Roper Industries

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Roper Industries, Inc.
Type Public
Founded Late 1900s
Headquarters Sarasota, Florida[1], United States
Key people Brian Jellison, CEO
Industry Conglomerate
Products Industrial Technology, Radio Frequency (RF) Technology, Scientific and Industrial Imaging, Energy Systems and Controls, and Instrumentation
Revenue US$1.7 billion
Website www.roperind.com
AMOT
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1948
Headquarters Houston, Texas, USA
Key people President:Eric Schellenberger
Industry manufacturing
Products valves and controls
Revenue Private
Employees 160
Website www.amot.com
DAP Technologies
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1979
Headquarters Vanier, Quebec
Key people General Manager: Michael Gioseffi
Industry AIDC
Products mobile computers
Revenue Private
Employees 150
Website www.daptech.com
Media Cybernetics, Inc.
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1981
Headquarters Maryland, United States
Key people Private
Industry software
Products image processing software, image database software
Revenue Private
Website www.mediacy.com
PI/Acton
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1961
Headquarters Massachusetts, United States
Key people Private
Industry manufacturing
Products optical coatings, spectroscopy instrumentation, CCD cameras
Revenue Private
Website www.piacton.com

Roper Industries NYSE: ROP is a diversified industrial company that produces engineered products for global niche markets. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.

Roper provides a wide range of products and services to customers in over 100 countries. The company has four main business lines: Industrial Technology, Radio Frequency (RF) Technology, Scientific and Industrial Imaging and Energy Systems and Controls. The company states that it is entrepreneurial yet highly disciplined, and plans to accelerate its growth by using strong cash flow to fund internal expansion and acquisitions. Roper joined the Russell 1000 index in 2004, and has annual revenues of more than US$1.7 billion, as of 2006.

George D. Roper founded the company in the late 1800s, primarily as a manufacturer of home appliances, pumps and other industrial products. Roper initiated a corporate acquisition program, supported by an initial public offering, in 1992.

In 2001, Brian Jellison, a former executive of General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand, joined Roper as Chief Executive Officer. The company states that since then, it has improved its operating capabilities, increased its financial capacity and positioned Roper in markets with attractive growth prospects. The previous holding company business strategy has been replaced with an operating company model. Since 2001 Roper has completed acquisitions accounting for over half its revenues, establishing the company in global growth markets, such as radio frequency identification(RFID) and water. Roper states that during the 2001 - 2005 era it has paid investors steadily increasing dividends and seen its stock price rise.

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[edit] AMOT

AMOT provides the oil and gas , rail, marine, power generation and many other markets with tailored design solutions for the control and monitoring of process packages, engines, compressors and pumps. AMOT invented the industrial thermostatic valve and has been manufacturer of components for rotating machinery since 1948.

AMOT currently has four manufacturing sites and nine sales offices positioned strategically around the world with its main offices in Houston, Texas; Edmonton, Canada; and Bury St. Edmunds, England. The company employs 160 people.

[edit] DAP Technologies

DAP Technologies manufactures rugged mobile computers, including portable data terminals, and tablet computers, under its MICROFLEX brand. MICROFLEX computers are designed for harsh environments, so they can be used in logistics operations, transportation, warehouses, field service, utilities, law enforcement, and the energy industry, as well as other applications.

DAP distributes its computers in more than 60 countries, and operates subsidiaries in Paris, France, Abingdon, England and Tokyo, Japan. The company employs 150 people.

[edit] Media Cybernetics

Media Cybernetics is a company in Maryland, United States, founded in 1981, that produces image processing software used worldwide for industrial, scientific, medical and biotechnology applications. In recent years, Media Cybernetics acquired the assets of Definitive Imaging, QED Imaging and AutoQuant Imaging. Image-Pro Plus is Media Cybernetics' flagship image analysis software. Published since 1985, Image-Pro Plus enables researchers to capture, communicate, process, measure and analyze image data. Along with Image-Pro Plus, Media Cybernetics offers software packages for image deconvolution, live cell imaging, 3D rendering and visualization and image management.

[edit] PI/Acton

PI/Acton, formed by the merger of Princeton Instruments and Acton Research Corporation, manufactures scientific imaging equipment, optical coatings, optical cameras, CCD and EMCCD cameras, spectroscopy instrumentation and electronic sub-assemblies. The company has based in Trenton, New Jersey and Acton, Massachusetts.

[edit] TransCore

TransCore is a subsidiary of Roper Industries, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that specializes in Intelligent Transportation Systems. TransCore was acquired by Roper Industries in 2004.

TransCore has two major product families. The first family is in RFID transponders and readers. In this family, their original product line reflects their acquisition of Amtech in 2000. These transponders come in a plastic case, for either windshield or external mounting. Their newer line is the eGo windshield sticker transponder system, which is a low-cost, batteryless system designed for one-time attachment to a windshield. These transponders are found in electronic toll collection, fleet tracking, payment, parking and access control applications.

The second product family is the GlobalWave satellite communication system. This system gives vehicles low-speed communications, mostly for fleet applications, often with GPS integration.

In addition, TransCore has a substantial services business, designing, building and operating ITS facilities. This may be a complete electronic toll collection system, with design, build, transponders, equipment, customer service and violation enforcement, or any part of it. For example, TransCore operates the ETC systems for several E-ZPass members, even though E-ZPass has an exclusive contract with another manufacturer for transponders. Meanwhile, the Good To Go! system in Washington state is a complete drop-in design/build/operate of an eGo system.

[edit] The CBORD Group, Inc.

Roper acquired The CBORD Group, Inc. on February 21, 2008. CBORD was founded in Ithaca, NY in 1975. CBORD products are used in food services, catering, campus ID privilege control, and other industries. The products include CS Gold, Odyssey PCS, Foodservice Suite, Nutrition Service Suite, EventMaster, and GeriMenu. CBORD has offices in Ithaca, NY; Canton, OH; Waco, TX; Cypress, CA; and Sydney Australia.

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