Julien P. Friez & Sons
1913 - 1941
Julien P. Friez & Sons was the successor of Julien Friez's company in 1913. The firm operated the Belfort Meteorological Observatory in Baltimore.
In 1929, the firm was acquired by the Consolidated Instrument Company, and in 1930 by the Bendix Aviation Corporation. Julien P. Friez & Sons continued to use its own name and have autonomy, but around 1941, the firm began to brand itself as the Friez Instrument Division, Bendix Aviation Corporation.
The division continued in operation until about 1966.
Note that another of Julien P. Friez's sons independently founded an instrument company in the Belfort Observatory in the late 1940s, which took the name of Belfort Instrument Company in 1949.
In 1929, the firm was acquired by the Consolidated Instrument Company, and in 1930 by the Bendix Aviation Corporation. Julien P. Friez & Sons continued to use its own name and have autonomy, but around 1941, the firm began to brand itself as the Friez Instrument Division, Bendix Aviation Corporation.
The division continued in operation until about 1966.
Note that another of Julien P. Friez's sons independently founded an instrument company in the Belfort Observatory in the late 1940s, which took the name of Belfort Instrument Company in 1949.
Analog Weather, "Friez, Bendix and Belfort," https://www.analogweather.com/-friez-bendix-and-belfort.html (accessed 5-20-24).
This site has free downloads of a 1929 history of the Friez company, instrument catalogues, fact sheets, and more.
For a short history of the company, see "Belfort Instrument History," Belfort Instrument, http://www.belfortinstrument.com/content/belforthistory.cfm (accessed 02/03/2015)