximity for FLIR to support key customers, investors, regulators,
and the more than 4,000 FLIR team members around the world.”
Located in Pentagon Row at 1201 South Joyce Street in Arlington,
the office will house 65 employees and serve as a conference center
and gathering space to support the company’s largest customer, the
United States (U.S.) Government, as well as investors and
regulators located on the east coast of the U.S. The
30,000-square-foot facility will serve as home office for FLIR’s
Government and Defense Business Unit and for members of the senior
executive team, including the company’s CEO, CFO, and CHRO. The
facility will feature a state-of-the-art technology showroom to
demonstrate FLIR sensing solutions for customers.
FLIR employees currently located at the company’s Crystal City,
Virginia facility will move to the new Arlington headquarters. FLIR
Systems remains incorporated in the state of Oregon and the company
plans to begin a renovation project for its Wilsonville, Oregon
headquarters in the second quarter of 2019.
About FLIR Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1978, FLIR Systems is a world-leading industrial
technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions for
defense, industrial, and commercial applications. FLIR Systems’
vision is to be “The World’s Sixth Sense,” creating technologies to
help professionals make more informed decisions that save lives and
livelihoods. For more information, please visit www.flir.com and
follow @flir.
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