group of companies type private industry pulp paper packaging founded 1931 headquarters new castle de usa products laboratory equipment number of employees 100 subsidiaries testing machines inc. b chel bv fibro system ab lako seal testers tmi canada tmi shanghai ltd. website http www.testingmachines.com the tmi group of companies is a multi national organization that manufactures and markets physical property testing instruments for the packaging paper pulp plastic film foil ink coatings nonwoven textile adhesives and corrugated industries . the tmi group of companies consists of testing machines inc. delaware usa b chel bv netherlands fibro system ab sweden lako seal testers delaware usa tmi canada and tmi shanghai ltd. china . contents 1 history 2 current activities 3 references 4 external links history edit tmi was founded in 1931 in new york primarily as a distributor of laboratory testing instruments . since then it has expanded to not only distribute but also design and manufacture instruments . since 2009 the tmi group has made five global acquisitions . in 2010 the headquarters relocated from ronkonkoma ny to the current green energy facility in new castle de . 1 2 3 current activities edit the tmi group s corporate headquarters are located in new castle delaware in a 20 000 square foot green energy building . 1 the facility is equipped with 160 solar panels geo thermal heating and cooling and led lighting . 4 5 in 2011 tmi was presented the delaware small business administration s family owned business of the year award . 6 on march 14 2014 tmi was acquired by union park capital a boston based private equity firm . the tmi group s headquarters in new castle de solar panels on the roof of the headquarters micrometer by mts references edit a b 80 year old company relocates headquarters to delaware . whyy news . more jobs come to delaware . wdel news . tmi group of companies celebrates 80 years of providing testing instruments . tmi group . testing machines inc. chooses new castle delaware for manufacturing and hq . area development online . governor jack markell s update . official governor s blog state of delaware . delaware s small businesses get big honors . the news journal . external links edit tmi website fibro system ab website union park website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tmi group of companies & oldid 723630845 categories multinational companies headquartered in the united statesmanufacturing companies based in delawarecompanies based in new castle county delawareamerican companies established in 1931manufacturing companies established in 19311931 establishments in new york 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 4 june 2016 at 05 27 . 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