Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc is a world-leading thermal energy management and niche pumping group. The Company comprises three specialist engineering businesses: Steam Specialties (Spirax Sarco and Gestra), for the control and management of industrial steam systems; Electric Thermal Solutions (Chromalox and Thermocoax), for advanced electrical process heating and temperature management solutions; and Watson-Marlow, for the control and management of industrial fluid paths. Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Through a global network of operating companies and sales offices in nearly 70 countries worldwide we directly serve over 110,000 customers, providing them with the thermal energy and pumping solutions required for the manufacture of a wide variety of products used around the world every day. For example, our steam solutions are used in the food industry for blanching, baking, packaging, sterilising and cleaning, while our pumps and associated fluid path equipment are used in the pharmaceutical industry during the development and production of life-saving medicines. Through the application of our expertise we provide customers with bespoke engineered solutions that deliver energy and water savings, reduced emissions, increased process efficiency and product quality, as well as improved health, safety and regulatory compliance. We employ over 8,700 diverse, knowledgeable and skilled people in a wide variety of roles from technical engineering to product development, manufacturing to technical sales, marketing to HR. Wherever we operate in the world, our employees share the same Company values of: Customer Focus, Excellence, Respect, Integrity, Safety and Collaboration. These values shape our culture and provide the foundation for everything we do. Our shares have been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1959 and we are a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.