Fluke Corporation

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Fluke Corporation

Type	Corporation
Founded	Everett, Washington, USA (1948)
Founder	(as independent company) John Fluke, Sr.
Headquarters	Everett, Washington
Key people	Barbara Hulit President, Fluke Corporation Ken Konopa President, Fluke Biomedical Carl Pickard President, Fluke Industrial Group
Industry	Industrial Test Products
Employees	2,400 (2006)
Parent	Danaher
Website	fluke.com

Fluke Corporation is a world-wide industrial company that mostly focuses on industrial testing equipment including electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by John Fluke, Sr. in the then technologically-unproven northwest. Fluke's worldwide headquarters is now located in Everett, Washington, USA, but has facilities on every major continent.

[edit] Divisions

Fluke has a number of divisions of their company. Some of these include:

Fluke Industrial
Fluke Biomedical
Hart Scientific, a Fluke Company
Raytek, a Fluke Company

[edit] Fluke Networks

Wanting to expand into new markets, Fluke started the Networks Division in 1992 to enter the network test tools business. In those early days some products were outsourced, with the rest designed in-house in Everett, WA. A primary OEM was a company called Fortè Networks (also formed in the early 90's, by employees from Hewlett-Packard.) They provided the early Enterprise products, and as this is one of the core businesses of Fluke Networks, Fluke bought Fortè in 1996 [1]. In 2000, the Fluke parent Company, Danaher, decided to spin off the Networks Division into its own company. At the present day, Fluke Networks retains a separate management structure, including having its own President, but does not exist as a separate incorporated body anymore. Product development now occurs primarily in Everett, WA and Colorado Springs, CO, but there are several smaller development groups around the United States.