About Us

History:

Founded in 1903, H-B Instrument Company proudly embraces the old world traditions of precision craftsmanship brought from Germany and new world computerized order entry, tracking, state of the art material requirements planning, and manufacturing. Together these features position this ISO 9001:2000 registered, ISO/IEC Guide 17025:2005 - A2LA accredited company as a world class manufacturer.

With over a century of experience, H-B has achieved worldwide distinction in the manufacturing of time, temperature, density and weather related instruments as well as power controls. Sales, marketing, and manufacturing are headquartered in Trappe, PA USA. Strategic distributors and representative organizations supply sales and support in over 41 countries. H-B continues to expand globally with its products used daily in over 190 countries.

HBE International, Inc. is a subsidiary of H-B Instrument Company founded in 1993. HBE focuses on the needs and requirements of the education market catering to grades K through 12. HBE’s staff searches the globe for the best science instruments for teachers and students maintaining high quality products demonstrating both value and economy for the school budget.

Manufacturing:

H-B Instrument Company has been a world class manufacturer of temperature and density instruments since 1903, calibrating and manufacturing precision instruments in its Trappe, PA USA factory.

H-B and HBE maintain a strong dedication to service and reliability, from associates to products. Every step from order entry to shipping of finalized product is automated using electronic data exchange (EDI), bar coding, computerized order entry, tracking, quality control, and production analysis.

Private labeling and tailored packaging offer distributors and OEM’s flexible custom programs to gain repeat sales. Consignment inventory, comprehensive warehousing support, and process quality control yield competitive costs resulting in a substantial cost savings to our customers and low maintenance for our distributors.

Quality:

H-B Instrument Company, HBE International, Inc. and our associates embrace a Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy, applicable from raw materials to customer service. Production is completely automated for statistical process control and accounting while fully integrated into our ISO 9001:2000 system.

H-B and HBE technicians adhere to applicable standards established by ACS, ANSI/SAMA, API, ASTM, CSA, DKD, IPTS 90, IRS, NEC, NEMA, NIST, A2LA, ISO/IEC Guide 17025, ISO 14001 and UL. Statements of Accuracy and Reports of Calibration are issued with corrections to one-tenth of the smallest calibration. Accuracy traceable to NIST (USA) and DKD (Europe) is standard practice - while traceability to other world-class standards (ILAC) are recognized. CE and RoHS compliance are standard on products where applicable.

Commitment:

The H-B and HBE teams have years of experience that result in service excellence. Highly trained research, development and production personnel are devoted to new ideas and the latest advancements. Customer service, sales, and marketing staffs thrive on new innovations, seek creative representation of products, and demonstrate their objective to guarantee customer satisfaction and deliver value.

The number of years associates have dedicated their service at H-B and HBE indicates management’s loyalty to associates as well as to customers. New equipment research and implementation for streamlining the production process is a continuous program. Constant refinements of systems never stop. People are our greatest asset. Satisfying customers is our mission.