automation transportation controls founded 1999 london headquarters london united kingdom key people jean pascal tricoire chairman and ceo products automation software computer based automation hardware systems temperature controllers control systems revenue 1 792 million 2013 1 operating income 43 million 2013 1 net income 128 million 2013 1 number of employees 16 500 2011 2 parent schneider electric sa website www.invensys.com invensys ltd. is a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in london united kingdom . it was formed in 1999 through the merger of btr plc and siebe plc. 3 it has offices in more than 50 countries and its products are sold in around 180 countries . 4 it was taken over by the french multinational schneider electric for a total consideration of 5.5 billion in january 2014 . schneider plan to replace the invensys name with their own therefore the invensys brand name shall be phased out . the company was founded originally on the 1st april 1920 as siebe gorman & company ltd and has continued through various name changes registered at companies house since that date . invensys lines of business are grouped into four segments software industrial automation energy controls and appliance . its brands include avantis eurotherm foxboro imserv infusion triconex simsci skelta wonderware drayton eberle eliwell . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit invensys was formed through the merger of btr plc and siebe plc in 1999 . 3 from 1999 to 2004 it underwent a major restructuring programme to cut its costs as falling sales and large debts had led to the danger of its going bankrupt . a major disposal programme combined with a 2.7 bn debt restructuring in 2004 saved it from collapse . 5 during that time it bought 6 and sold the baan corporation . 7 in march 2011 wayne edmunds who had been chief financial officer since 2009 was appointed chief executive replacing ulf henriksson . 8 9 according to the financial times henriksson who had been chief executive since 2005 had had differences with chairman nigel rudd over running the company in spite of the return to financial health under henriksson . 9 during 2011 and early 2012 the share price fell nearly 50 % in part due to delays costing 40 million in producing control and safety systems for eight chinese nuclear reactors . 10 in july 2013 it was announced that invensys was to be taken over by the french multinational schneider electric for a total consideration of 3.4 billion . 11 the takeover was completed on 17 january 2014 . 12 operations edit invensys is organised into four main segments software industrial automation energy controls and appliance . avantis avantis enterprise asset management provides maintenance repair and operations solutions including maintenance management spares and inventory management condition monitoring and procurement . 13 eurotherm supplier of control measurement and data recording to industrial and process consumers . 14 foxboro provides control systems addressing distributed and plant operations 15 as well as measurement and instrument systems . 16 instruments include pressure transmitters 17 coriolis flow meters 18 valve positioners 19 buoyancy level transmitters 20 and temperature transmitters . 21 imserv europe imserv europe is a provider of carbon & energy solutions and data monitoring . 22 imserv was previously part of invensys controls . simsci simsci provides applications that help improve asset performance and utilisation with integrated simulation optimisation training and process control software and services . 23 skelta skelta bpm is an enterprise wide business process management and advanced workflow solutions product . 24 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 . 25 wonderware wonderware provides a range of software products to address production operations production performance manufacturing intelligence business process management and collaboration . 26 see also edit companies portal list of companies based in london references edit a b c preliminary results 2013 pdf . invensys plc. retrieved 21 march 2014 . about us . invensys . retrieved 11 april 2012 . a b harrison michael 24 november 1998 . siebe and btr unveil plans for pounds 9.4 bn merger . london the independent . annual report and accounts 2010 pdf . invensys plc. retrieved 26 september 2010 . mathiason nick 18 april 2004 . good signals at invensys . the guardian . london . wootliff benjamin 19 july 2000 . ing paving the way for invensys to buy baan . the daily telegraph . london . invensys sells baan for us 135 million . business wire . 2003 . appointment of chief executive . press release . invensys . 24 march 2011 . retrieved 29 march 2011 . a b peter marsh and michael kavanagh 24 march 2011 . invensys replaces chief executive . the financial times . retrieved 29 march 2011 . invensys shares tumble on profits warning . daily telegraph . 13 january 2012 . retrieved 15 january 2012 . bbc business news 31 july 2013 schneider electric press release 17 january 2014 avantis website . software.schneider electric.com . retrieved 9 may 2012 . eurotherm temperature control measurement and data recording solutions . eurotherm usa . retrieved 29 march 2011 . foxboro distributed control system . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . measurement and instrumentation . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . pressure transmitters . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . coriolis flow meters . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . valve positioners . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . buoyancy level transmitters . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . temperature transmitters . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . imserv carbon solutions . simsci website . software.schneider electric.com . retrieved 9 may 2012 . invensys skelta website . skelta.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . triconex page on the invensys operations management website . invensys.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . wonderware . software.schneider electric.com . retrieved 29 march 2011 . external links edit invensys v t e invensys subsidiaries btr plc eurotherm invensys rail group westinghouse rail systems siebe plc triconex wonderware v t e btr plc related companies btr aerospace group hawker siddeley group invensys siebe plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title invensys & oldid 739997793 categories engineering companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in londontechnology companies established in 1999british companies established in 1999mes softwarehidden categories engvarb from july 2015use dmy dates from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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