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Milestones
1976 - Formation of Durametallic India; SEC begins operations at Karapakkam, Chennai
1981 - BS&B Safety Systems and Sanmar Weighing Systems commence commercial operations
1983 - SEC operations extended to Viralimalai Complex, near Trichy— Xomox Valves inaugurated
1984 - FMC Sanmar commences commercial production of Smith Meters and Crosby Safety Relief Valves
1989 - Sensortronics Sanmar and Asco (India) commence operations
1994 - Xomox adds Fisher Control Valves to its range and the company changes name to Fisher – Xomox to reflect this
1996 - Sanmar Industrial Systems is formed out of an internal restructuring of the group's presence in the electronics business
1997 - Sanmar Alloy Castings establishes itself as a major supplier of castings
1998 - Sanmar-PTI Filters commences commercial production
1999 - To reflect the world wide restructuring of operations, the existing operations of Crosby in FMC Sanmar are separated out as Tyco Sanmar
2000 - Dedication of the new manufacturing facility of Tyco Sanmar at Viralimalai
2000 - Fisher Sanmar adds LP Gas Regulators to its product range
2000 - Sanmar Alloy Castings begins a major initiative - an Investment Castings project at Viralimalai
2001 - Sanmar Engineering Corporation celebrates Silver Jubilee.
2001 - Sanmar Alloy Castings commissions the state-of-the-art Investment Castings facility at Viralimalai.
2001 - Closure of Sanmar-PTI Filters operations
2001 - Sanmar Industrial Systems merges with Sanmar Engineering Services
2002 - Sensortronics Sanmar begins to operate as a joint venture with Vishay Transducers, pursuant to the acquisition of Sensortronics Inc., USA by Vishay
2003 - Demerger of the operations of the Fisher & Xomox divisions of Fisher-Xomox Sanmar, following the restucturing of the operations of the joint venture partners
2003 - Merger of Sanmar Alloy Castings with FMC Technologies Sanmar; in-house machining capacity at the Viralimalai complex
2003 - Sanmar Alloy Castings Limited name changed to Sanmar Foundries Limited
2004-2005 - Sanmar Weighing Systems Limited name changed to Strategic Weighing Systems, a Division of Sanmar Engineering Services Limited.
2006 - Strategic Weighing Systems divested
2006 - Sensortronics Sanmar Limited name changed to Vishay Sanmar Limited
2006 - BS&B Safety Systems (India) Limited celebrates Silver Jubilee
2007 - The Sanmar Group’s first overseas acquisition, Eisenwerk Erla, a foundry unit in Erla, Germany
2007 - Fisher Sanmar inaugurates new large valve facility at Karapakkam
2007 - Foundation stone laid for new steel foundry at Viralimalai, near Trichy
2008 - The Sanmar Group acquires Matix Metals LLC, a steel foundry in North America
2008 - Xomox Sanmar celebrates Silver Jubilee year
2008 - Sanmar Ferrotech, with a capacity of 25,000 tpa was commissioned in November 2008
2008 - Asco (India) Limited divested
2008 - Vishay Sanmar Limited divested
2009 - Intec Polymers divested to Dorf Ketal
2009 - Xomox Sanmar Limited inaugurates Pacific Valves Division