Invensys
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Invensys plc is a global engineering and information technology company headquartered in London
, United Kingdom
. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc
. It has offices in more than 50 countries and its products are sold in around 180 countries.
Invensys is organised into three main divisions. Its Invensys Operations Management division is a global industrial automation
supplier and trades under brands including Avantis, Eurotherm
, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, Triconex
, SimSci-Esscor, Skelta, and Wonderware
. Its Invensys Controls division is a global supplier of control devices
and trades under brands including Drayton, Eberle, Eliwell and Invensys Appliance. Its Invensys Rail division is a major supplier of railway control equipment and software
and trades under brands including Dimetronic, Safetran
and Westinghouse
.
Invensys is listed on the London Stock Exchange
and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
.
and BTR plc in 1999. From 1999 to 2004, Invensys underwent a major restructuring programme to cut its costs as falling sales and large debts had led to the danger of the company going bankrupt. A major disposal programme, combined with a £2.7bn debt restructuring in 2004 saved the company from collapse. During that time Invensys bought and sold The Baan Corporation
.
In March 2011, Wayne Edmunds, who had been the company's Chief Financial Officer since 2009, was appointed Chief Executive, replacing Ulf Henriksson. According to The Financial Times, Henriksson, who had been the company's Chief Executive since 2005, had had differences with chairman Nigel Rudd
over running the company, differences in spite of the company's return to financial health under Henriksson.
, Texas, USA.
Eurotherm
Supplier of control measurement and data recording to industrial and process consumers.
Foxboro
Provides control systems addressing distributed and plant operations as well as measurement and instrument systems. Instruments include Pressure Transmitters, Coriolis Flow Meters, Valve Positioners, Buoyancy Level Transmitters and Temperature Transmitters
IMServ Europe Ltd
IMServ Europe Ltd a provider of carbon & energy solutions and data monitoring. IMServ was previously part of Invensys Controls.
Skelta
Skelta BPM is an enterprise wide Business Process Management and Advanced workflow solutions product which provides enterprises with a strong and collaborative platform to develop a business application, using a seamless and efficient process model.
Triconex
Triconex provides safety and critical control systems used in a wide variety of critical applications including Emergency Shutdown, Burner Management, Fire and Gas and Turbomachinery Control and Protection.
Wonderware
Wonderware provides a range of software products to address production operations, production performance, manufacturing intelligence, business process management and collaboration.
in the United Kingdom.
, USA.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc
Siebe plc
Siebe plc was once one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses. It was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but in 1999 it merged with BTR plc to form Invensys.-History:*1819: Siebe plc was founded by Augustus Siebe in London....
. It has offices in more than 50 countries and its products are sold in around 180 countries.
Invensys is organised into three main divisions. Its Invensys Operations Management division is a global industrial automation
Automation
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...
supplier and trades under brands including Avantis, Eurotherm
Eurotherm
Eurotherm is a worldwide supplier of Control and Measurement Instrumentation to Industrial and Process Markets. They are part of Invensys plc, a leading global automation and controls company...
, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, Triconex
Triconex
Triconex is both the name of an Invensys company that supplies products, systems and services for safety, critical control and turbomachinery applications and the name of its hardware devices that utilize its TriStation application software. Triconex products are based on patented Triple-Modular...
, SimSci-Esscor, Skelta, and Wonderware
Wonderware
Wonderware is a brand of industrial automation and information software products, owned by Invensys Operations Management , itself a division of the UK technology company Invensys. More than 500,000 software licenses have been sold and installed in over 100,000 plants worldwide...
. Its Invensys Controls division is a global supplier of control devices
Control engineering
Control engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors...
and trades under brands including Drayton, Eberle, Eliwell and Invensys Appliance. Its Invensys Rail division is a major supplier of railway control equipment and software
Railway signalling
Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being guided by fixed rails, trains are uniquely susceptible to collision; furthermore, trains cannot stop quickly, and frequently operate at speeds that do not enable them to stop...
and trades under brands including Dimetronic, Safetran
Safetran
Safetran Systems Corporation is a US-based supplier of switch machines, railroad wayside signal systems, rail transit signaling and rail-highway grade crossing active warning systems....
and Westinghouse
Westinghouse Rail Systems
Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd is a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office is in Chippenham, Wiltshire, where it manufactures a variety of mechanical and electrical/electronic railway signalling equipment...
.
Invensys is listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
FTSE 250 Index
The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation-weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Promotions to and demotions from the index take place quarterly in March, June, September and December...
.
History
The company was formed by the merger of Siebe plcSiebe plc
Siebe plc was once one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses. It was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but in 1999 it merged with BTR plc to form Invensys.-History:*1819: Siebe plc was founded by Augustus Siebe in London....
and BTR plc in 1999. From 1999 to 2004, Invensys underwent a major restructuring programme to cut its costs as falling sales and large debts had led to the danger of the company going bankrupt. A major disposal programme, combined with a £2.7bn debt restructuring in 2004 saved the company from collapse. During that time Invensys bought and sold The Baan Corporation
Baan
Baan was a vendor of enterprise resource planning software that is now owned by Infor Global Solutions.Baan or Baan ERP was also the name of the ERP product created by this company.-History:...
.
In March 2011, Wayne Edmunds, who had been the company's Chief Financial Officer since 2009, was appointed Chief Executive, replacing Ulf Henriksson. According to The Financial Times, Henriksson, who had been the company's Chief Executive since 2005, had had differences with chairman Nigel Rudd
Nigel Rudd
Sir Nigel Rudd is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1982, he founded Williams Holdings, a company which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc...
over running the company, differences in spite of the company's return to financial health under Henriksson.
Operations
Invensys has three divisions: Invensys Operations Management, Invensys Rail, and Invensys Controls.Invensys Operations Management
Invensys Operations management is a technology, software and consulting business formed from the three Invensys industrial automation businesses – Invensys Process Systems, Wonderware and Eurotherm. Sudipta Bhattacharya is the current Chief Executive Officer of Invensys Operations Management, which is headquartered in PlanoPlano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
, Texas, USA.
Eurotherm
Supplier of control measurement and data recording to industrial and process consumers.
Foxboro
Provides control systems addressing distributed and plant operations as well as measurement and instrument systems. Instruments include Pressure Transmitters, Coriolis Flow Meters, Valve Positioners, Buoyancy Level Transmitters and Temperature Transmitters
IMServ Europe Ltd
IMServ Europe Ltd a provider of carbon & energy solutions and data monitoring. IMServ was previously part of Invensys Controls.
Skelta
Skelta BPM is an enterprise wide Business Process Management and Advanced workflow solutions product which provides enterprises with a strong and collaborative platform to develop a business application, using a seamless and efficient process model.
Triconex
Triconex provides safety and critical control systems used in a wide variety of critical applications including Emergency Shutdown, Burner Management, Fire and Gas and Turbomachinery Control and Protection.
Wonderware
Wonderware provides a range of software products to address production operations, production performance, manufacturing intelligence, business process management and collaboration.
Invensys Rail
Invensys Rail Group designs, manufactures, supplies, installs, commissions and tests safety-related rail signaling, grade crossing predictors, and control systems for mainline, metro and freight railways. Kevin Riddett is the Chief Executive Officer of Invensys Rail, headquartered in ChippenhamChippenham
Chippenham may be:* Chippenham, Wiltshire* Chippenham * Chippenham, Cambridgeshire-See also:* Virginia State Route 150, also known as Chippenham Parkway, USA* Cippenham, Berkshire, UK...
in the United Kingdom.
Invensys Controls
Invensys Controls is a provider of components, systems and services used in appliances, heating, air condition/cooling, refrigeration and safety products as well as building systems across a wide range of industries in residential and commercial markets. Mark Balcunas is the Chief Executive Officer of Invensys Controls, headquartered in Carol Stream, IllinoisIllinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA.