Proud to be a Xomoxian – white collar and blue collar brushed shoulders as Xomox Sanmar employees came together to form the name 'Xomox'.
The Xomox plug valves saga originated more than 50 years ago - established in 1956 as Continental Manufacturing Company in Cincinnati, USA. The name of the company was changed in 1969 to Xomox Corporation. In 1980, Xomox Corporation, USA was acquired by Emerson Electric Company, the Fortune 125 company based in St. Louis. In 1992, Emerson took over Fisher Controls International. In June 2001 Xomox’s ownership changed from Emerson to Crane Co., USA.
The Xomox-Sanmar relationship took form in September 1982 when Sanmar entered a JV agreement with Xomox Corporation and the JV, Tuflin India Pvt Ltd commenced operations in Viralimalai, Trichy for the manufacture of sleeved and lined plug valves. In 1987 the name changed to Xomox India Ltd. In 1993, the company merged with a ball-valve manufacturer, Invest Valves India Ltd and the company was renamed Xomox Valves India Ltd. In 1994, Xomox India began manufacturing Fisher valves and the company was renamed Fisher Xomox (I) Ltd.
Xomox to Emerson to Crane, the JV continues today with Crane Co. as Xomox Sanmar Limited. As the JV entity evolved, Sanmar has stood alongside consistently to play a long innings of 25 years. The Crane-Sanmar JV is being further strengthened by entering new product segments.
‘XOMOX’ the palindrome (reads the same forwards and backwards) is a strong brand name; it begins and ends with valves - X is the symbol for valves in engineering design connotations.