• Spirax Sarco Buys Flow Meter Company

    April 1, 2006
    Spirax Sarco, Inc., Blythewood, SC (SSI) has purchased Advanced Flow Technology Co. from AMJ Equipment Corp., Lakeland, FL. Following the purchase, AFTCO

    Spirax Sarco, Inc., Blythewood, SC (SSI) has purchased Advanced Flow Technology Co. from AMJ Equipment Corp., Lakeland, FL. Following the purchase, AFTCO will be merged into Spirax Sarco's EMCO Flow Systems division, which Spirax acquired in June 2005.
    "The addition of AFTCO complements our existing range of flow meters," says Mark Vernon, SSI president.
    "AFTCO brings a unique and patented electromagnetic meter that has significant customer advantages and appeal over conventional electromagnetic meters to better serve an important growth market," says Vernon.

    SSI's EMCO division has a broad line of flow measurement technology, including vortex, turbine, ultrasonic, and differential pressure flow meters, as well as a range of flow processors and transmitters.
    EMCO serves the HVAC, commercial, municipal, and industrial markets for accurate measurement of steam, gas and liquid flows.

    Spirax Sarco is a leading, worldwide provider of steam system solutions, dedicated to providing knowledge, service and products for the control and efficient use of steam and other industrial fluids.