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Watson-Marlow has grown rapidly to lead the world market for peristaltic pumps. This is an expanding segment of the positive displacement pump market. The peristaltic principle enables sensitive, abrasive or corrosive fluids to be pumped safely, accurately and without contamination anywhere from biotechnology to ceramics and food processing to waste treatment.

The Watson-Marlow Pumps Group encompasses six manufacturing businesses:

• Watson-Marlow Pumps - delivers the high-performance peristaltic tube pumps for the pharmaceutical and industrial sectors
• Watson-Marlow Tubing - produces precision tubing, including platinum-cured silicone tubing: Pumpsil; and TPE materials: Bioprene and Marprene
• Watson-Marlow Bredel - manufactures heavy-duty SPX hose pumps
• Watson-Marlow Alitea - provides unique peristaltic solutions to OEM customers
• Watson-Marlow Flexicon - specialises in peristaltic aseptic filling and capping systems for pharmaceutical, biotech and diagnostic applications
• Watson-Marlow MasoSine - manufactures unique, gentle, sinusoidal rotary pumps for food and pharmaceuticals

We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Spirax Sarco Group.

The Spirax Sarco Group has its headquarters in Cheltenham, England and has been quoted on the London Stock Exchange for more than 40 years. Each year the company has reported a strong financial performance and continues to expand its businesses around the world by providing knowledge, service and products to satisfy its customers' needs with 85% of sales being outside the UK.

The Spirax Sarco Group's fluid control business comprises two elements, Spirax Sarco and Watson-Marlow Bredel, both of which are the world leaders in their respective niche markets.

For more than 90 years, the Spirax Sarco business has been committed to providing steam users with knowledge, service and products to improve and maintain steam heating and process plants of all types. Spirax Sarco is the world leader in the control and efficient use of steam and other industrial fluids.

• 3,900 people employed around the world including 1,600 specialist sales, support and technical engineers
• 42 sales companies in 32 countries dedicated to providing solutions for customers in steam and fluid handling
• Seven strategic manufacturing plants committed to customer service
• Comprehensive product range to provide system solutions for steam, fluid handling and peristaltic pumping
• 1,000,000 students have completed our distance learning courses
• 35 training centres dedicated to spreading knowledge to our customers
• 100,000 customers buying regularly