Branom Instrument Co Revenue and Competitors

Branom Instrument Company was founded on January 1, 1947 when the young accountant, Ray H. Branom and his bride Vera Lee decided to take their life's savings and instead of purchasing the coveted automobile, purchased a 1/2 interest in a small industrial instrument company that dabbled in war surplus and process instruments. The $ 2000 they had painstakingly saved over 10 years time was an enormous amount of money in those days ( a new house cost $ 5000 or less); yet, Mr. Branom was smitten with the entrepreneurial spirit and decided to go for broke. Mr. Branom was introduced to the Instrument Field due to the requirements of World War II. After graduation from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Mr. Branom had come to Seattle to earn his Advanced Degree at the U of W. The war, however, sent him to the shipyards, where he was placed in the Instrument Test Engineering Group. After the war, Mr. Branom decided that he liked the Instrument Business, and acquired a job as a salesman for the Instrument Laboratory in Seattle. He felt, however, that the corporate structure of this company was too rigid and somewhat pompous, and that he could do better.