CIRCOR

CIRCOR International, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, designs and manufactures mission-critical flow control products and services for demanding applications across land, sea, air, space and subsea environments. The company employs approximately 3,100 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries through a portfolio of 19 brands, many of which have been in operation for over a century.

Its offering spans highly engineered pumps and valves for industrial use, together with flow control products for aerospace and defence applications. These are supplied into sectors including oil and gas, power generation, chemical processing, commercial marine, defence, aerospace and life sciences - industries in which product integrity, quality controls and safety engineering are central to operations.

Quality and process discipline are governed by the CIRCOR Operating System, a proprietary framework built on Lean principles, documented quality controls and safety excellence, applied to drive continuous improvement across the organisation. Technical domains within the company include flow control engineering, pump and valve design, aerospace and defence systems, industrial fluid handling, and quality and safety engineering.

CIRCOR states its purpose as "keeping society safe, productive and moving", supported by an emphasis on innovation and engineering reliability.