Fluke Corporation

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Fluke Corporation
Other forms of name
Fluke Corp
Fluke (Firm)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Electronics
High technology
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 152748816
Wikidata: Q1434157
Library of congress: no 96053552
BGU10: 000040898
Sources of Information
  • Fluke website, August 1, 2018:why professionals choose Fluke (Our company was founded by John Fluke in Springdale, Connecticut, USA in 1948. In 1953, the company was incorporated in the US state of Washington state as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company, Inc.)
  • HistoryLink, August 1, 2018:Fluke, John Maurice Sr. (1911-1984) (founder of the John Fluke Engineering Co., later known as Fluke Corp. Fluke was discharged from the Navy in 1946; after two years, started the John Fluke Engineering Co. in his basement workshop in Springdale, Connecticut. In 1952, he bought an old cabinet shop at 1111 W. Nickerson Street in Seattle. Fluke outgrew the Seattle shop and moved the company, first to Mountlake Terrace, & then again in 1981 to Everett)
  • Its Annual report, 1993:cover p. 2 (Fluke Corporation) cover p. 4 (Fluke; Fluke Corporation)
  • John Fluke Mfg. Co. Annual report, 1976:t.p. (Fluke) cover p. 2 (John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 17 August 2023(Fluke Corporation; Fluke was bought by the Danaher Corporation in 1998; Danaher spun off several subsidiaries, including Fluke, in 2016 to create Fortive)
  • Its Annual report, 1993:cover p. 2 (Fluke Corporation); cover p. 4 (Fluke; Fluke Corporation)
  • Phone call to company, 10-7-96:(John Fluke Mfg. Co. changed its name to Fluke Corporation, August 1993)