Fluke Corporation is a manufacturer of industrial test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment including
electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by
John Fluke
John Maurice Fluke, Sr. (14 December 1911 – 11 February 1984) was the founder of Fluke Corporation and the former General Electric employee, a manufacturer of electronic test equipment. Fluke served as an officer in the United States Navy ...
while he was employed at
General Electric.
History
Fluke Corporation was founded by John Fluke in October 1953 as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company, Inc., producing electrical metering equipment.
In 1987, Fluke partnered with the
Dutch electronics manufacturer
Philips. Together, the companies developed the
scopemeter
An oscilloscope (informally a scope) is a type of electronic test instrument that graphically displays varying electrical voltages as a two-dimensional plot of one or more signals as a function of time. The main purposes are to display repetitiv ...
, an instrument combining features of an
oscilloscope
An oscilloscope (informally a scope) is a type of electronic test instrument that graphically displays varying electrical voltages as a two-dimensional plot of one or more signals as a function of time. The main purposes are to display repetiti ...
and a
multimeter. Fluke purchased the testing and measurements division of Philips in 1993 for $41.8 million. The Philips PM series of measurement instruments was rebranded as Fluke.
Fluke was bought by the
Danaher Corporation in 1998. Danaher spun off several subsidiaries, including Fluke, in 2016 to create
Fortive.
Subsidiaries
Pomona Electronics
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.
Founded to manufacture test
cable harnesses for examining television
cathode-ray tube
A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen. The images may represent electrical waveforms (oscilloscope), pictur ...
s.
the company started in a factory location around the size of a
living room.
By 1976, it was owned by
ITT Industries,
which in 1999 sold it to Fluke.
In 2002, Pomona Electronics relocated its manufacturing facility to
Everett, Washington.
Gallery
Image:Fluke 115 multimeter.jpg, A Fluke 115 multimeter
Image:Fluke 8010a.JPG, A Fluke 8010a bench multimeter
Image:Fluke 45.jpg, A Fluke 45 Dual Display bench multimeter
Image:Fluke 5500.jpg, A Fluke 5500 calibrator
Image:Clampmeter Fluke 337.jpg, A Fluke 337 clamp multimeter
Image:FLUKE networks IntelliTone Pro 200.JPG, The Fluke Networks IntelliTone Pro LAN probing kit
Image:Banana plug adapter.JPG, Adapter between a female BNC connector and banana plugs manufactured by Pomona.
Image:Binding post adapter.JPG, Adapter between five-way binding posts and a male BNC connector manufactured by Pomona.
References
External links
Corporate web siteFluke Networks websiteFluke Biomedical websiteFluke Calibration website
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American companies established in 1948
Danaher subsidiaries
Electronic test equipment manufacturers
Companies based in Everett, Washington
Electronics companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Washington (state)
Electronics companies established in 1948
1948 establishments in Washington (state)
1998 mergers and acquisitions