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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc () is a leading British-based manufacturer of steam management systems and peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. It is headquartered in Cheltenham and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 100 Gloucestershire Companies )〕 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 in 1959.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stocks and prices )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spirax-Sarco Engineering Fundamentals )〕 In 1990 the Company diversified in 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A brief history of pumps )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How to Build a Factory and Distribution Centre in China )〕 In 2011 the Minister for UK Trade & Investment, Lord Green, opened the new Spirax Sarco facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UK Minister for Trade and Investment to attend St Petersburg International Economic Forum )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spirax-Sarco Engineering」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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