Hottinger Baldwin measurement technology

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Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH

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founding 1950
Seat Darmstadt , Germany
management Joe Vorih ( CEO of HBK)
Number of employees 1,800 (2016)
Branch measuring technology
Website www.hbm.com/de/

The company Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH ( HBM ) was founded in 1950 by Karl Hottinger (1911–1994). HBM is one of the innovation and world market leaders in testing, measuring and weighing technology. Owner of the company is on the London Stock Exchange listed Spectris , a composite of several specialist companies in the Metrology segment .

HBM employs a total of 1,800 people in Darmstadt (headquarters), Marlborough ( USA ), Suzhou ( China ) and Porto ( Portugal ) (as of 2017). HBM specializes in measuring amplifiers for the research industry, strain gauges , sensors and transducers, load cells as well as evaluation and analysis software. These products are mainly used for data acquisition, experimental voltage analysis , calibration services and process monitoring of torque measurement technology.

Some products, such as load cells and strain gauges, are sold to the processing industry as OEM products.

In 2008, HBM took over nCode , based in the USA and Great Britain . nCode develops software solutions for virtual testing and fatigue testing. With nCode , HBM also took over the US manufacturer SoMat for particularly robust measurement data acquisition systems.

In 2009, HBM took over the measurement data acquisition business from LDS , based in Royston (UK) and Middleton (USA). Their products are now sold under the name Genesis HighSpeed .

In 2014, HBM took over the Portuguese company FiberSensing, SA , and thus has its own production and development center for fiber Bragg sensors . In January 2015, the American company ReliaSoft , a provider of software for reliability analysis, was taken over.

With a new building for production and logistics areas, which creates 6000 m² of usable space, HBM invested a double-digit million amount in its Darmstadt headquarters. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on August 3, 2016, and the move took place in early 2018.

Certification

In 1986, HBM was the first company in Germany to be certified by the German Society for the Certification of Management Systems ( DQS ) according to the ISO 9001 quality management standard, which is now widely used worldwide .

Merger with Brüel & Kjaer to form HBK

[obsolete] Since January 1st, 2019, the companies Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM) and Brüel & Kjaer Sound & Vibration (BKSV) have merged into one company called HBK ( Hottinger, Brüel & Kjær ). HBK thus has a very wide range of applications and products in the field of measurement technology, testing and analysis in the physical domains of mechanics, acoustics, electrics and temperature and can thusactively promotethe digital transformation in the focus sectors of aviation, vehicles, audio and energy with customers .

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Hottinger, Karl. Retrieved May 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ http://www.hbm.com/de/menu/ueber-uns/firmenportrait/firmengeschichte/ .
  4. ↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .
  5. ↑ Press releases | HBM. In: www.hbm.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  6. ^ German HBM acquires spin-off FiberSensing. (No longer available online.) In: www.inesctec.pt. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.inesctec.pt
  7. ↑ HBM invests in a new production and logistics center | HBM. In: www.hbm.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  8. ↑ HBM and BKSV merge to become HBK. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .

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