IMI plc designs and manufactures fluid and motion control solutions across the United Kingdom, Germany, the rest of Europe, the United States, the rest of the Americas, China, the rest of Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through the Automation and Life Technology segments, supplying advanced fluid control automation, pneumatic and electric motion systems, valves, actuators, and digitally connected products for smart, safe, and sustainable factories, production lines, and operations. The company also develops solutions to reduce emissions from commercial vehicles, products supporting zero emission technologies, heating and cooling systems, syringe pumps, and detection technologies. It serves the process automation, industrial automation, climate control, life science and fluid control, and transportation sectors. Formerly known as Imperial Metal Industries Limited, it changed its name to IMI plc in December 1978, was founded in 1862, and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.