SPX Corporation
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NYSE: SPW |
| Industry | Multi-industry |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| Revenue |  $4.85 billion USD (2009) |
| Employees | 15,000 |
| Website | www.spx.com |
SPX Corporation is a Fortune 500 multi-industry manufacturing firm. SPX's business segments serve developing and emerging end markets, such as global infrastructure, process equipment, and diagnostic tool industries.[1] With corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, they have operations in more than 35 countries around the world. Their products include pumps, valves, and other fluid handling devices; diagnostic tools, fare-collection, and cable/pipe locators; cooling, heating, and ventilation equipment; and compactors, power systems, broadcast antenna systems, dairy dryers, aerospace components, and pressure vessel closures. [2]
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History[edit]
SPX was founded in 1911 in Muskegon, Michigan as the Piston Ring Company.[3]
SPX businesses[edit]
- SPX Flow Technology
- SPX Service Solutions
- Radiodetection
- GFI Genfare
- Balcke-Durr
- Clyde Union Pumps[4]
- SPX Cooling Technologies
- SPX Heat Transfer
- Flash Technology
- Dielectric Communications
- SPX Precision Components
- SPX Hydraulic Technologies
- TCI International
- Thermal Product Solutions
- Weil-McLain
- Marley Engineered Products
- Waukesha Electric Systems
- Johnson Pump
- Tigerholm
- APV
- Gerstenberg Schröder
- Anhydro
- Bran+Luebbe
References[edit]
- ^ "Our Company: About Us". SPX. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ^ "SPX Corporation". Company Descriptions. Hoovers, Inc. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ^ "History and Heritage". SPX. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ^ "Businessman Jim McColl sells Clyde Union Pumps for £750m". BBC News. August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
