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1959 Spirax-Sarco floated on the London Stock Exchange as Spirax-Sarco Engineering Ltd.
1960 Introduced a range of self-acting pressure controls for the first time.
1961 Specialists in industrial heat control, producing "Spirax" steam traps, "Sarco" temperature controllers and "Ogden" automatic pumps. 350 employees. [1]
1963 Acquired Drayton Controls, a control valve and instrumentation business.
Subsequently acquired:
- Transvac, maker of desuperheaters
- Econotherm maker of heat pipes.
1982 Re-registered as a public company Spirax-Sarco.
1982 Turnover was over £43 million; 2,250 staff employed. Specialists in fluid control equipment. In twelve years grew from 8 overseas subsidiaries to 25.[2]
1990 The Company diversified into pump manufacturing when it bought Watson-Marlow
Subsequently expanded the pump range by purchasing:
- Bredel Hose Pumps BV, the world leader in high-pressure hose pumps
- Alitea, a Swedish manufacturer producing small precision pumps
- Flexicon Liquid Filling of Denmark, maker of peristaltic-powered aseptic filling and capping systems;
- MasoSine of Germany, manufacturers of rotary pumps for food and cosmetics.
2014 Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc. Revenue £678m. 70 operating units in 41 countries. Divisions are Spirax Sarco for steam specialties and Watson‑Marlow for niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. Eploy 4,800 persons.[3]
2021 Spirax Sarco Ltd website here.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer 1982/12/02
- ↑ 2014 Annual report