Spirax-Sarco Engineering

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.

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.

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.

2021 Spirax Sarco Ltd website here.

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