IDEX Corporation based in Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest is an affluent city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in...

, is a publicly traded company engaged in the development, design, and manufacture of fluidics

Fluidics

Fluidics or Fluidic logic is the use of a fluid to perform analog or digital operations similar to those performed with electronics.The physical basis of fluidics is pneumatics and hydraulics, based on the theoretical foundation of fluid dynamics...

 systems and specialty engineered products. IDEX Corporation's products, which include pumps, clamping systems, flow meters, optical filters, hydraulic rescue tools, and fire suppression equipment, are used in a variety of industries ranging from agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 to semiconductor manufacturing.

The company's name is an acronym of "Innovation, Diversity, and Excellence."

Business units include:

• Fluid & Metering Technologies
• Health & Science Technologies
• Dispensing Equipment
• Fire & Safety / Diversified Products