Company: Burle Industries
City: Lancaster
Country: USA
url: http://www.burle.com
Burle Industries Inc is a global manufacturer and supplier of specialized electron tubes and electro-optic products. Burle is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA with additional locations in Sturbridge, Massachusetts USA, Germany, United Kingdom, and Mexico. BURLE manufactures Power Tubes and Cavities, Photomultiplier Tubes, Imaging Tubes and Power Supplies, Channeltron® Mass Spec Detectors, Microchannel Plates, Advanced Performance Detectors and Flexible Fiber Optics.
Burle Industries is the successor to the RCA Corporation, New Products Division. The Lancaster facility was opened in 1942 as a US Navy plant operated by RCA for the manufacture of radio and microwave tubes. After WWII, the facility was acquired by RCA and became the base for development and production of commercial television products. In subsequent years other products were added. These included image tubes, photomultiplier tubes, motion- sensing light control switches, and closed circuit video systems. In 1983, the New Products Division was formed with the existing product lines. The 1986 acquisition of RCA by General Electric Company resulted in the divestiture of the Division.
On July 14, 1987, the management team, led by Dr. Erich Burlefinger, purchased the Division and founded Burle Industries Inc.
