About

From our origins in 1966 as part of Honeywell, Inc., Sypris Test & Measurements' calibration and repair business has steadily grown into a recognized, national leader. Today, Sypris Test & Measurement serves leading corporations and government agencies in a variety of market sectors, including military, aerospace, communications, semiconductors, FDA-regulated, automotive, and more.

At Sypris Test & Measurement, we're determined to be The One You Choose for precision calibration and repair. That's why we're introducing new ways to add new value. Today, Sypris Test & Measurement people are applying lean and Six Sigma principles to pioneer new approaches to cost reduction. We're at the forefront of using automated calibration to deliver unprecedented speed, precision and value. All the while, we're continuing to deliver the quality, responsiveness and breadth of services that have become Sypris Test & Measurement hallmarks. These actions reflect our commitment to delivering the quantitative, measurable results our customers demand.

Our History

December 31, 2010: Sypris Test & Measurement acquires Davis Calibration.
October 26, 2009: Tektronix acquires Test & Measurement from Sypris Solutions.
August 31, 2003: ST&M purchases the Chicago-based calibration and repair business of Instrument Calibration Service International, Inc.
May 30, 2003: ST&M purchases Instrument Repair Labs, Inc. This calibration business operates in
Broomfield, Colorado.
January 1, 2002: Bell Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation, is merged with Sypris Test & Measurement, Inc. (ST&M), a Delaware corporation with the surviving entity being ST&M.
September 2001: Bell sells its Mountain View, CA testing operations to Wyle Laboratories, Inc.
November 12, 1999: Bell purchased certain calibration operations from Lucent Technologies Inc. These operations include labs in Franklin, TN and Union, NJ and the Mobile Services Organization. This provides Bell with a world class primary standards lab.
March 30, 1998: Sypris Solutions is formed. When GFP and its subsidiaries Bell, Metrum-Datatape and Tube Turns merged into Group Technologies, a Nasdaq-traded company in which GFP owned an 80% interest. Sypris succeeded to Group Technologies and became listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SYPR. Each of the four companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of Sypris.
1997: Bell is renamed Bell Technologies, Inc.
February 9, 1996: Bell acquired the assets of the instrumentation products business unit of Metrum, Inc. from Group Technologies Corporation. These operations are headquartered in Littleton, Colorado.
1996: Bell acquired Teslatronics from its principal shareholder.
January 31, 1995: Bell acquired Associated Testing Laboratories (?ATL?) from Publicker Industries, Inc. ATL provides environmental and dynamic testing services and screening of electronic and other components at laboratories in Wayne, NJ and Burlington, MA.
December 1992: Bell acquires Viking Laboratories and the Instrumentation Services business from Alliant Techsystems, Inc. This includes lab locations in: Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Mountain View and Van Nuys, CA; Atlanta, GA; Addison, IL; Hanover, MD; Beaver Creek and Brooklyn Heights, OH; Richardson and San Antonio, TX; Newton, MA; Orlando, FL and Farmington Hills, MI. Concurrent with these acquisitions, GFP merged CTL into Bell.
November 6, 1986: GFP buys Bell with annual sales over $6 million and CTL from Allegheny. The ?new? Bell is incorporated in Florida.
1983: Robert E. Gill and Jeffrey T. Gill start Group Financial Partners, Inc. (?GFP?), a private holding company with an initial strategy to acquire divisions of Fortune 500 companies which were viewed to be underperforming.
1982: Bell adds 20,000 square feet to its Orlando facility.
1979: Bell relocates its operations from Ohio to 6120 Hanging Moss Road in Orlando, Florida. The building was completed in March 1979 and operations began on April 1.
1967: Bell is acquired by Allegheny International, Inc. then known as Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc.
1963: Continental Testing Laboratories, Inc. is founded as a tester of electronic components located in central Florida. CTL is acquired by Allegheny International, Inc. in 1978.
March 3, 1944: F.W. Bell, Inc. is incorporated in Delaware by Floyd W. Bell to pursue the business potential of combining the scientific principle known as the Hall effect with the emerging capabilities of semiconductors. Operations are conducted in Ohio.