25 Years of Leadership in Petroleum Testing

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the first Grabner Instruments (Austria) vapour pressure tester — the world’s first automatic vapour pressure tester to eliminate operator bias and tiresome sample handling.

Over the years, AMETEK Grabner Instruments has become universally recognised as the worldwide expert in petroleum testing. Since 1993 the MINIVAP tester has served as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s reference instrument for highest-precision vapour pressure measurement.

2012 also looks back at the beginning of impressive achievements in petroleum testing, aimed at making fuel analysis portable, faster, safer and more economic for customers. Grabner Instruments developed the MINIFLASH, a revolutionary flashpoint tester. It uses only a minimum sample per test and allows safe and economic flashpoint testing. The company designed the MINISCAN, the first portable FTIR fuel tester to allow affordable fuel analysis directly at the point of sale. It launched the MINIDIS, a versatile atmospheric mini-distillation unit and with the MINIVIS, a small and portable rolling ball viscometer.

After the founder Dr. Grabner passed away, the company became part of AMETEK in 2003. On September 13th 2012, the company celebrated its 25 years anniversary, linking up the past with the future: Mr. Otto Pferschy, Grabner Instruments co-founder and former CEO, and Mr. Daniel Skinner, current Grabner Instruments Managing Director and Vice President of AMETEK Oil & Gas, together cut the birthday cake for Grabner Instruments.