Interim report 2001
   
 

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
   
  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

Diameter gauging of cable

Particle size distribution in pharmaceuticals

 

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