History and Milestones
Sound Technology, part of Analogic's ultrasound group, has over twenty years of experience in the design and manufacture of custom, high-performance, high-quality probes for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) medical ultrasound industry.
| 2012 - Sound Technology moves to new facility at 401 Science Park Road, State College PA 16803 |
| 2010 - Sound Technology purchases Tetrad ultrasound transducer product line from W.L. Gore |
| 2007 - Second generation surgical probe products released |
| 2006 - First complete 3-D endocavity probe products |
| 2004 - Commonwealth of PA - Governor's Export Award for mid-size manufacturing companies |
| 2002 - Commonwealth of PA - Governor's Export Award for mid-size manufacturing companies |
| 2002 - Sound Technology acquired by Analogic Corporation |
| 2000 - Acuson and Sound Technology acquired by Siemens Corporation |
| 1998 - First customer shipments of micro-convex electronic array 3-D acoustic modules |
| 1997 - First 4-way laparoscopic probe products |
| 1995 - First electronic array biplane probe products |
| 1994 - Acquired by Acuson Corporation |
| 1993 - First customer shipments of phased array products |
| 1993 - First R&D for phased arrays; first phased arrays shipped for customer evaluation |
| 1993 - First commercial order and shipments for micro-convex/endocavity array products |
| 1992 - First endocavity arrays shipped for customer evaluation |
| 1991 - R&D for first endocavity probes |
| 1990 - First customer shipments of electronic arrays |
| 1989 - Revenues exceed US $1M |
| 1989 - First electronic arrays shipped for customer evaluation |
| 1988 - R&D for first electronic linear and curved linear arrays |
| 1987 - First customer shipments of Sound Technology's single element products; first international customer shipments |
| 1987 - Sound Technology, Inc. (STI) founded and incorporated as a privately held Pennsylvania corporation |
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