The journey of Sanmar Engineering Corporation (SEC) began 30 years ago as a response to a felt need for high quality precision mechanical seals on the part of Chemplast. Thus was born Durametallic India Limited, Sanmar’s first joint venture, now called Flowserve Sanmar Limited.
Following the success of this partnership, the group entered into many more joint ventures, identifying the right product for the right needs and bringing superior technology to India by partnering with world leaders. The products manufactured at SEC are not for large-scale consumption but custom-made to meet specific applications in each industry. Well-equipped machine shops with computer aided, numerically controlled machines, ensure that the products manufactured at SEC are identical to those available at any of the JV partners’ facilities anywhere in the world. High quality castings made available by SEC’s state-of-the-art foundry also contribute to the competitive edge of SEC’s and its joint venture partners’ product range.
Today, SEC is one of the most diversified groups in the process equipment market offering total engineering solutions. The greatest challenge for SEC will be to anticipate the level of service customers expect and quickly meet their demands.
Then...
Durametallic India..
...and now
...is Flowserve Sanmar today.
With customers spread all over the world, SEC is focused on catering to them on time through excellence in management and manufacturing processes, ensuring high quality products and efficient services.
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
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 restructuring 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