an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message swagelok company type private industry fluid system technology founded 1947 founder fred a. lennon headquarters solon ohio u.s. number of locations 200 sales and service centers 20 manufacturing facilities 5 technical centers area served worldwide key people arthur f. anton ceo products fittings valves hose tubing gauges transducers regulators miniature modular systems orbital welding systems measurement systems revenue us 1.8 billion 2011 number of employees 4 800 subsidiaries swagelok capital projects company website www.swagelok.com footnotes references 1 swagelok is a privately held international company focusing on the manufacture and sale of gas and fluid systems components such as tube fittings valves tubing and gauges . it was founded in 1947 by fred a. lennon in cleveland ohio and in 1965 it moved to solon ohio where its headquarters remain . 1 they are best known for creating the swagelok compression tube fitting u.s. patent 3 075 793 in 1959 a commonly used family of connectors for high and low pressure stainless steel tubing . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 notable uses 3 product lines 4 references 5 external links history edit swagelok was founded by fred lennon and cullen crawford in 1947 . the name swagelok was created by lennon and crawford for crawford s invention of a leak tight fitting swage which formed tubing that held the fitting in place . crawford fitting co. manufactured and sold the fittings . in 1948 lennon bought crawford s share in the company . in 1955 cajon company was created adding pipe fittings to the product line . swagelok also began manufacturing in canada . in 1957 nuclear products company nupro company was acquired . in 1965 swagelok moved its headquarters from cleveland ohio to solon ohio . in 1972 the company expanded into japan . in the 1980s swagelok continued its expansion into a global company . in 1986 cajon company whitey company and sno trik company were all unified under the name the swagelok companies . in the 1990s swagelok launched a website continued its expansion and grew to more than 3000 employees . citation needed in the 2000s swagelok expanded into more countries and more markets . in 2002 jensen fittings corporation was acquired . this expanded swagelok into biopharmaceutical food beverage and sanitary markets . field engineers group was formed to help service centers provide solutions and create new technologies . swagelok capital projects company was created to manage products for customers . in 2003 kenmac ltd.on the isle of man was acquired . in 2004 the company built a 360 000 square feet 33 400 m2 order fulfillment center in solon which was occupied by 2006 . in 2007 the assets of hy level company were acquired . in 2008 coreflex llc was acquired and swagelok energy advisors was created . in 2009 swagelok acquired rhps b.v. of the netherlands . 2 in 2012 swagelok acquired the assets of innovative pressure technologies . 3 products edit swagelok manufactures thousands of products for many industries including alternative fuels chemical and petrochemical power generation oil and gas production chemical processing biopharmaceutical research and semiconductor manufacturing . these fluid system solution products include tube fittings valves regulators and hoses . notable uses edit swagelok s fluid system solution products have been used on various projects including the apollo program s lunar space suits viking 1 mars exploration vehicle dsv alvin a deep sea submersible bloodhound ssc and on the volkswagen caddy 4 as well as on many other products . 2 product lines edit tube fittings the live loaded two ferrule tube fitting is easy to install citation needed with no torque transmitted to tubing during installation . vcr vacuum coupling radiation fittings . these fittings have replaceable gaskets which allow for more frequent assembly and disassembly than for standard swagelok fittings . vcr is a trademark of swagelok . references edit a b c company profile . a b swagelok timeline . swagelok . swagelok company acquires innovative pressure technologies ipt broadens valve line . thomasnet.com news . ecofuel world tour . ecofuel world tour . external links edit company overview of swagelok company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swagelok & oldid 728665024 categories companies based in ohiocuyahoga county ohioprivately held companies based in ohiocompanies established in 19471947 establishments in ohiohidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2016all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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