Branson Ultrasonics Corporation is an American developer and manufacturer of

ultrasonic Ultrasound is sound with frequencies greater than 20 kilohertz. This frequency is the approximate upper audible limit of human hearing in healthy young adults. The physical principles of acoustic waves apply to any frequency range, includi ...

manufacturing and cleaning applications.

History

The company was founded in 1946 by Norman G. Branson, a research engineer for

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. He remained president and CEO of the company until 1967. In 1984, Branson Ultrasonics was purchased by

Emerson Electric Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The Fortune 500 company delivers a range of engineering services, manufactures industrial automation equipment, climate control systems, and p ...

. In 2021, Branson Ultrasonics opened its new headquarters in

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, a suburb of

Danbury Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest ...

, where their headquarters was formerly located.

Technology

Branson Ultrasonics specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of plastics joining and metal welding equipment. The company develops solutions for precision cleaning, degreasing and processing. The company also has expertise in ultrasonic tooling and

magnetostrictive Magnetostriction is a property of magnetic materials that causes them to change their shape or dimensions during the process of magnetization. The variation of materials' magnetization due to the applied magnetic field changes the magnetostrictive ...

and

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technology. The company also manufactures the "Sonifier" brand of cell disrupters for laboratory experiments and research studies. The company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Slovakia, China, Hong Kong and Japan. It is ISO 14001 certified for its commitment to environmental efforts.

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