1967 | ICP® (Integrated-Circuit-Piezoelectric) sensors developed and marketed. |
1971 | Development of the 100,000 g high-shock, ICP®, quartz accelerometer completed. |
1972 | Introduction of Impulse Hammers to excite structures for resonance searching and troubleshooting applications. |
1973 | The first rugged, industrial-grade, ICP® accelerometer produced to serve the emerging machinery health monitoring market. |
1975 | PCB® recognized as the largest U.S. manufacturer of quartz, ICP® sensors. |
1977 | Employees brave driving snow storms to continue sensor production during the "Blizzard of 1977". |
1982 | Structcel® Modal Array Sensing System developed to ease sensor installation and reduce set-up time on large scale modal surveys. |
1983 | Modally-Tuned® Impulse Hammers win IR-100 Award as one of the top 100 technical developments for the year. |
1984 | 128 Channel Data Harvester provides sensor power and speeds modal analysis by offering automatic bank switching capability. |
1986 | A milestone in precision vibration measurements as the first commercial, quartz, shear-structured, ICP® accelerometer is developed. |
1992 | IMI (Industrial Monitoring Instrumentation) Division of PCB® established to concentrate on the expanding predictive maintenance market. |
1992 | AVC (Active Vibration Control) Division of PCB® established to concentrate on noise and vibration control products. |
1993 | Worlds smallest, all-welded, hermetically sealed, ICP® single axis and triaxial accelerometers developed. |
1995 | Underwriters Laboratory certifies PCB® to the International Quality Standard ISO-9001. |
1996 | OST (Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc.), a PCB® Group Company, produces first, automatically fabricated, piezoelectric sensor. |
1997 | PCB® introduces several new technologies: capacitive accelerometers, multi-component load cells, piezo strain gages, ICP® microphone preamplifiers, Modular electronic series. |
1998 | 14 new direct domestic and international sales offices are opened. |
1998 | PCB® manufacturing facility expands to 100,000 sq ft. at Depew, NY campus. |
1999 | PCB® Group acquires Larson Davis acoustic division to supplement acoustic product offerings. |
2004 | PCB® purchases Now-Tech, a privately owned machine shop, to make parts for other companies. Shortly thereafter, Now-Tech changed the name to PCB Machining Solutions Inc. |
2004 | PCB® opens the San Clemente office, advanced design engineering center focusing on DC and MEMS applications. |
2005 | PCB® expands manufacturing capability through construction of a new production facility in North Carolina that focuses only on stock products. |
2008 | PCB Piezotronics, Inc. announces Lifetime Warranty Plus. |
2008 | PCB® sensors are featured on Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” program. |
2009 | PCB® acquires assets of RS Technologies Ltd, a leading supplier of load cells, torque transducers, wheel force transducers, and fastening/assembly test equipment. |
2010 | PCB® purchases the Wine Merchant building in Depew, NY, which later becomes the machining center. |
2010 | Larson Davis Vibrameter awarded Gold award at the Sensor Conference in Chicago. |
2011 | PCB® adds 52,000 sq.ft. machining center at Depew, NY campus. |
2011 | PCB® launches Platinum Stock Products program to emphasize its most popular models with lifetime warranty and in-stock guarantee. |
2012 | PCB® obtains international accreditation for Test and Measurement Acoustic Products from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). |
2012 | PCB® enhances acoustic design capability with the new anechoic chamber, a state-of-the-art environment for testing new microphone designs. |
2016 | PCB Group, Inc. was acquired by MTS Systems Corporation in July 2016. The combination positions MTS as the leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and positional sensors, and now a leader in dynamic sensing technologies. The PCB portfolio of sensors for research and development and machinery health monitoring complements the broad range of positional sensors from MTS Sensors, a division of MTS Systems Corporation. |
2017 | NADCAP approved. |
2020 | Crystals facility opened in July 2020. PCB expands its piezoelectric ceramic and quartz crystal manufacturing operation to a brand new facility; boasts electroless chemical plating capability, custom electrical testing equipment, and machining of complex shapes with tight tolerances. |
2021 | Amphenol (NYSE: APH) completes acquisition of MTS Systems. At the same time, Amphenol has entered into an agreement to sell the MTS Test & Simulation business to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW). |