Biodex Medical, 49 Natcon Dr, Shirley, NY 11967, US

For more than 80 years, C.W. Brabender Instruments has manufucturedtesting equipment designed for measuring and recording viscosity, consistency, thermal stability, plasticity, rheology, extensibility and processability of various polymers. The company is the original manufacturer of the torque rheometer. The recording dynamometer system was developed by Carl W. Brabender in 1930. The first recordingdynamometer unit was known as the Farinograph and was manufactured for the milling and baking industry to measure the consistency of dough. During the mid 1930s growing developments in the chemical industry required updated technology to define theprocessing characteristics of various polymers. As a result, the Plasti-Corder was introduced. C.W. Brabender Instruments is located in South Hackensack, N.J.