Eurotherm is a supplier of control and

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s to industrial and process markets. They are part of Watlow, an electricity distribution, automation management and producer of installation components for energy management company. Eurotherm manufacture at a number of locations in Europe and the USA. On October 31, 2022, Eurotherm was bought by Watlow.

History

The first Eurotherm company, Eurotherm Controls, was formed in 1965 at

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to manufacture

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lers. In 1970, the directors of the company set up a number of loosely related but independent companies to develop and produce other product lines. Chessell Ltd was created to manufacture data recorders, while Turnbull Control Systems (TCS) was formed to produce process control systems, and Shackleton System Drives (SSD) to produce variable speed electronic drives. All four companies marketed their offerings internationally, and in 1974 they were brought under an international

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, Eurotherm International. In 1978 the holding company went

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and it became quoted on the

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in May of that year. By 1989, Eurotherm International controlled a network of subsidiaries and agents in the UK, USA, Switzerland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Scandinavia, Spain, Korea, India and Ireland. It was acquired by

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June 1998, later to become Invensys plc. Invensys was acquired by

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in January 2014. By the late 1990s, three key Eurotherm companies, Eurotherm Controls, Eurotherm Recorders (previously Chessell) and Eurotherm Process Automation (previously Turnbull Control Systems) amalgamated to form Eurotherm Limited. In 2009 Eurotherm, along with the Invensys businesses Foxboro, IMServ Europe Ltd, Skelta,

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and

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, services and consulting on manufacturing and infrastructure.

Company overview

In the UK, design and assembly is carried out at the company's sites in

. Product offerings fall into five main areas: *Temperature and process controllers (including Industrial Indicators and using

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s) *Data recorders and

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systems *Process automation * Signal conditioning * Power switching products manufactured by sister companies Training and repair facilities are also provided. Eurotherm now manufacture their products in Worthing, UK; Milan, Italy and Tychy, Poland.

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