A terrific result for Rotork. The Bath-based manufacturer of industrial valve gear is third overall – its highest ever placing – tops this sector and wins the awards for quality of goods and services and value as a long-term investment. Rotork’s first-half profit jumped 5% to £50.7m on revenues of £199.4m. Steam control specialist Spirax Sarco Engineering boosted sales this year by 10%. Pumps and ancillaries producer Weir Group reported strong third-quarter results, helping to allay market fears that the stagnant global economy might dent its performance. Engineering investment group Mel-rose comes in fourth, with first half profits of £74.9m, up from £56.7m last year, and sales up 12% in Q3.
BMAC 2011 by sector: Engineering & machinery
| QMan | Rank | FS | Rank | QG&S | Rank | AAT | Rank | |
| Charter | 3.2 | 10 | 4.8 | 10 | 5.8 | 9 | 3.6 | 10 |
| Cookson | 6.7 | 7 | 5.3 | 9 | 6.3 | 7 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Fenner | 6.8 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 7.2 | 4 | 5.5 | 7 |
| IMI | 7.0 | 5 | 6.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 5 | 6.2 | 6 |
| Melrose | 8.2 | 2 | 6.6 | 5 | 6.2 | 8 | 7.0 | 4 |
| Rotork | 8.6 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 9.2 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 |
| Smiths Group | 5.8 | 9 | 5.6 | 7 | 6.6 | 6 | 6.8 | 5 |
| Spirax Sarco Engineering | 7.6 | 4 | 8.4 | 1 | 8.2 | 2 | 7.4 | 2 |
| Tata Steel (UK) | 6.3 | 8 | 5.5 | 8 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Weir Group | 8.0 | 3 | 8.0 | 3 | 7.8 | 3 | 7.4 | 2 |
| 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.2 |
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| VLTI | Rank | CI | Rank | QMar | Rank | C&ER | Rank | UCA | Rank | TOTAL | Rank | |
| Charter | 5.6 | 9 | 5.2 | 9 | 3.6 | 10 | 3.6 | 10 | 3.2 | 10 | 38.6 | 10 |
| Cookson | 6.2 | 8 | 5.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 6 | 5.3 | 7 | 51.2 | 8 |
| Fenner | 6.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 8 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.0 | 7 | 6.0 | 5 | 54.2 | 7 |
| IMI | 6.7 | 6 | 6.2 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 5.8 | 3 | 5.0 | 8 | 56.5 | 5 |
| Melrose | 7.0 | 4 | 6.2 | 5 | 5.6 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 8.0 | 1 | 59.8 | 4 |
| Rotork | 8.4 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | 6.8 | 1 | 7.2 | 2 | 71.6 | 1 |
| Smiths Group | 6.8 | 5 | 7.4 | 2 | 5.4 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 5.6 | 6 | 56.0 | 6 |
| Spirax Sarco Engineering | 8.0 | 2 | 7.0 | 3 | 5.6 | 4 | 5.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 4 | 64.8 | 2 |
| Tata Steel (UK) | 5.5 | 10 | 4.8 | 10 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.8 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 45.5 | 9 |
| Weir Group | 8.0 | 2 | 6.6 | 4 | 5.8 | 3 | 5.8 | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 64.4 | 3 |
| 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 562.5 |
Key |
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| QMan FS QG&S AAT VLTI CI Q Mar C&ER UCA |
Quality of Management Financial Soundness Quality of Goods & Services Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent Value as a Long Term Investment Capacity to Innovate Quality of Marketing Community and Environmental Responsibility Use of Corporate Assets |
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