Spectris plc

HBM is a member of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company.

Spectris overview

Spectris is a leading supplier of precision instrumentation and controls. The company had sales of £787 million in 2008 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 Exchanges 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.

Spectris is the parent company of 13 individual businesses with operations around the world. The businesses are organised into 4 segments: Material Analysis, Test and Measurement,  In-line Instrumentation, and Industrial Controls.

Visit the web sites of these other Spectris companies:

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
• NDC Infrared Engineering
  Infrared, X-ray, isotopic and microwave sensors for on-line measurement of moisture, composition, film thickness and coat weight
• Servomex
  Gas analysers, gas analysis systems and transducers

Electronic controls

• Microscan Systems
  High speed industrial bar code scanning and decoding instruments
• Red Lion Controls
  Operator interfaces, signal conditioners, temperature controllers, counters, rate indicators and panel meters