IDEX Corporation

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IDEX Corporation
Type Public company
Industry Manufacturing
Predecessor Houdaille Industries
Founded1988;36 years ago (1988)
Headquarters Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.
Key people
Eric D. Ashleman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Products fluidics systems, hydraulic rescue tools
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$3.18 billion (2022)
Increase2.svgUS$751 million (2022)
Increase2.svg US$587 million (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svg US$5.51 billion (2022)
Total equity Increase2.svg US$3.04 billion (2022)
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 8,868 (2022)
Subsidiaries
  • Airtech Group
  • Upchurch Scientific
  • Akron Brass
  • Hale Products Inc
  • Godiva Fire Pumps
  • Viking Pump
  • Quadro Engineering
  • Semrock
  • Liquid Controls
  • Warren Rupp
  • Microfluidics International Corporation (MFIC)
  • Advanced Thin Films
  • Rheodyne
  • Band It
  • Pulsafeeder
  • Banjo Corporation
  • Material Processing Technologies (MPT)
  • Abel Pumps
  • Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE)
  • Faure Herman
  • Gast Manufacturing
  • ADS Environment
  • Toptech Systems
  • Trebor International
  • CIDRA Precision
  • Knight
  • Phantom Controls
  • Wright Flow Technologies
  • Pumper Parts
  • Versa-Matic Pump
  • Flow Management Devices LLC.
  • Signfix
  • Richter
  • LouwersHanique
  • Veco
  • Millux
  • Tecan
  • Atul
Website idexcorp.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

IDEX Corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, is a publicly traded company engaged in the development, design, and manufacture of fluidics systems, optics systems, fire and rescue equipment, and other specialty engineered products.

Contents

History

IDEX was formed in 1988, when Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchased several divisions of Houdaille Industries, which had recently been sold by KKR to Tube Instruments. Its first chairman and CEO was Donald N. Boyce. TI retained the John Crane seals business. [2] [3]

The company's name is an acronym of "Innovation, Diversity, and Excellence." [4]

Divisions

Business units are divided into four segments:

Products

IDEX Corporation's products, which include pumps, clamping systems, flow meters, optical filters, powder processing equipment, hydraulic rescue tools, and fire suppression equipment, are used in a variety of industries ranging from agriculture to semiconductor manufacturing.

Recent acquisitions

In May 1994, IDEX reached an agreement to acquire Hale Product, Inc., of Conshohocken, Pa., for $90 million. Hale sells fire-trucks, portable pumps, ventilation systems, and the Hurst "Jaws of Life". [5]

In January 1998, IDEX agreed to buy Gast Manufacturing of Benton Harbor, Michigan, for $118 million. Gast manufactures compressors, vacuum pumps, air motors and other products. [6]

In June 2018, IDEX Corporation announced its acquisition of Phantom Controls, Incorporated. [7]

In February 2020, they company acquired Flow Management Devices LLC., a company that created a metering calibration device for measuring oil and gas volume. [8]

In March 2021, IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Abel Pumps, L.P., and certain of its affiliates. [9]

In June 2021, IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Airtech Group, Inc., US Valve Corporation and related entities. [10]

In March 2022, IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Nexsight, LLC and its businesses – Envirosight, WinCan, MyTana and Pipeline Renewal Technologies (PRT). [11]

In November 2022, IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Muon Group and its subsidiaries LouwersHanique, Veco, Millux, Tecan and Atul. [12]

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References

  1. "IDEX Corporation 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 23, 2023.
  2. Sherrod, Pamela (August 13, 1989). "For a New Firm IDEX has Stocked Up Some History". Chicago Tribune . Tribune Publishing Company. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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  5. "IDEX to Acquire Hale Products for $90 million". The New York Times, pg 4. 10 May 1994.
  6. "IDEX Agrees to Buy Gast Manufacturing for $118 million". The New York Times, pg 5. 9 January 1998.
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  10. "IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Airtech". idexcorp.com. June 14, 2021.
  11. "IDEX Corporation Adds Wastewater Systems Solutions Expertise With Completion of Nexsight Acquisition". idexcorp.com. March 1, 2022.
  12. "IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Muon Group". idexcorp.com. November 18, 2022.