Brüel & Kjær is founded
Per V. Brüel and Viggo Kjær founded the company in Denmark and received a license to trade.
HBK was formed in 2019 by the merger of two market-leading organizations: HBM and Brüel & Kjær. Both companies have a long history of providing innovative and high-quality solutions in test and measurement technology for various industries.
However, our journey is a continuous one and the ever-growing HBK constellation reflects our commitment to innovation, the latest technology and new opportunities as we untap the potential of combined knowledge and insight within three physical domains – mechanical, sound and vibration and electrical.
Per V. Brüel and Viggo Kjær founded the company in Denmark and received a license to trade.
The engineer Karl Hottinger founds Hottinger Messtechnik in a small Bavarian town in Germany.
Establishment of sales office in the USA, soon followed by offices throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa over the next few decades.
Opening first American subsidiary in Marlboro, USA.
HBM opens the first calibration lab of the German Calibration service (DKD), now DAkkS.
Brüel & Kjær becomes the first western electronics firm to set up a service center in the People’s Republic of China.
The Danish government commissions Brüel & Kjær to operate the Danish Primary Laboratory of Acoustics (DPLA).
HBM founds its Chinese branch office with connected production site.
Spectris is providing customers globally with specialist insight through high-tech instruments, test equipment and software.
Brüel & Kjær acquires LDS Test and Measurement and HBM acquires nCode and SoMat.
Brüel & Kjær acquires Sound Answers in the USA and HBM acquires FiberSensing in Portugal and ReliaSoft in the USA.
(an AI-Traffic, Sensor company as part of VI-GRADE - our Virtual Test division)
(Provide Simulators & Mechatronic Automation as part of VI-GRADE)
(provider of software and services for smart manufacturing)
(Provide Real-Time Computation & Hardware-in-Loop Systems)
(Provide high-accuracy inertial, wireless sensors and systems)
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.