vibro-meter
Vibro-Meter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Meggitt PLC, a multi-national high tech manufacturing company. Meggitt PLC Traded on the London Stock Exchange, annual sales for Meggitt PLC exceeded £670 million in 2006. Meggi......Vibro-Meter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Meggitt PLC, a multi-national high tech manufacturing company. Meggitt PLC Traded on the London Stock Exchange, annual sales for Meggitt PLC exceeded £670 million in 2006. Meggitt employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide Meggitt PLC operates through four business units: Sensing Systems, Aerospace Equipment, Aerospace Braking, and Defence Systems. Vibro-Meter is a member of the Sensing Systems business unit. Meggitt Sensing Systems This business unit produces high-technology piezo-electric and piezo-resistive sensors and a range of high volume electronic components including potentiometers, resistors, encoders and switches. Sensing systems comprises: Vibro-Meter SA (Fribourg, Switzerland) A world leader in the design and manufacture of vibration monitoring systems for propulsion units and machinery used in commercial aircraft, helicopters, military aerospace, and industrial and marine installations. Vibro-Meter SA also provides instrumentation for rocket engines and nuclear applications. Vibro-Meter, Inc. (Manchester, New Hampshire, USA) Formerly known as Meggitt Avionics Inc, this company became part of the Vibro-Meter family through a divisional product realignment. Vibro-Meter, Inc. designs and manufactures aircraft sensor systems including: fuel quantity gauging systems, fuel flow, engine oil level, and oil pressure sensors, chip detectors and chip collectors. Our industrial products include the Omniguard® optical UV and UV/IR flame detectors, and flame verification and characterization equipment. Vibro-Meter UK (Basingstoke and Rugby, England) Acquired by Meggitt PLC in May 2002, Vibro-Meter UK was formerly known as Lodge. The Basingstoke facility produces a variety of sensors for aerospace applications the Rugby site produces mainly ignition components for the industrial, marine, petrochemical and power generation markets. Vibro-Meter France (Paris, Angoulême, Toulouse, and Archamps/Annemasse, France) VM France acquired ECET in 2005 and transferred the activity into VM France in early 2006. In Angoulême, VM France designs and manufactures ignition systems for aircraft and land based turbines, onboard electronic equipment, cockpit indicators, speed sensors, and pressure transmitters. Vibro-Meter France operates sales offices in Toulouse and Paris which cover the full product range of products from all Vibro-Meter companies around the world. Sensorex in Archamps/Annemasse (www.sensorex.fr), a 100% subsidiary of Vibro-Meter France, is known for designing and manufacturing linear and rotary displacement (LVDT/RVDT), inertial and hybrid sensors/electronics for applications in the severe operating environments of aerospace and other industries. Meggitt Avionics (Fareham, England) Meggitt Avionics specializes in the design and manufacture of innovative solid state displays and sensor systems. Meggitt Avionics website Endevco (San Juan Capistrano, California, USA) Founded in 1947, Endevco has grown from a small research and development firm into an international corporation supporting customers with a global network of manufacturing, research facilities, sales offices and field engineers. Products include piezoelectric, piezoresistive and variable capacitance accelerometers, integral electronic piezoelectric accelerometers and piezoresistive pressure transducers, related signal conditioners, measurement systems and accessories. Endevco is certified to ISO 9001, the international standard for quality assurance. Endevco website Piher (Tudela, Spain) PIHER is a worldwide leading supplier of variable thick film resistors, encoders and position sensors for automotive and electronics industries Piher website Wilcoxon (Germantown, Maryland, USA) Founded in 1960, Wilcoxon houses a wide variety of modern manufacturing, assembly and test facilities suitable for producing standard and custom-designed product. Manufacturing and test equipment ranges from basic precision machinery for high quality sensor components to custom-built machinery for transducer fabrication. Today Wilcoxon Research continues to pioneer the development of advanced piezoelectric transducers for vibration sensing applications. It has undertaken research projects for industrial, military and government entities which include ONR, DARPA and the United States departments of energy, defence, commerce and transportation.
