The company said last week that operations were live at the leased 19,500-square foot space in Imperial, Pennsylvania, close to its Oakdale headquarters office and not far from Pittsburgh’s city center.

The center is in line with its plan to expand operational capabilities, supporting global order fulfillment along with the company’s regional manufacturing and instrument repair operations.

The facility’s former location at the Oakdale headquarters, officials said, put a crunch on operational functions as business grew.

The distribution center improves the efficiency of order processing as well as overall responsiveness to customers with its dedicated international, domestic ground, and domestic air processing stations for customer orders.

“Industrial Scientific has experienced significant growth over the past decade,” global operations vice-president Jim Quasey said.

“The distribution center provides the space needed to efficiently deliver to our customers the life-saving products that they rely on every day.”