Founded in 1963, Wavetek was an electronic test equipment manufacturer that made function generators, signal generators and service monitors.[2] Although Wavetek did not invent the function generator, it made them commercially popular. The company faced a decline starting in the late 1970s, which eventually resulted in their sale to Torrey Investments in 1991. Since then, they have continued to produce low-cost digital instrumentation.1
Current
Headquarters: San Diego, California
Website: https://www.wavetek.com
Historical
Wavetek
9045 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA
Wavetek
Box 651
San Diego, Calif.,
714-279-2200
1991
Before Terrence Gooding, president and CEO of Wavetek, took Wavetek private in 1991, the company had 800 employees, 260 of whom worked in San Diego
1998
Wandel & Goltermann purchased Wavetek, and changed its name to Wavetek, Wandel & Goltermann (WWG)
2000
In January 2000, test equipment manufacturer Fluke Corporation acquired Wavetek’s Precision Management Division, and announced their intention to keep the Wavetek name for existing products. WWG kept Wavetek’s LAN business unit, cable networks, fiber optics and wireless test gear.
2005
On August 3, 2005, optical communications company JDSU acquired Acterna for $760 million, which became part of JDSU’s Test and Measurement Group.
- Wikipedia (8/17/2024) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavetek ↩︎