equipment and portable printers founded waltham ma usa 1971 headquarters nashua nh website extech.com extech instruments is a full line supplier of handheld electronic measuring equipment other handheld measuring instruments and portable printers . extech is based in nashua new hampshire and was founded in 1971 now employing more than 80 people with gross revenues in 2004 of us 27 million . extech also has facilities in hong kong and taiwan . divisions edit extech instruments has two divisions instruments thermal imager multimeters dmm clamp meters air flow meters light meters sound meters tachometers pressure meters calibrators water quality meters moisture meters humidity meters contact and non contact thermometers ir power supplies fiber optic meters emf strength meters portable printers extech instruments s handheld test instruments are sold through a network of national catalog houses regional stocking distributors and international distributors . in addition to its us headquarters extech operates two design manufacturing and warehousing facilities in taiwan and hong kong and has a sales office in shanghai china . for the year ending dec. 31 2006 extech reported revenue of 39.2 million . flir systems announced in october 2007 it will acquire the stock of extech instruments corp. a private supplier of test and measurement equipment and portable receipt printers based in waltham mass . for 40 million cash . 1 2 3 flir said the move will expand its access to distribution channels for its thermography products and provide access to low cost manufacturing in asia . the transaction subject to standard closing conditions is expected to close in the fourth quarter and to be neutral to earnings in 2008 and accretive in subsequent years . references edit extech instruments to be acquired . boston business journal . october 25 2007 . retrieved 2008 11 05 . flir to buy waltham s extech instruments . mass high tech the journal of new england technology . october 26 2007 . retrieved 2008 11 05 . waltham based extech instruments corporation announces agreement to be acquired by flir systems inc. . extech instruments corporation press release . november 12 2007 . retrieved 2008 11 05 . external links edit corporate web site corporate profile for extech instruments dated 06 12 2002 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title extech instruments & oldid 609672724 categories electronic test equipment manufacturers 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 22 may 2014 at 13 56 . 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