Full Description

Pentair, Inc. (Pentair), incorporated in 1966, is a diversified industrial manufacturing company consisting of two business segments: Water and Technical Products. The Company’s Water Group is engaged in providing products and systems used worldwide in the movement, storage, treatment and enjoyment of water. Pentair’s Technical Products Group is engaged in the global enclosures and thermal management markets, designing and manufacturing standard, modified and custom enclosures that house and protect electronics and electrical components; thermal management products, and accessories. On December 15, 2008, Pentair sold its Spa and Bath (Spa/Bath) business to Balboa Water Group. On February 28, 2008, Pentair sold its National Pool Tile (NPT) business unit to Pool Corporation.

Water Group

The Company’s Water Group offers an array of products and systems to multiple markets and customers. Pentair focuses on three markets: Flow Technologies (approximately 40% of group sales); Filtration (approximately 30% of group sales), and Pool (approximately 30% of group sales). Its Flow Technologies business operates in residential, commercial and municipal water pump markets. Its primary markets are those serving residential well water installers and residential and commercial end users; waste water dealers and distributors; commercial and industrial operations, and municipal water treatment facilities.

The Company’s products include light duty diaphragm pumps, high-flow turbine pumps and solid handling pumps designed for water and wastewater applications, and agricultural spraying, as well as pressure tanks for residential applications. Applications for its range of products include pumps for residential and municipal wells, water treatment, wastewater solids handling, pressure boosting, engine cooling, fluid delivery, circulation and transfer. Brand names for the Flow Technologies market include STA-RITE, Myers, Aurora, Hydromatic, Fairbanks Morse, Flotec, Hypro, Water Ace, Berkeley, Aermotor, Simer, Verti-line, Diamond, FoamPro, Onga, Nocchi, SHURflo, Edwards, JUNG PUMPEN, oxynaut and JUNG.

The Company’s Filtration market products include control valves, tanks, filter systems, filter cartridges, pressure vessels, and specialty dispensing pumps providing flow solutions for end user market applications, including residential, commercial, foodservice, industrial, recreation vehicles, marine and aviation. Filtration products are used in the manufacture of water softeners; filtration, deionization, and desalination systems; industrial, commercial and residential water filtration applications, and filtration and separation technologies for hydrocarbon, medical and hydraulic applications. Brand names for the Filtration market include Everpure, SHURflo, Fleck, CodeLine, Structural, Pentek, SIATA, WellMate, American Plumber, Armor, OMNIFILTER, Fibredyne and Porous Media.

Pentair addresses the Pool equipment market with a line of commercial and residential pool equipment and accessories, including pumps, filters, heaters, lights, automatic controls, automatic pool cleaners, commercial deck equipment, maintenance equipment and pool accessories. Applications for its pool products include commercial and residential pool construction, maintenance, repair and service. Brand names for the Pool market include Pentair Pool Products, Pentair Water Pool and Spa, STA-RITE, Paragon Aquatics, Kreepy Krauly, Compool, WhisperFlo, PoolShark, Legend, Rainbow, FIBERworks, IntelliTouch, IntelliFlow, IntelliChlor and Acu-Trol. The Company’s Water Group distributes its products through wholesale distributors, retail distributors, original equipment manufacturers, home centers and home and pool builders.

Technical Products Group

The Company’s Technical Products Group focuses its business portfolio on four primary industries: Commercial and Industrial (55% of group sales); Telecom and Datacom (20% of group sales); Electronics (20% of group sales), and Networking (5% of group sales). The primary brand names for the Technical Products Group include Hoffman, Schroff, Pentair Electronic Packaging, Taunus, McLean, Electronic Solutions, Birtcher, Calmark and Aspen Motion.

Products and related accessories of the Technical Products Group include metallic and composite enclosures, cabinets, cases, subracks, backplanes, heat exchangers and blowers. Applications served include industrial machinery, data communications, networking, telecommunications, test and measurement, automotive, medical, security, defense and general electronics. Its Technical Products Group distributes its products through electrical and data contractors, electrical and electronic components distributors and original equipment manufacturers.