Founded in 1975, Microcom Environmental designs and manufactures instrumentation, satellite communications equipment, and data systems for environmental monitoring. The company grew from Microcom Design’s research and development work into a dedicated environmental division, and it remains the prime contractor for NOAA’s GOES Data Collection System receive systems. From its Hunt Valley base, Microcom builds custom, integrated monitoring solutions that carry data from the field through reception and presentation.
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Columbus InstrumentsSince 1970, Columbus Instruments has designed and manufactured scientific instruments for monitoring behavior and physiology in laboratory animals, along with environmental research systems. Founded by Dr. Jan Czekajewski, the Columbus, Ohio company pioneered commercially available activity monitors and indirect calorimetry, later developing its Micro-Oxymax respirometer in response to EPA remediation research after the Exxon Valdez spill. Its in-house engineering team continues to build customizable instruments used by researchers worldwide, with more than 21,000 scientific citations.COLUMBUS, OH
Comtech Telecommunications CorpFounded in 1967 as Comtech Laboratories in Smithtown, New York, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has spent more than half a century developing communications technology for demanding environments. Now headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, the company is known for secure satellite communications that support military missions and public safety systems worldwide.ANNAPOLIS, MD
SensaphoneFamily-owned since 1985, Sensaphone is an Aston, Pennsylvania manufacturer known for building remote environmental monitoring systems in the United States. Its equipment helps organizations watch conditions at unattended or sensitive facilities and receive early warning when something changes, with more than 400,000 systems in use worldwide.ASTON, PA
RainWiseSince 1974, RainWise has built its identity around American-made weather instrumentation and the inventive work of founder John Baer. The privately owned Pennsylvania company became known for its tipping-bucket rain gauge design and first digital weather station, and today operates from Nielsen-Kellerman’s production facility in Boothwyn. Its equipment turns local weather conditions into usable data for professional and industrial users.BOOTHWYN, PA