Type: Public
On the web: http://www.robn.com
Employees: 3,387
Employee growth: 14.2%

Bartending could be a second job for Robbins & Myers. The company makes mixers, pumps, and vessels that help industries blend, store, and process fluids. It operates through a couple of primary units: fluid management and process solutions. These units offer a variety of equipment, including glass-lined reactors, progressive cavity pumps, hydraulic drilling power sections, down-hole pumps, mixers, and packaging equipment to customers involved in pharmaceutical production, wastewater management, and oil and gas exploration, among other industries. Robbins & Myers has primary facilities in about 15 countries and gets more than 60% of its sales from outside the US.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending August, 2011:
Sales: $820.6M
One year growth: 40.4%
Net income: $134.0M
Income growth: 303.7%

Officers:
Chairman: Thomas P. Loftis
President, CEO, and Director: Peter C. Wallace
VP and CFO: Christopher M. (Chris) Hix

Competitors:
De Dietrich
SPX
Weatherford International

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