SDI Group Plc.engages in the design and manufacture of scientific and technology products for use in life sciences, healthcare, consumer manufacturing, astronomy, and art conservation applications. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and currently employs 504 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2008-12-08. The firm specializes in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture specialist products for use in lab equipment, industrial and scientific sensors, and industrial and scientific products. Its portfolio of businesses supplies the life sciences, healthcare, plastics and packaging, manufacturing, precision optics and measurement instrumentation markets. Its lab equipment business includes Safelab Systems, Monmouth Scientific, LTE Scientific, Synoptics, and Severn. Its industrial and scientific sensors business consists of Chell Instruments, Astles Control Systems, Sentek, MPB Industries, and Peak Sensors. Its industrial and scientific products business includes Atik Cameras, Fraser Anti-Static Techniques, Applied Thermal Control, Graticules Optics, and InspecVision, among others.
