manufacturer founder stephen a. brooks headquarters hatfield pa united states products thermal mass flow controllers meters coriolis mass flow controllers meters variable area flow meters aka rotameters direct liquid injection vaporizer systems ultrasonic liquid flow controllers pressure products cylinder scales vacuum capacitance manometers level measurement products number of employees 500 website brooksinstrument.com brooks instrument is a manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment based in hatfield pa . it was a division of emerson nyse emr until december 31 2007 when it was sold to american industrial partners capital fund iv aip for approximately 100 million in cash . 1 in january 2012 brooks instrument was acquired by itw for an unspecified amount . 2 its products include thermal mass flow controllers meters coriolis mass flow controllers meters variable area meters aka rotameters level products direct liquid injection systems and more . a range of accessories such as pressure controllers valves and secondary instrumentation is also offered . manufacturing of brooks products is based in hatfield pa usa facility with additional facilities in the netherlands hungary and japan . 3 brooks instrument is certified to iso 9001 2008 . founded in 1946 by stephen a. brooks brooks instrument was originally based in lansdale pennsylvania . the company was built on the strength of an innovative side plate dowel pin principle of rotameter construction which is today the basis of one of the company s more important product lines . in 1958 the company developed a new streamlined laboratory flow meter named sho rate and a new type of full view rotameter with an improved packaging seal that represents one of the first innovations for the glass tube rotameter in 20 years . references edit emerson sells brooks instrument new release http seekingalpha.com article 329442 illinois tool works management discusses q4 2011 results earnings call transcript businessweek corporate profile external links edit brooksinstrument.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brooks instrument & oldid 743214837 categories flow control data companies based in montgomery county pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 19461946 establishments in pennsylvania 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 8 october 2016 at 15 09 . 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