NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORP.

Company Overview

Founded in 1976, National Instruments Corp. is a developer of computer-based instrumentation hardware and software products used in a wide range of industries, spread across two large markets: test and measurement, and manufacturing automation. This includes specialty interface cards for general commercial, manufacturing, and scientific applications.

The company’s instrumentation hardware and graphical software convert standard PCs into manufacturing automation and test and measurement systems. These “virtual instruments” can observe, measure, and control electrical signals and physical attributes, such as voltage and pressure. The company also offers programming environments called LabVIEW and Measurement Studio for creating customizable graphical interfaces, controlling instruments, and capturing and analyzing data. National Instruments provides test management software for running automated factory test systems. Customers outside of the Americas account for more than half of sales.

National Instruments Corp. offers products that primarily serve scientists and engineers involved in test and measurement applications and manufacturing automation systems. The company creates flexible application software and modular, multifunctional hardware that combines with industry-standard personal computers and workstations to create user-defined “virtual instruments,” providing productivity tools for scientists and engineers to do their experimentation, R&D, and manufacture of products. Virtual instrumentation systems are used by the automotive, biomedical, telecommunications, electronics, and aerospace industries. The company’s products are also used in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries, and the tools are used to aid in tracking factory operations and control equipment.

Company's Business Segments

• Software Services : This segment includes provideing Software-Defined Platform, Virtual Instrumentation , Automated Test Equipment Products for different industries like Academic and Researchers, Aerospace, Defense, Government, Electronics, Energy and many other industries.