From its humble beginnings in 1936, as a repair company servicing panel meters and instruments, Associated Research soon became a manufacturer, when founder James Inman designed the Vibrotest. The Vibrotest was the first battery operated insulation resistance tester ever created and became standard issue on all U.S. Navy ships during WWII. This was the first of what would become many firsts for AR as it grew to become the leader in the electrical safety compliance industry. With the increase of electrical products during the post-war economic boom, AR was again on the leading edge, this time with a Hipot Tester. Hipot testing indeed became the company’s forte. Over the years AR has continued to innovate and develop more advanced product lines in the electrical safety compliance industry from basic entry-level manual Hipot and Ground Bond testers to fully-automated multi-function systems designed to meet the requirements of such agencies as UL, TÜV, CSA, IEC, VDE, BSI and the European Norms. These electrical safety compliance testing instruments will perform AC Hipot, DC Hipot, Insulation Resistance, Ground Bond, Line Leakage and Functional Run testing. Also available are accessory items such as switching matrices, probes and automation interfaces including IEEE-488 (GPIB), RS-232 or a printer controller. AR continues to raise industry standards. The introduction of an enhanced graphic LCD in our OMNIA® and HypotULTRA® III series of automated multi-function electrical safety compliance analyzers as well as to our next generation Hypot® III and HYAMP® III manual bench-top instruments is one example of our innovation. Additionally, AR is the only company to have its entire standard line of electrical safety compliance testing instruments safety agency listed. We are also the only company to carry both the UL and TÜV safety agency marks on multiple product families. Our creative and innovative team continues to enhance AR’s leadership position worldwide in the electrical safety compliance market. With our winning combination of price, performance and technology we will continue to lead the way. AR has positioned itself as a "strategic vendor" with the broadest line of products in the industry. We market our products worldwide through a network of factory salespeople, and independent sales representatives. AR continues to foster the ideas and beliefs that our founder, James F. Inman, instituted back in 1936 and it is with these that we continue to offer our customers the highest quality instrumentation on the market and world class service and support.