VTI Instruments Corporation sells precision instrumentation for electronic signal distribution, data acquisition and monitoring.[1] The company's products are used to automate the functional testing of complex electronic systems as well as to monitor and record data that characterizes the physical integrity of aircraft, engines, and other large structures.

VTI Instruments Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryAerospace, Defense, Power & Energy
FoundedIrvine, CA (1990)
HeadquartersIrvine, CA
Websitewww.powerandtest.com

Formerly known as VXI Technology, it changed its name in 2009.[2] VTI serves the following markets: aerospace, defense, and energy and power generation. VTI's headquarters is located in Irvine, California.

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Founded in 1990, VTI initially developed prototyping tools and offered custom design services. By 1997, VTI had introduced two new VXI-based instrumentation and signal switching platforms for functional test/ATE – the VMIP and SMIP series. In 2003, VTI purchased Agilent's mechanical test business unit,[3] which expanded the company's product offering to address precision data acquisition and signal conditioning applications.

In 2005, VTI cofounded the LXI standard,[4] an Ethernet-based instrumentation platform for both rack and distributed applications. VTI's first LXI Class A products were on the market by 2006 .[5] In 2009, VTI introduced the EX1266 as the industry's first LXI Class A[6] modular switching and measurement system.[7]

On February 10, 2014 VTI Instruments was acquired by Ametek, Inc., Berwyn, PA, for a reported price of $74 million. VTI Instruments annual sales at the time were approximately $38 million.[8]

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  1. ^ "VTI Instruments Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. ^ "VXI Technology Changes Name to VTI Instruments". Press release. Reuters. February 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "LXI | LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation | Agilent Technologies and VXI Technology Announce Next-Generation LAN-Based Modular Platform Standard for Automated Test Systems". Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  5. ^ http://www.lxistandard.org/products/Conformant LXI Devices 2009-04-30.pdf [dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.lxistandard.org/products/Conformant LXI Devices 2009-04-30.pdf [dead link]
  7. ^ "Switch/Measurement Subsystem has high-density architecture. Page 825288".
  8. ^ WSJ MarketWatch
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