Brüel & Kjær is founded
Per V. Brüel and Viggo Kjær founded the company in Denmark and received a license to trade.
For many decades, HBM and Brüel & Kjær have been trusted by multiple industries to deliver highly accurate technologies and expertise in test and measurement.
Synonymous with innovation and quality, these two renowned and pioneering brands joined forces to become Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK), forming the world’s foremost provider of integrated test, measurement, control, and simulation solutions for product performance evaluation.
HBK continues to build on the two legacies, untapping the potential of combined knowledge and insight within three physical domains – mechanical, sound and vibration and electrical – and allowing us to pursue solutions for the unmet needs of our customers.
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 open 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.
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.