Kipp & Zonen
Our story begins when the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp buys a pharmacy shop in the old centre of Delft, the Netherlands. Shortly after that he starts an instrument business and becomes an important adviser to the Royal Academy (now the Delft University of Technology).
Since 1830
than 40 In 1844 he designs a new constant-flow gas generator, which is successfully used all over the world. This “Kipp Generator” is still an icon in the world of Chemistry and remains part of our company logo today. In 1866 his two sons continue the business under the name Kipp & Zonen (‘Sons’).By 1927 the extensive catalogue of scientifi c instruments included laboratory glassware, galvanometers, electronic chart
recorders, analytical instruments, telephones, and the first ‘Solarimeters’. The company grew steadily over the next decades and changed ownership several times, but by 2004 Kipp & Zonen was back in private ownership and in 2006 moved to new facilities at the Delft technology park.
Today, Kipp & Zonen focuses on designing, manufacturing, and marketing, class-leading, high quality instruments for the measurement of solar radiation and atmospheric properties. To support our customers worldwide we have sales offi ces in France, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the USA, and a network of exclusive distributors in more than 40 countries. a nt -flow g as d all over th e
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a n icon in t h e Over the last century the Earth’s climate has changed signifi -cantly, on both global and regional scales and continues to do so. Climate change is a major threat to eco-systems, food production, water resources and to our way of life. Ov er t h e o ur c ompan y cant l y, o nt i nue th e s o. C l im n (‘Sons’). pro d uc ti cientifi fi c Precise long-term measurements of the radiation budget and atmospheric properties are fundamental to under-standing the Earth’s climate system and improving weather and climate forecast models.Kipp & Zonen provides the widest range available of instruments to meet these needs, at levels of price and performance to suit all applications and fully traceable to international standards. Prec i s e sware, an d a t m cor d ers , s tan d i ng n d th e an d cl im g rew ch ange d owners hi p Ki pp &
