27 Jan
2017
27 Jan
'17
3:46 p.m.
Found this on
http://www.biotechprofiles.com/madisonCompanies/legacy/default.aspx
Tracor Northern
Founded as Northern Scientific in the early 1960s by William F. Buffo
and Robert Schumann (who also founded Nicolet).
In 1966, the company was sold to Tracor Inc., adopting the name Tracor
Northern
In mid-1980s, Tracor Inc. was purchased by Westmark Inc.
In 1990, Tracor Northern changed its name to Noran Instruments when
Westmark Inc. sold its instrument division to Baker Hughes Inc.
In 1994, Noran's 200 person Madison operation was acquired by Thermo
Electron's Thermo Instrument Systems (fka Nicolet Instrument Corp.).
Wayne Sudol
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
There is a small chance someone at Nicolet may
remember this
Tracor/Northern was in Middleton, very near by.
I don't remember if this was the origin of their DSO line
http://www.theoscilloscopeshop.com/nicolet-oscilloscopes.html
On 1/26/17 11:07 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: