nyse iex industry manufacturing founded 1988 headquarters lake forest illinois key people andrew k. silvernail chairman & ceo products fluidics systems hydraulic rescue tools revenue 2.150 billion usd 2014 1 number of employees 6 814 website www.idexcorp.com idex corporation based in lake forest illinois is a publicly traded company engaged in the development design and manufacture of fluidics systems and specialty engineered products . idex corporation s products which include pumps clamping systems flow meters optical filters powder processing equipment hydraulic rescue tools and fire suppression equipment are used in a variety of industries ranging from agriculture to semiconductor manufacturing . it was formed when kohlberg kravis roberts purchased several divisions of houdaille industries which had recently been sold by kkr to tube instruments . ti retained the john crane seals business . 2 the company s name is an acronym of innovation diversity and excellence . business units include fluid & metering technologies health & science technologies dispensing equipment fire & safety diversified products references edit http www.marketwatch.com investing stock iex financials holland max 2002 . from industry to alchemy burgmaster a machine tool company . beard books . isbn 978 1 58798 153 1 . external links edit idex corporation homepage precision polymer engineering an idex corporation subsidiary hale an idex corporation subsidiary richter process pumps & valves an idex corporation subsidiary ftl technology an idex corporation subsidiary this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title idex corporation & oldid 703696016 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in lake forest illinoiscompany stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 february 2016 at 02 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view