Joseph P. Keithley

Keithley Instruments, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Electronic Test Equipment
Founded	Cleveland, Ohio (1946)
Headquarters	Solon, Ohio USA
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Joseph P. Keithley CEO , Linda C. Rae COO , Mark J. Plush CFO
Revenue	US$ 102.53 million (2009)
Operating income	$19,617 million
Net income	$50,504 million
Number of employees	~550
Parent	Danaher
Website	www.keithley.com

Keithley Instruments is a measurement and instrument company headquartered in Solon, Ohio, that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells data acquisition products, as well as complete system solutions for high-volume production and assembly testing. In September, 2010, the company agreed to sell itself to the Danaher Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-based conglomerate, for $21.60 per share.

The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets electronic instruments and systems geared to the specialized needs of electronics manufacturers for high-performance production testing, process monitoring, product development, and research.

The Company has approximately 500 products used to source, measure, connect, control or communicate direct current (DC), radio frequency (RF), or optical signals. Product offerings include integrated systems solutions, instruments, and personal computer (PC) plug-in boards that can be used as system components or as stand-alone solutions.

The Company's markets are engineers, technicians, and scientists in manufacturing, product development, and research functions. Keithley operates throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. It develops new solutions for the broader electronics industry, as well as Electronic Manufacturing Production Test, Semiconductor, Telecommunications/Wireless and Research/Education.

Keithley Instruments's major product lines include Test & Measurement products such as electrometers, voltmeters, signal generators, data acquisition, and production and benchtop parameteric testers and analyzers.