| Fluke Corporation | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Foundation: | 1948 in Everett, Washington, U.S. |
| Location: | Everett, Washington |
| Key People: | Jason Waxman |
| Industry: | Industrial Test Products |
| Parent: | Fortive |
| Founder: | John Fluke Sr. |
| Num Employees: | 2,525 [1] |
Fluke Corporation is an American manufacturer of industrial test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment, including electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by John Fluke while he was employed at General Electric.
John Fluke founded Fluke Corporation 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 instrument combining features of an oscilloscope and a multimeter. Fluke purchased the testing and measurements division of Philips in 1993 for $41.8 million.[2] 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.[3]
In 2002, Fluke purchased DNI Nevada (formerly Dynatech Nevada/Neurodyne-Dempsey), a Carson City, Nevada based manufacturer of medical test equipment,[4] best known for being the original makers of the FitTester 3000 quantitative respirator fit test machine.[5] Fluke subsequently placed DNI Nevada under the Fluke Biomedical brand, and moved manufacturing to its Everett headquarters in 2004.[6]
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.[7] [8] Founded to manufacture test cable harnesses for examining television cathode-ray tubes.[9] the company started in a factory location around the size of a living room.[9] By 1976, it was owned by ITT Industries,[10] which in 1999 sold it to Fluke.[11] In 2002, Pomona Electronics relocated its manufacturing facility to Everett, Washington.[12]