Invensys (FRA:SBPD) Quality Rank

Invensys PLC is a technology company that works in partnership with industrial and commercial customers to design and supply advanced technologies that optimise operational performance and profitability. The Company is grouped into four new business segments - Software, Industrial Automation, Energy Controls and Appliance. The Company's divisions include; Invensys Operations Management which is a technology, software and consulting business that creates and applies technologies to enable the safe and efficient operation of industrial and commercial operations such as oil refineries, fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, petrochemical works and other manufacturing sites. Invensys Controls designs, engineers and manufactures products, components, systems and services used in appliances, heating, air conditioning/cooling and refrigeration products across a range of industries in residential and commercial markets. The Software segment consists of the software businesses previously within Invensys Operations Management and includes Wonderware, SimSciTM and Avantis brands. Industrial Automation segment consists of the systems businesses of our Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS) and Triconex safety systems with the addition of the Foxboro measurement and instrumentation products previously within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management. Energy Controls segment consists of the Eurotherm and IMServ businesses previously included within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management, together with the residential heating and commercial businesses that were formerly part of Invensys Controls. Appliance segment consists of the Appliance controls line of business previously within Invensys Controls, together with the appliance replacement parts business formerly within Wholesale, also part of the former Invensys Controls.