Keithley Instruments

Keithley Instruments

Infobox_Company
company_name = Keithley Instruments, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE|KEI)
foundation = Cleveland, Ohio (1946)
location =
key_people = Joseph P. Keithley CEO , Linda C. Rae COO , Mark J. Plush CFO
area_served = Worldwide
industry = Electronic Test Equipment
revenue = profit US$ 155 million (2006) [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=KEI]
operating_income = $9.9 million
net_income = $8.4 million
num_employees = ~650
homepage = [http://www.keithley.com www.keithley.com]

Keithley Instruments (NYSE|KEI) is a measurement and instrument company headquartered in Solon, Ohio. Keithley develops, manufactures, markets and sells highly accurate instruments and data acquisition products, as well as complete system solutions for high-volume production and assembly testing.

General

The company, founded in 1946 by Joseph F. Keithley in a Cleveland, Ohio, workshop, designs, develops, manufactures and markets complex electronic instruments and systems geared to the specialized needs of electronics manufacturers for high-performance production testing, process monitoring, product development and research. The Company has approximately 500 products used to source, measure, connect, control or communicate direct current (DC), radio frequency (RF) or optical signals. Product offerings include integrated systems solutions, along with instruments and personal computer (PC) plug-in boards that can be used as system components or stand-alone solutions. The Company's customers are engineers, technicians and scientists in manufacturing, product development and research functions. Keithley operates in regional centers in North America, Asia, and Europe and offers global sales and support through direct offices, representatives, and distributors.

Keithley Instruments focuses on developing new solutions for the broader electronics industry, as well as for several primary markets: Electronic Manufacturing Production Test, Semiconductor, Telecommunications/Wireless and Research/Education.

Products

Keithley Instruments's major product lines include Test & Measurement products such as electrometers, voltmeters, signal generators, data acquisition, and production and benchtop parameteric testers and analyzers.

Historical Highlights

* 1946 Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., by Joseph F. Keithley
* 1950 First employee hired
* 1964 Moved headquarters to Solon, OH
* 1966 German office opened
* 1967 U.K. office opened
* 1991 Joseph P. Keithley becomes chairman
* 1995 Listed on New York Stock Exchange
* 1998 Taiwan office opened
* 2005 Singapore office opened

External links

* [http://www.keithley.com Keithley Instruments]
* [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Keithley-Instruments-Inc-Company-History.html Detailed Company History]
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