John Crane

John Crane is a British multinational engineering company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom. Founded in 1917 as Crane Packing Co. in Chicago, United States, it is a subsidiary of Smiths Group plc se 1997 and specializes in mission-critical technologies for rotating equipment in energy and process industries. The company's primary segments lude Mechanical Seals, Filtration Systems, and Asset Management/Digital Diagnostics. John Crane operates in 50+ countries with 12,000 employees, serving oil & gas, power generation, petrochemical, and mining sectors through 80+ facilities. Its supply chain involves third-party material and component suppliers, with TPRM per the 2024 Annual Report emphasizing ESG audits, ISO 9001, and supply chain transparency for net-zero by 2050, luding vendor assessments for ethical sourcing and cybersecurity (ISO 27001). The company invests in energy transition technologies like hydrogen-compatible seals. In 2024, John Crane reported revenues of £1 billion ($1.3 billion), up 5% from 2023, with key milestones luding the April opening of its Rio Claro Dry Gas Seal Service Center in Canada and participation in ACHEMA 2024, supporting major hydrocarbon complexes and the European Space Agency's Ariane 6 launch.