founded 1915 egham surrey united kingdom headquarters egham surrey united kingdom key people john hughes chairman john o higgins ceo revenue 1 190.0 million 2015 1 operating income 143.6 million 2015 1 net income 113.8 million 2015 1 website www.spectris.com spectris plc is a supplier of precision instrumentation and controls . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by richard fairey in 1915 as the fairey aviation company with the objective of manufacturing seaplanes . 2 in 1980 the business was acquired by pearson from which it was the subject of a management buy out in 1987 . 2 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1988 . 2 in the 1990s the company focused on electronics selling its electrical insulator and hydraulic actuator businesses . 2 in 1997 it acquired burnfield a measuring instruments manufacturer and in 1999 it bought servomex an industrial instruments manufacturer . 2 in 2000 it bought four instrumentation businesses from spectris a.g. of germany and then in 2001 changed its name to spectris plc. 2 in 2002 it bought the philips analytical business . 3 in 2011 spectris bought omega engineering for 475 million . 4 in december 2012 it sold fusion uv to heraeus holding gmbh . for 172 million usd in cash using the proceeds to pay down debt . 5 in 2014 it acquired esg solutions an industry leader and pioneer in microseismic technology and services for the oil and gas mining and geotechnical industries . 6 operations edit the company is organised as follows 7 materials analysis malvern instruments particle measuring systems panalytical test and measurement br el & kj r sound & vibration esg solutions hbm test and measurement in line instrumentation br el & kj r vibro btg ndc technologies servomex industrial controls microscan systems inc. red lion controls omega engineering references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . spectris . retrieved 15 april 2016 . a b c d e f spectris history spectris buys x ray technology for 150m . the independent . 18 july 2002 . retrieved 3 april 2015 . ebrahami helia 16 august 2011 . spectris buys us rival for 475m . the telegraph . retrieved 13 september 2014 . spectris sells fusion uv business to heraus for 172m dollars . 19 december 2012 . kingston company sold in multimillion dollar deal . the whig . 11 december 2014 . spectris businesses external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail 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