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BURNDY, founded July 19, 1924 under the name of BURNDY Engineering Company in Brooklyn, New York is a global manufacturer of connectors, installation tooling and accessory products for the electrical industry. The BURNDY name is an acronym based on its founder, Dr. Bern Dibner, electrical engineer, industrialist, historian and creator of the Burndy Library (now located in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA).

BURNDY remained family-owned until 1988 when it was obtained by Framatome Connectors International (to be later branded as FCI), a French-based connector manufacturer primarily known within the nuclear field. November 2005, FCI was acquired by Bain Capital. In October of 2009, the BURNDY segment only was acquired by HUBBELL Incorporated. BURNDY is now part of the HUBBELL Electrical Systems family of companies, HUBBELL is listed on the New York Stock Exchange; the symbol is HUB.B.

Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA; BURNDY operates five manufacturing facilities (three in the US, one each in Mexico and Brazil), all locations are ISO 9000 certified. The two manufacturing facilities in Lincoln and Littleton, New Hampshire are ISO 14001 certified as well.

Products and Services

BURNDY supplys electrical products servicing industries such as; Commercial, Construction and Industrial; Residential; Military; Aerospace; Nuclear; Renewable Energies; Telecommunications; OEM/MRO; and Utility Market in applications such as Transmission, Substation, and Distribution.

These industries are supported by the following product lines:

Mechanical & Compression Connectors
Copper Bus
Small Terminal Connectors
Identification
Installation tools, dies and tooling accessories
Contractor Tools
Terminals
Power connectors
Heat shrink
Oxide Inhibitor products
Substation Products
Transmission Products
Wire Management (Carts, Caddies)
Implosive connectors
Grounding Products
Hardware
Cable ties

Reference(s)

Bern Dibner
Bern Dibner Memorial
[http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/atlantic-cable/ Bern Dibner's Book - The Atlantic

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