and installation tooling founded 1924 products tools fittings and connectors number of employees approximately 1200 website www.burndy.com burndy llc is a manufacturer of connectors fittings and tools for electrical utilities commercial industrial and maintenance companies . the company headquartered in manchester new hampshire has approximately 1 200 employees and operates three manufacturing facilities in the northeastern united states in brazil and in mexico . burndy manufactures connectors for splicing tapping terminating conducting or grounding and provides certification and testing of tool and connector products to the following standards ance ansi satm csa iec ieee military nema nupic slma sae ul . contents 1 history 2 awards and recognition 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit burndy founder bern dibner the company was founded in 1924 as burndy engineering company by science historian and civic leader bern dibner.the corporate name burndy was derived from a contraction of dr. dibner s first name and last initial . while employed as an engineer unifying the electrical system in cuba dr. dibner identified the urgent need for improved methods for connecting electrical conductors and joining power system substations . he proceeded to design a universal connector requiring neither soldering nor welding which enabled a unified grid . he patented and fabricated his design then formed his company with an investment of just 5000 . 1 building on a technical foundation of 24 patents granted to him for connector design he guided the growth of burndy until his retirement as chairman in 1972 . in 1956 the burndy corporation went public and was bought by the french corporation framatome connectors international fci in 1988 . 2 in 2009 burndy was acquired and became a subsidiary of hubbell nyse huba hubb . 3 in europe the former burndy europe fci s electrical power interconnect division is now part of the sicame group and known as sbi connectors espana . burndy today is a global organization that manufactures of electrical connectors for the commercial industrial utility renewable energies telecommunications and oem markets . in addition to his association with the company he founded bern dibner is frequently identified with one of the world s leading collections of source material in the history of science the burndy library . dr. dibner s son david dibner had a more than 30 year career at the burndy corporation and served as chairman prior to his death in 2005 . awards and recognition edit burndy received the ted best of the best 2009 events award for hosting a dibner hall reception along with an associated reprint of the 1929 burndy bus catalog . the award recognized the best electrical marketing campaigns fielded in 2008 for which more than 300 entries were submitted . an exhibit at dibner hall located at the huntington library in san marino california is called beautiful science ideas that changed the world and highlights four areas of exploration astronomy natural history medicine and light . 4 in 2008 burndy won awards as supplier of the year from wesco international inc. and border states industries inc. and received a graybar electric company inc. award for innovation . 3 see also edit dibner institute for the history of science and technology electrical connector references edit 1 . framatone acquires burndy a b company news ; hubbell agrees to acquire burndy burndy wins ted award . external links edit burndy llc the huntington library hubbell incorporated retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title burndy & oldid 736357983 categories manufacturing companies based in new hampshirecompanies established in 1924electrical equipment manufacturershidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 22 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view