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Fluke Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryIndustrial Test Products
Founded1948 in Everett, Washington, U.S.
FounderJohn Fluke, Sr.
HeadquartersEverett, Washington
Key people
Marc Tremblay(President)
Number of employees
4,000 (as of January 2020)
ParentFortive
Websitewww.fluke.com/en-us/

Fluke Corporation, a subsidiary of Fortive, is a manufacturer of industrial test, measurement and diagnostic equipment including electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by John Fluke, who was a friend and roommate of David Packard, future co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, when both were employed at General Electric.

Fluke Corporation is a global corporation that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells commercial electronic test and measurement instruments for scientific, service, educational, industrial, and government applications. Fluke Biomedical and Fluke Networks are sister organizations.

History

Fluke Corporation was founded in Washington state by John Fluke on October 7, 1953 as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company, Inc., producing electrical metering equipment.

Fluke was bought by the Danaher Corporation in 1998. Danaher spun off several subsidiaries, including Fluke, in 2016 to create Fortive.[1]

Fluke Companies

Fluke Biomedical

Fluke Calibration produces biomedical test and simulation products, including electrical safety testers, patient simulators, performance analyzers, and fully-integrated and automated performance testing and documentation systems.

Fluke Calibration

Fluke Calibration produces precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements.

Fluke Networks

Fluke Networks produces network test and monitoring solutions for use in data center, mobility, unified communications and WLAN security. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Fluke Networks employs more than 800 people worldwide and distributes products in more than 50 countries.[2]

Fluke Process Instruments

Fluke Process Instruments designs, manufactures, and markets a complete line of infrared (IR) temperature measurement and profiling solutions for industrial, maintenance, and quality control applications. Distributed worldwide under the Raytek®, Ircon® and Datapaq® brands.[3]

Subsidiaries

Pomona Electronics

Adapter between a female BNC connector and banana plugs manufactured by Pomona.
Adapter between five-way binding posts and a male BNC connector manufactured by Pomona.

Pomona Electronics is a company specializing in electronic test equipment and accessories. It was founded in 1951 by Joseph J. and Carl W. Musarra, who were brothers.[4][5] Founded to test cable harnesses for examining television cathode-ray tubes.[6] the company started in a factory location around the size of a living room.[6] By 1976, it was owned by ITT Industries,[7] which in 1999 sold it to Fluke.[8] In 2002, Pomona Electronics relocated its manufacturing facility to Everett, Washington.[9]

  • A Fluke 115 multimeter
    A Fluke 115 multimeter
  • A Fluke 8010a bench multimeter
    A Fluke 8010a bench multimeter
  • A Fluke 45 Dual Display bench multimeter
    A Fluke 45 Dual Display bench multimeter
  • A Fluke 5500 calibrator
    A Fluke 5500 calibrator
  • A Fluke 337 clamp multimeter
    A Fluke 337 clamp multimeter
  • The Fluke Networks IntelliTone Pro LAN probing kit
    The Fluke Networks IntelliTone Pro LAN probing kit

References

  1. ^ Zacks Equity Research. "Danaher Completes Fortive Spin-Off, Trading to Begin Today". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Fluke Companies". www.fluke.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  3. ^ "Raytek®, Ircon® and Datapaq® join forces to create Fluke Process Instruments | Fluke Process Instruments". www.flukeprocessinstruments.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  4. ^ "Local electronics firm expands again". Progress Bulletin. 1974-10-12. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Valley company enlarges plant". Progress Bulletin. 1974-11-21. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Specialization Credited for Steady Growth". Los Angeles Times. 1961-01-29. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "25-Year Honors". Progress Bulletin. 1976-01-24. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fluke acquires Pomona Electronics". Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News. 1999-01-25. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. ^ Smith, Kevin (2002-04-16). "2 firms planning to leave Pomona - Companies will take 150 jobs with them". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
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