Roper Industries Inc (NYSE:ROP)

Roper Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes radio frequency products, services and application software, industrial technology products, energy systems and controls and medical and scientific imaging products and software. The company operates through four segments: Industrial Technology, Energy Systems and Controls, Medical and Scientific Imaging and RF Technology. The Industrial Technology segment produces water and fluid handling pumps, equipment and consumables for materials analysis, leak testing equipment, flow measurement and metering equipment and water meter and automatic meter reading products and systems. The Energy Systems and Controls segment principally produces control systems, fluid properties testing equipment, industrial valves and controls, vibration sensors and non-destructive inspection and measurement products and solutions, which are provided through six operating units. The Medical and Scientific Imaging segment offers products and software in medical applications, digital imaging products and software and handheld and vehicle-mount computers. The RF Technology segment provides radio frequency identification communication technology and software solutions that are used primarily in toll and traffic systems and processing, security and access control, campus card systems, software-as-a-service in the freight matching and food industries and metering and remote monitoring applications. Roper Industries was founded by George D. Roper on December 17, 1981 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.