| About: | IMI plc, an engineering company, designs, manufactures, and services engineering products in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It provides engineering protects for extreme temperatures and pressure environments; supplying flow control solutions in critical applications, such as liquified natural gas (LNG) production, upstream oil and gas facilities, petrochemical processes, biopharma processing, combined cycle and nuclear power, marine, and other process industries; and installs severe service valves for supporting critical industrial plants and processes. The company also offers pneumatic and electric actuation systems, including actuators, valves, air preparation, and accessories for creating smart, safe, and sustainable factories, production lines, and operations; develops solutions that reduce emissions from commercial vehicles; and develops solutions for zero-emissions vehicles, including fuel cell and battery thermal management. In addition, the company offers heating and cooling systems for commercial and residential building users; mass spectrometry, in-vitro diagnostics, and critical care medical devices, as well as supplies to mass spectrometry OEMs, and key diagnostic and medical device instrument manufacturers; and fluid control solutions for applications in various industries. It serves process automation, industrial automation, climate control, life science and fluid control, and transportation sectors. The company was formerly known as Imperial Metal Industries Limited and changed its name to IMI plc in December 1978. IMI plc was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. |