About Spectris

PANalytical is a member of Spectris plc, the leading supplier of precision instrumentation and controls.


Spectris products help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. The company’s businesses are leaders in their specialised markets and can be found in a broad spread of industries, with applications ranging from ultraviolet curing of printed CD coatings to sound level measurement and particle contamination detection.

Spectris is organised into four segments which reflect the applications and end user industries it serves:

  • Materials Analysis
  • Test and Measurement
  • In-line Instrumentation
  • Industrial Controls






The company had sales of £668 million and an operating profit of £105 million in 2007 and employs around 5,500 people worldwide in its 13 business units. Spectris is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol – SXS) and is a founder member of techMARK, the London Stock Exchange’s index for technology companies.



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