industry engineering founded 1957 headquarters bath somerset uk key people martin lamb chairman peter france ceo revenue 546.5 million 2015 1 operating income 104.4 million 2015 1 net income 74.9 million 2015 1 number of employees 3 700 2016 2 website www.rotork.com rotork plc is a british based manufacturing company . 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 rotork headquarters and factory in bath the company was established as a small engineering workshop in bristol in the 1940s . in 1945 it was acquired by frenchay products led by jeremy fry . it made its first actuator in 1952 . 3 in 1957 rotork moved to bath initially operating from widcombe manor jeremy fry s home with 12 staff . in 1962 it moved into a new production plant in newbridge bath which remains the company s headquarters . 4 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1968 as rotork controls . 5 electrically actuated butterfly valves controlling the automatic operation of filter plant in a water treatment works a pneumatically actuated safety shut down ball valve in a natural gas processing plant protech instruments & systems an instrumentation company was purchased in 1985 to expedite the development of pakscan a digital bus control system for actuators . 6 in 1999 it bought fluid system srl an italian actuator business in 2000 it bought skilmatic in leeds 6 and in 2002 it acquired jordan controls a united states actuator business . 3 it started operating in sweden in 2008 with the purchase of remote control . 7 in 2009 the company acquired flow quip 8 and in 2010 ralph a. hillier us based businesses . 9 in 2011 rotork servo controles de mexico s.a. de c.v. became fully owned by rotork after being part owned since the 1970s . 10 shortly afterwards rotork purchased valco valves automation as rotork s long term sales and service agent in norway now renamed rotork norway . 11 rotork acquired k tork international inc. based in dallas and centork valve control s.l. a spanish actuator manufacturer based near san sebasti n. 12 in 2011 fairchild industrial products in north carolina was acquired and the rotork instruments division created . 13 in the uk prokits was purchased and merged with rotork valvekits . 14 in 2012 italian switchbox manufacturer soldo srl was added to rotork instruments and in 2013 the german actuator manufacturer schischek was purchased . 15 flowco in the uk and renfro associates in the usa were further acquisitions in 2013 both adding to the company s service capabilities and the italian actuator manufacturer gt attuatori srl was also purchased . 16 in 2014 rotork instruments acquired young tech co. ltd. ytc a korean instrumentation manufacturer . 17 in 2014 rotork also acquired xylem flow control limited xfc based in wolverhampton uk a leading manufacturer of solenoid valves and instruments under the midland acs alcon solenoid valves and landon kingsway brands for 18 million . 18 at the beginning of 2015 rotork acquired part of omas teknik 19 its sales and service agent in turkey . m & m international srl 20 and bifold group were acquired in 2015 to further strengthen rotork s instruments division . 21 also in 2015 rotork acquired servo moteurs service an actuator service business located in the south of france as an important step forward in the development of rotork s direct service offering to its customers 22 and roto hammer a manufacturer of custom designed chain wheel manual valve operators based in tulsa oklahoma usa to sit within the rotork gears division . 22 in the beginning of 2016 rotork acquired mastergear a leading manufacturer of manual and motorised gearboxes for valves which has operations in italy and the usa to strengthen its gears division . 23 operations edit the company is a designer and manufacturer of industrial flow control products encompassing valve actuators gearboxes control systems instrumentation and accessories . it is organised into the following businesses rotork controls rotork fluid systems rotork gears rotork instruments . rotork site services supports all these divisions . references edit a b c annual report 2015 . rotork . retrieved 10 april 2016 . rotork careers . rotork.com . retrieved 10 april 2016 . a b rotork joins the watch list motley fool 14 august 2003 50 years in control 1957 2007 report . rotork . 2007 . retrieved 9 september 2015 . rotork plc ord 5p london stock exchange . londonstockexchange.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . a b profile of the international valve industry . google.co.uk . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rotork acquires remote control sweden waste and watewater 28 february 2008 rotork buys flow quip controls for 8m ib times 9 november 2009 rotork acquires ralph a. hillier company vma 24 may 2010 rotork acquires servo controles de mexico s.a. de c.v. rotork purchases valco valves automation as . valvezone.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rotork acquires k tork international inc. and centork valve control s.l. rotork buys us power tools firm fairchild for 76m . marketwatch . 18 november 2011 . retrieved 26 june 2014 . rotork buys prokits . business desk . 1 december 2011 . retrieved 26 june 2014 . rotork posts record order book of 208m . water briefing . 6 august 2013 . retrieved 26 june 2014 . rotork acquires gta group . automation . 7 october 2013 . retrieved 26 june 2014 . rotork acquires ytc for 107 million . control design . 4 march 2014 . retrieved 26 june 2014 . rotork acquires xylem flow control for 18 mln . rtt news . 7 february 2014 . retrieved 6 april 2016 . rotork mergers and acquisitions . retrieved 19 july 2016 . solenoid valves acquisition boost rotork s portfolio . gas world . retrieved 19 july 2016 . bifold bought by rotork for 125m . manchester evening news . retrieved 19 july 2016 . a b rotork acquires us s roto hammer and france s servo moteurs service . alliance news . 29 september 2015 . retrieved 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