Dresser, Inc.

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.dresser.com
Employees: 6,500
Employee growth: 1.6%

Is your energy business all dressed up with no place to flow? Not if Dresser can help it. The company, formerly Dresser Industries (and once a part of Halliburton), makes flow control products (valves, actuators, meters, fittings, and the like for oil and gas exploration), measurement systems (gas pumps and point of sale terminals made by business unit Dresser Wayne), power and compression systems (Waukesha engines, fuel testing systems), and infrastructure products (Roots blowers and compressors, piping systems, and pumps). Dresser serves companies in the oil and gas, power generation, water and wastewater, and other industries. The company has a presence in more than 100 countries.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $2,240.0M
One year growth: 12.0%

Officers:
President, CEO , and Director: John P. Ryan
EVP and CFO: Marty R. Kittrell
VP and CIO: Darren F. Whitney

Competitors:
Cameron International
Flowserve
ITT Corp.