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I confess that it is uneven because I spent most of my career there in the detector business and this is what I know best. I have sought help from other employees and former employees to flesh out the history of other product lines. These individuals are credited as contributors on the chapters they helped write. Over time Canberra acquired several companies in the nuclear instruments field each having a history of its own. I solicited help from people involved with these companies in providing a pre-acquisition history of many of them.

Those helping with this are credited on those chapters as well. This is a history of the Canberra instruments business. Although the Canberra Clinical Laboratory business was a big factor in our early history it is not part of this story. Neither is Packard Instruments or Packard Bioscience which transformed the company in later years. It has not been easy to identify highlights with specific years so there may be errors in these assignments. No doubt there are many deserving events that have not been recorded in this work simply because memory is limited and imperfect.

More importantly there are literally hundreds and hundreds of current and former Canberra employees whose efforts contributed significantly to the success of the company. I regret that it is impossible to identify all of them and to credit them with their contributions. Special thanks to Roger Conway who helped organize the material and created the website for it. Finally, as this work is published on line, there is an opportunity for feedback including corrections, additions, and complaints from knowledgeable readers.

I welcome this and will endeavor to update the material as time and faculties permit. If you would like to be heard in this regard please contact me at this website.

It was later observed that they had probably overpaid. Emery and Chuck got together with their investment partners to rename the company. To keep their diversification opportunities open, they wanted to avoid strictly technical names which might not serve them through diversification into disparate businesses, should that occur. Eventually they got around to place names and then to world capitals. The choice came down to Canberra Industries or Pretoria Industries and they chose the former.

In retrospect we can agree that this early decision was a good one! At that time Ford was actively looking for investment opportunities in small innovative companies, and Canberra, because of the DataNIM sale to Ford Research, came to the attention of the person who had responsibility for identifying and evaluating opportunities. This preferred stock sale gave Canberra a shot of much needed cash at a good time.

The stock was retired under very favorable terms a few years later. So if DataNIM never became a highly profitable product line it did make a significant contribution after all! Moved to Dominel Press building, where they printed comic books, on Gracey Ave. Divisions except Detectors are bleeding cash and the company is going more deeply into debt despite Ford infusion. The Canberra Clinical Laboratory began buying up smaller labs on the way to becoming the largest clinical laboratory in Connecticut.

Mike Charland Norden joined Canberra as digital design expert. Became VP of Engineering during illustrious career. Added 30, sq.

Mike Yocum joined the company, developed HPGe detector technology, and much, much more since. Sam Knoll leaves Canberra and moves to Virginia Beach, forges new career in the supplements business. Three-Mile Island nuclear accident leads to a flurry of activity in the nuclear power market. Ben Compo established joint venture with the Chinese government for distribution and service, a doomed partnership of un-equals!

Re-named it Canberra Semiconductor, Inc. Mike Catalano joins Canberra from Yale, designs new Mixer-Routers enroute to a highly varied career at Canberra and in various roles at Packard. Established Canberra Detectors, N. Began renovation of the Meriden Hub, as headquarters. Another money pit it turns out. Agreed to buy Radiation Management Corporation from a syndicate of 6 utilities, gaining services of one Frazier Bronson. Who knew what impact he would have on the business?

What could be more promising? It is believed that Danny never lost an order thereafter! Gene Sengstock put in charge. Nuclear Power Market slumped. China market grows and is supported by long visits Ed Fisher and even longer stays by Steve Hanchryk. Detector Products Division gained on all fronts except for Canberra Semiconductor crystal growing. Gained tax-free status for 10 years. You would have to ask Gladys Knight about that.

Long investigation absolved Canberra of wrongdoing. Reagan did not ride to the rescue! Bought Packard Instruments from United Technologies, probably the most important event in the history of the company, certainly the most important acquisition.

April Chernobyl nuclear accident gave a boost to Instrument and Systems sales and set the stage for an expanded market in environmental monitoring. Roger Linnemann, the founder of RMC. Divested the RMC Environmental Services Division, which among other activities, trucked fish annually past a dam in Pennsylvania in spawning season, saving their customer the cost of a fish ladder. Introduced the Ultra-LEGe Detector, disproving the prevailing theory that germanium detectors are intrinsically flawed for energies below 3 keV.

Consolidation of Nuclear Data operations within Canberra. This was an amazing combination of former arch enemies especially in the sales teams — joining the same side for the same objectives. Shipments of slightly damp instruments began about a week later after massive clean-up effort. Bought the Research Parkway facility and began move from the Hub.

Ben Campagnuolo focused on Russia and Eastern Europe with great success, teaching Oleg Toritzin to swear in several languages. Great year for Detector Products, Applied Systems and Customer Service despite slight decline in total nuclear instruments business. Canberra website launched, www. Got back into the Alpha-Beta business with the Tennelec LB product line that, years earlier, had our lunch.

Guess why we changed that name! It has been successfully tested for power. No function testing was applied at this time. Click on the blue Enlarge button inside of the listing, not the one near the title, to see more pix of the unit.

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