private industry personal protective equipment founded 1985 headquarters pittsburgh key people justin mcelhattan ceo products gas detectors revenue us 200 million 2007 number of employees 850 website 1 industrial scientific corporation or isc develops manufactures and services fixed and portable gas detection equipment . key markets include utilities chemical production oil and gas steel and coke paper industry fire service construction military insurance companies food and drinks and general industry . industrial scientific corporation is active worldwide either direct or through distributors . industrial scientific corporation is based in the pittsburgh suburb of oakdale in pennsylvania . 1 2 the pittsburgh operations does manufacturing development and services of isc products in the usa . industrial scientific has major operations in shanghai china ; arras france ; and dortmund germany . 3 the company s competitors include mine safety appliances rae systems and dr ger . 4 isc was founded in 1976 as research and development department of the national mine service company nms . 5 this department had been founded to develop portable detection equipment for methane . in 1985 nms sold this department to part of the departments management and isc started operation as a private company . 6 in 2006 isc acquired oldham s.a. of arras france a company primarily manufacturing fixed gas monitoring systems . 7 in 2008 isc acquired dbo2 a company using a self developed data mining software to predict and forestall safety problems primarily in the building industry . 8 v t e pittsburgh corporations within the pittsburgh metro area fortune 500 headquarters u.s. steel pnc financial services ppg industries kraft heinz mylan wesco international consol energy dick s sporting goods allegheny technologies forbes largest private companies headquarters 84 lumber giant eagle other corporation headquarters american bridge american eagle outfitters ampco pittsburgh ansys armstrong communications atlas america bruster s ice cream calgon carbon chemadvisor college prowler compunetix dollar bank dqe energy eat n park edmc eqt energy federated investors gnc guru.com highmark h. laughlin china igate ii vi incorporated iron city brewing company kennametal koppers marc usa millcraft industries mine safety appliances niche.com oxford development ptc alliance rue21 university of pittsburgh medical center vocelli pizza wabtec companies with split headquarters alcoa modcloth nova chemicals subsidiary company headquarters allegheny energy bayer usa fedex ground glaxosmithkline usa lanxess respironics vivisimo westinghouse electric company outside companies with strong pittsburgh relations bny mellon formerly mellon financial dreyfus corporation eaton corporation spreadshirt macy s list of corporations in pittsburgh references edit paul j. gough pittsburgh business times . industrial scientific to add 40 jobs . aug 16 2012 . retrieved jan 15 2013 . andrea iglar pittsburgh post gazette . industrial scientific moving to robinson . aug 9 2012 . retrieved jan 15 2013 . crunchbase . industrial scientific . retrieved apr 11 2013 . wikinvest . competition . retrieved apr 26 2013 . bloomberg businessweek . company overview of industrial scientific corporation . retrieved apr 10 2013 . the pennsylvania freemason . a modern day renaissance man . retrieved apr 10 2013 . kim leonard highbeam research . industrial acquires oldham . may 13 2006 . retrieved apr 8 2013 . laura walter highbeam business . industrial scientific acquires dbo2 . community . feb 1 2008 . retrieved apr 8 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title industrial scientific corporation & oldid 743628074 categories companies based in pittsburghmanufacturing companies based in pittsburgh pennsylvaniacompanies established in 1985hidden 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 10 october 2016 at 13 17 . 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