At Spectris we enhance productivity for
customers through precision instrumentation and controls.
Our focus is on niche applications which have
a direct impact on process performance for end-user customers.
Enhancing
productivity for customers
Our products and applications enhance productivity and create competitive
advantage for our customers. Customer-specific solutions improve
product quality and performance, reduce downtime, eliminate wastage
and reduce costs.
Value added chain
Developing
solutions for diverse markets
Our businesses work with multi-national customers in diverse industries.
Many of our customers' markets are growing and we also generate demand
for our products by developing new applications based on our existing
technologies.
Largest market no more than 15% of sales
Largest customer no more than 1% of sales
Majority of sales come from upgrades not new capacity
Providing
worldwide support
We have a good geographical balance of customers around the world,
and are taking advantage of the opportunities in Asia Pacific with
a growing presence in the region. We also offer customer-specific
applications support and service from locations around the world.
44% of sales to Europe
33% of sales to US
19% of sales to Asia Pacific
Continuing
investment in R&D
We continue to invest significantly in the development of new products
and technologies, resulting in the launch of a number of innovative
applications and products. We apply these technologies to create application-specific
solutions for our customers, enabling them to produce new or enhanced
products.
30% of sales are from products which are less than three years old
Many core technologies are protected by patents and process know-how
Benefits
with real pay back
Customer Benefit
Improving production efficiency
Reducing downtime
Eliminating wastage
Improving product quality and performance
Reducing costs
Helping customers to bring new products to market
Typical applications
UV curing of automotive coatings
Consistency measurement in pulp & paper
Particle contamination control in cleanrooms
Sound & vibration analysis for mobile phone acoustics