Swagelok is a privately held

Privately held company

A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...

 international company, focusing on the manufacture and sale of gas and fluid systems components, such as tube fittings, valves, tubing, and gauges. It was founded in 1947 by Fred A. Lennon in Solon, Ohio

Solon, Ohio

Solon is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is an affluent suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,348...

, where its headquarters remain. It has an estimated 4,000 employees and $1.3 billion in annual revenue, with worldwide distribution relationships.

They acquired Kenmac in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 in the year 2005 - now called Swagelok Ltd.

They are best known for creating the Swagelok compression tube fitting in 1959, a commonly used family of connectors for high and low pressure stainless steel tubing, although the name is sometimes used generically

Generic

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External links

• Swagelok history retrieved 25 June 2011