User:Richbnh/Burndy

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 power industry|

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


 * BURNDY Library
 * Huntington Library


 * EE Times Article - "Bain Capital buys FCI from Areva"
 * Business Wire Article - "HUBBELL Completes Purchase of BURNDY"