Brooks Instrument is a manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment based in
Hatfield, PA. It was a division of
Emerson (NYSE:EMR) until December 31, 2007 when it was sold to
American Industrial Partners
American Industrial Partners is an American private equity partnership. It invests in industrial businesses in the United States and Canada. It was founded in 1988 by Theodore Rogers and Richard Bingham. It has offices in New York City; the man ...
Capital Fund IV (“AIP”) for approximately $100 million in cash. In January 2012, Brooks Instrument was acquired by
ITW for an unspecified amount.
Its products include thermal mass flow controllers/meters, Coriolis mass flow controllers/meters, variable area meters (aka rotameters), level products, direct liquid injection systems, and more. A range of accessories such as pressure controllers, valves, and secondary instrumentation is also offered. Manufacturing of Brooks products is based in
Hatfield, PA USA facility with additional facilities in the Netherlands, Hungary, and Japan. Brooks Instrument is certified to ISO 9001:2015.
History
Founded in 1946 by Stephen A. Brooks, Brooks Instrument was originally based in
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Lansdale is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a densely populated commuter town, with many residents traveling daily to Philadelphia using SEPTA Regional Rail's Lansdale/Doylestown Line. I ...
. The company was built on the strength of an innovative side-plate, dowel-pin principle of rotameter construction, which is, today, the basis of one of the company's more important product lines.
In 1958 the company developed a new, streamlined laboratory flow meter named Sho-Rate and a new type of full-view rotameter - with an improved packaging seal that represents one of the first innovations for the glass tube rotameter in 20 years.
Public service initiatives
In 2018, corporate leaders at Brooks introduced a new, annual scholarship program, which awards up to $2,000 per individual to undergraduate engineering students at accredited colleges or universities. The program is designed to support students who show "potential for leadership and interest in engineering, particularly as it relates to instrumentation, fluid mechanics and flow or pressure measurement."
Brooks Instrument Offers Scholarship Second Year in a Row
" New York, New York: Thomas Industry Update, July 2, 2019.
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External links
BrooksInstrument.com
Flow control (data)
Companies based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
American companies established in 1946
1946 establishments in Pennsylvania