Customers around the world depend upon Metrix products to monitor vibration on gas and steam turbines, motors, compressors, pumps, generators, gear boxes,paper machines and cooling towers. The company serves and supports global industries including chemical, power generation, oil and gas, water and wastewater,metals and minerals, pulp and paper, and food processing.

Metrix Instrument Company was founded in 1965 in Houston, Texas. It was the first company to offer 4-20 mA vibration transmitters for seismic and proximity monitoring. This greatly simplified the process of vibration monitoring and reduced its cost. The company is focused on customer-driven research and development.Metrix’s commitment to innovation and product reliability continues to produce more firsts. Recent advancements include a loop-powered impact transmitter to detect mechanical looseness in reciprocating machines,and their proprietary circuit for independent polarity IPT™ which ensures that transmitters cannot be wired wrong. It also has direct replacements for Bently Nevada Systems Series 3000, 3300 and 7200. Since 1992, Metrix has been ISO 9001 certified.

Roper Industries(NYSE=ROP) acquired Metrix in 1995, and the company began to expandits global presence by adding three regional sales and serviceoffices.In 1998, Roper Industries acquired PMC/BETA and combined it with Metrix, furtherincreasing and strengthening the product line. Today, Metrix operates in over40 countries and is a Limited Partnership of Roper Industries, a $700 milliondiversified provider of engineered products in analytical instrumentation,industrial controls and fluid handling.