About NDC

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NDC Facilities in US, China and Europe

NDC Infrared Engineering is the acknowledged leader in the development and manufacture of no-compromise measurement and control solutions for a wide diversity of manufacturing and process industries. NDC products fall into three divisions:

  • NDC Systems - Measurement, Scanning and Profile Display & Control Systems for the web industries: paper, extrusion, nonwovens, calendering, converting. Key measurements included: thickness, basis weight, caliper, moisture content, coatweight, coating thickness
  • NDC Sensors - On-Line and At-Line Gauges for the Measurement of key constituents in Foods, Chemicals & Minerals, Buidling Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco and Paper & Converting
  • NDC Optics - Coated Optical Materials such as Intereference Filters for applications in: Instrumentation, Medical Equipment, Industrial and Academic Research and Astronomy

NDC's business mission is “To provide measurement and control solutions that meet the needs of our customers and enable them to maximize process profitability and product quality.  Strive for ever increasing simplicity and convenience in the application of our technology.  Maintain our world leadership and reputation for the supply of accurate, reliable, and robust systems and instrumentation."

With over 35 years of proven experience satisfying this mission in the industries we serve, NDC Infrared Engineering today has operations in the USA, China and Europe and manufactuers in two modern facilities in Irwindale, CA and Maldon, UK. 

With companies in USA, UK, China, Japan and Germany, as well as India, France, Italy and Brazil, we also benefit from a worldwide network of trained distributors offering commercial and technical support wherever it's required to best serve our customers.
The exceptional growth of NDC over the last four decades is the result of many factors, including:
  • Unique Sensor Technologies
  • Value-Added Measurement and Control Solutions
  • Superior Operator Interface
  • Exceptional Reliability in Harsh Environments
  • Comprehensive Customer Care, Service and Support
  • Worldwide Distribution with representation in Over 60 Countries
We understand that each industry has specific requirements due to the product characteristics and the processing environment. Our success has grown from the development of dedicated measurement solutions for each industry and each application, achieving no-compromise performance in the most demanding of processes.

 

A Brief Look At Our Organization And Its History

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The company is owned by Spectris plc and was formed when Infrared Engineering Ltd (which had been acquired in 1992) merged in 1998 with NDC Systems Inc. (which had been acquired in 1997).  Both companies had operated as private entities until their acquisition and the roots of both were to be found in the rapid advances in sensor technology in the 1960's and 70's.  Spectris is listed on the London Stock Exchange and owns a number of companies operating in three key sectors: Process Technology, In-Line Instrumentation (NDC) and Electronic Controls. Group turnover is approximately 1 billion US Dollars.

Both "IE" and "NDC" companies were founded by entrepreneur-scientists who exploited their knowledge to develop practical applications of their science in the form of measurement devices for industrial processes. Infrared Engineering was best known for its infrared moisture measurements and NDC for its nucleonic mass measurement devices.

Today the company embraces a wide range of measurement technologies in order to offer our customers the very best measurement solution for their process.

R&D is fundamental to NDC's business philosophy and we have a highly skilled and innovative team of engineers developing on-line measurement technologies and the software and hardware solutions that go with them. Specialisms include sensor and detector technology, sofware programming and development, optical engineering, hardware design and many others.

To get an overview of our capabilities,  you might wish to start by clicking on "Products" or "Industries" at the top of this page.

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NDC Infrared Engineering benefits from having another company within the group: NDC Optics. NDC Optics manufactures optical interference filters and specialized optical coatings both for NDC's own use and for other instrumentation manufacturers (industrial and medical), scientists and researchers. To go to the NDC Optics Website, click here.

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