Cultivating a culture of innovation
Innovation isn’t a one-off initiative, it’s embedded in everything we do. It’s how we tackle complex challenges, push the boundaries of what’s possible, and deliver real impact for our customers. It’s not about chasing ideas for the sake of it; it’s about solving real problems with precision, speed, and purpose.
Customer-centric innovation is where it all begins. The best ideas come from understanding our customers’ toughest challenges and working alongside them to develop solutions that make a tangible difference.
Our Growth Hub is testament to this. Delivering £149m of new orders in 2024, Growth Hub is a space where we collaborate with customers and turn challenges into breakthroughs. Whether it’s improving efficiency, reducing waste, or enhancing reliability, innovation is about creating measurable impact.
Our teams don’t just develop new solutions – they refine, test, and perfect them to ensure they deliver the optimum level of performance to create lasting impact.
Revolutionising industrial efficiency and reliability
This Growth Hub mindset has led to innovations like Retrofit3D and EroSolve Metamorphic Trim.
Retrofit3D solves the challenge of cavitation in control valves, offering a custom 3D-printed solution that boosts efficiency without the need for a full valve replacement. By reducing costs and downtime, Retrofit3D is helping customers maximise performance with minimal disruption.
In oil and gas, where erosion from processing corrosive materials can cause costly valve failures, EroSolve Metamorphic Trim is revolutionary. It significantly enhances reliability and valve performance, helping power plants maintain smooth, efficient operations.
These are just two examples of how our Growth Hub innovations are delivering practical, measurable improvements – driving performance, boosting sustainability, and solving our customers' toughest challenges.
Innovating at scale
By bringing together expertise from across our business, we’re constantly finding new ways to refine systems, improve performance, and enable new possibilities. And we do it quickly, ensuring our customers get the right solutions when they need them most.
What ties it all together is the One IMI operating model — a shared approach that ensures we apply the same rigorous standards, engineering excellence, and customer focus across all sectors.
Whether we’re improving automation in agriculture or enhancing energy efficiency in data centres where Climate Control’s solutions are critical, this consistent way of working drives impact at scale and solves our customers toughest challenges.
Innovation isn’t left to chance. It’s driven by curiosity, collaboration, and a relentless focus on making things better — every single day.
