Description While researching replacement materials for parachutes, two scientists discovered that no testing machine was accurate enough to meet their demands. They founded Instron in 1946, and we pioneered universal testing machines featuring strain-gauge load cells. Today, Instron remains committed to delivering the highest quality, leading-edge technologies and services designed to push the boundaries of research, quality control and service-life testing. Our systems evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and structures using tensile, compression, flexural, fatigue, impact, dynamic, torsional and multi-axial loading. Through a global infrastructure, we offer a broad range of local service capabilities, including calibration, verification, training, technical support and assistance with laboratory management.Instron is a business segment of Illinois Tool Works.
Instron has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 145 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Instron employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
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Overall, 62% of employees would recommend working at Instron to a friend. This is based on 154 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
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