SIC 3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 3829

This industry is comprised of companies primarily engaged in manufacturing a multitude of miscellaneous monitoring instruments. Major industry product segments include aircraft engine instruments; nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments; commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general-purpose instruments and equipment; and physical properties testing and inspection equipment. This industry also encompasses companies that produce selected surveying and drafting supplies, such as transits, slide rules, and T-squares, as well as other measuring and controlling devices. For more information on the history of measuring devices, see other entries in SIC group 382.

NAICS CODE(S)

339112

Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

334519

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing

This industry was fragmented in comparison to other U.S. manufacturing sectors, with a large variety of product specializations. The overall industry leader in 2001 was Thermo Electron Corp. of Waltham, Massachusetts, with sales of $2.2 billion and 12,000 employees. Despite a small decline, the company was stable, with 2003 sales of $2.1 billion and 10,800 employees. In second place was Vishay Intertechnology Inc. of Malvern, Pennsylvania, with 2001 sales of $1.8 billion and 21,400 employees. Rounding out the top three was Westinghouse Savannah River Co. of Aiken, South Carolina, with $1.6 billion in sales and 12,400 employees. In the trace detection segment of the industry, Ion Track commanded a full 50 percent of the market share.

The main customers of the aircraft engine instruments segment were General Electric (GE), United Technologies, Rolls Royce, and other aircraft manufacturers. The sector shipped temperature, pressure, vacuum, fuel and oil flow-rate sensors, and other measuring devices. Growth in this market is linked to aircraft production.

Most of the products shipped by the nuclear radiation detection and monitoring segment were shipped to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, and nuclear power plants. These products included radiation detection instruments, radiation dosage monitoring instruments, pulse analyzers, and nuclear spectrometers. The segment's growth hinges on defense research and development (R&D) spending.

Commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general-purpose instruments and equipment is a large segment in the measuring and controlling...