Agilent

Until 2014, Agilent Technologies was manufacturing electronics test and measurement equipment and software inclusing a number of optical test products. In 2014, Agilent Technologies spun off Keysight Technologies which remained involved in test instrumentation while Agilent Technologies focuses on more industrial and bio medical instrumentation.

Agilent Technologies has a rich history that dates back to the foundation of Hewlett-Packard (HP). Here’s a brief timeline:

•1930s: Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, both electrical engineers from Stanford University, founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939. They started their business in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California, which is now recognized as the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley". Their first product was the 200A Audio Oscillator, an electronic instrument used to test sound equipment.

•1966: HP Labs was formed by founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to dedicate a portion of the company’s R&D investment to a separate team of researchers.

•1999: The original HP business spun off with Agilent Technologies. Agilent inherited and rebranded the test and measurement product lines developed and produced from the late 1960s to the turn of the millennium by HP’s Test & Measurement division.  The HP name remained for information technology products such as computers.

•2014: Agilent Technologies spun off the electronic measurement business, which became Keysight Technologies.