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Spirax Group plc
Company typePublic
Traded asLSE: SPX
FTSE 100 component
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1888
HeadquartersCheltenham, England, UK
Key people
  • Jamie Pike (chair­person) Edit this on Wikidata
  • Nimesh Patel (CEO) Edit this on Wikidata
RevenueIncrease £1,682.6 million (2023)
Operating incomeDecrease £284.4 million (2023)
Net incomeDecrease £184.0 million (2023)
Number of employees10,400 (2024)
Websitewww.spiraxgroup.com

Spirax Group plc, formerly Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, is a British manufacturer of steam management systems and peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. It is headquartered in Cheltenham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History

Charlton House, the company's head office in Cheltenham

The Company was founded by Herman Sanders in 1888 and after a Mr Rehders joined the business, established as Sanders, Rehders & Co. ('Sarco') in London importing thermostatic steam traps from Germany. It started to manufacture steam traps in United Kingdom under the Spirax brand name in 1932 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange as Spirax-Sarco Engineering in 1959. In 1960 a range of self-acting pressure controls are introduced for the first time: then in 1963 it bought Drayton Controls, a control valve and instrumentation business.

The company diversified into pump manufacturing in 1990 when it bought Watson-Marlow. It acquired the Jucker Industrial Division, an Italian controls business, in 1993, Bredel Hose Pumps, a business manufacturing high-pressure hose pumps, in 1996 and M&M International, an Italian piston actuated and solenoid valve business in 2001. In September 2005 it acquired Mitech Actuators & Controls and Proportional Control Technology, a pair of South African businesses making process controls. Then later that year it bought EMCO Flow Systems, a metering business.

The company acquired Intervalf, a Turkish operation, for £2.8m in 2009. It completed a new facility in Shanghai, China in June 2010: the plant, designed as Spirax's regional headquarters, combines a factory, warehouse, and offices.

In 2011 the Minister for UK Trade & Investment, Lord Green, opened the new Spirax Sarco facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia and in May 2012 the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg visited Spirax Sarco’s manufacturing facility in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. In May 2012 there was a shareholder revolt after Spirax-Sarco paid a former Executive Director compensation of £783,660; the company compounded the problem by failing to inform the markets of the shareholder revolt as required by the Listing Rules. Then in November 2012 the company bought Termodinámica, a distributor based in Santiago de Chile and in February 2019 it bought Thermocoax, a US based business involved in the manufacture and supply of mineral insulated cable.

In February 2024, the company announced its intention to rebrand as Spirax Group, subject to shareholder approval. It changed its name from Spirax-Sarco Engineering to Spirax Group on 3 June 2024.

Operations

The company has three main operations: (i) Steam Specialties, (ii) Electric Thermal Solutions and (iii) Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions.

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