James Findlay and John Irvine met while working at Ferranti in Edinburgh.  With the recent invention of the transistor, they decided there must be a future for a company specialising in Industrial Electronics and, in 1960, Findlay Irvine was born.

The company quickly developed a reputation for developing innovative electronic and mechanical products. Partnerships with Universities and research establishments led to range of ground-breaking technologies and a number of industry awards.As international markets evolved, the company specialised in transport safety related products and services whilst maintaining an innovative and partnering approach. ISO 9001:2008 accreditation has also been achieved and the company continues to pride itself on its engineering expertise, which allows products to be tailored to exact customer requirements.

Findlay Irvine operate in a number of markets and market sectors worldwide. This is generally in the general domain of ‘Transportation Safety’ and working to develop innovative technologies to improve safety and efficiency no matter what the market sector.From manufacturing market leading products such as GripTester for the Airports market and roads market worldwide has led to the innovation of other products for the same market such as micro GripTester. Icelert is also available for both the Roads Market and Airport Market Internationally and other monitoring equipment.The Rail Sector is another area that Findlay Irvine operate in both in nationally and internationally by creating high-end data monitoring equipment and the means to display and manipulate the data recorded.By creating hard wearing control units and bespoke, innovative solutions, Findlay Irvine has been providing essential equipment to the defence sector for over 50 years.

One of the most important innovations that Findlay Irvine introduced is the Grip Tester. GripTester is the world’s leading trailer based continuous surface friction measuring device. Since its first inception 20 years ago GripTester is in operation worldwide being used everyday to make the world’s airports and highways flow safely reducing the risk of wet skidding incidents.

Detailed specifications on the Grip Tester can be found here while more information can be found here.

Detailed information

Detailed information about the Grip tester can be found here while information about skid resistance measurements can be found here.

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