INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Process Control & Instrumentation
World’s Most Productive Companies
Process Control & Instrumentation
Process Control and Instrumentation Companies make the flow, filtration, and measurement equipment that runs process plants. Productivity reflects capital spending, aftermarket intensity, and operational discipline.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 8% below its 2019 baseline. No company in the group reached the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year. Gains were concentrated in the leaders, with most of the group giving back ground.
Productivity Snapshot
- Process Control & Instrumentation ranks fifteenth of twenty-one Industrial Equipment peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 0.92, about 8% below its 2019 baseline.
- 2 of 9 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- No company in the group earned a place on the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year.
- The group sat below its 2019 baseline in 2025 as process-industry demand stayed soft.
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