Spectris Overview

Spectris is a leading supplier of precision instrumentation and controls. The company had sales of £685 million in 2006 and employs around 6,000 people worldwide in its 13 business units. Spectris is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol – SXS) and is a founder member of techMARK, the London Stock Exchange’s index for technology companies.

Spectris products help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. The company’s businesses are leaders in their specialised markets and can be found in a broad spread of industries, with applications ranging from ultraviolet curing of printed CD coatings to sound level measurement and particle contamination detection.

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Process Technology

Brüel & Kjaer Sound & Vibration
Transducers, sound level meters and analysers for sound and vibration measurement

Fusion UV Systems
Ultraviolet light processing technology for curing photo-sensitive inks, coatings and adhesives

Malvern Instruments
Analytical systems for materials characterisation, from bulk powders to nanomaterials and macromolecules

PANalytical
X-ray analytical equipment for industrial and scientific applications.

Particle Measuring Systems
Micro-contamination monitoring systems for ultraclean environments and manufacturing processes

In-line Instrumentation

Beta LaserMike
Non-contact, laser-based dimensional measuring and flaw detection; ultrasonic dimensional gauging

Brüel & Kjaer Vibro
Machine condition monitoring systems and maintenance services

BTG
Sensors, instrumentation, coating and creping technology for the pulp and paper industry

Ircon
Infrared non-contact temperature measuring and thermal imaging instruments

NDC Infrared Engineering
Infrared, X-ray, isotopic and microwave sensors for on-line measurement of moisture, composition, film thickness and coat weight

Electronic Controls

HBM
Load cells, transducers, strain gauges, signal conditioning and data acquisition systems, test and measurement software and services

Microscan Systems
High speed industrial barcode scanning and decoding instruments

Red Lion Controls
Operator interfaces, signal conditioners, temperature controllers, counters, rate indicators and panel meters