Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc's Steam Specialties business, designs, manufactures and supplies solutions to improve the control and management of steam, to a diverse range of industrial and commercial customers worldwide. As a heat source, steam is a natural choice for many industrial processes due to its high heat-carrying capacity, controllability of its temperature, sterility and efficiency as a heat transfer fluid. Steam is also widely used for space heating, sterilisation and humidification.