IDEX Corporation · Northbrook, IL United States ·(NYSE: IEX)

The big idea at IDEX is to dispense with inefficiencies and pump out profits. The company is a leading manufacturer of pumps, dispensing equipment, and other engineered industrial products. Its fluid and metering segment makes pumps, meters, and injectors used in the movement and treatment of chemicals, gases, and water. Its dispensing segment specializes in paint dispensing and mixing products sold by home improvement stores and retailers across the US and Europe. The company's health and science segment produces fluidics components for medical instruments and implantable devices. IDEX's fire and safety equipment segment manufactures clamps, firefighting pumps, and rescue tools, such as the Jaws of Life. To read the full description, subscribe now.