Moore Industries

Moore Industries
Name	Moore Industries
Founded	1968
Founder	Gerald W. Moore
Headquarters	North Hills, California, United States
Industry	Industrial automation, Process control
Products	Signal conditioning, Industrial communication, Fieldbus, Isolators, Transmitters

Moore Industries

Moore Industries is a United States–based manufacturer of industrial automation and process control instrumentation. The company produces signal conditioning, communication interfaces, and industrial I/O devices used by firms in Petroleum industry, Chemical industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Power station, and Water industry. Its product lines serve integrators, system manufacturers, and automation groups working with Distributed Control Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, and fieldbus networks such as FOUNDATION Fieldbus and PROFIBUS.

History

Founded in 1968 by Gerald W. Moore in Southern California, the company grew alongside the expansion of petrochemical plants in California and the rise of computerized control solutions in the 1970s. During the 1980s Moore Industries expanded product offerings to support emerging Fieldbus standards and collaborated with companies involved in International Electrotechnical Commission standardization efforts. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, the firm developed modules compatible with systems from vendors such as Honeywell, Siemens, Emerson Electric, and ABB. Strategic partnerships and distribution agreements connected Moore Industries to integrators working on projects for Bechtel, Fluor Corporation, and national utilities.

Products and Technologies

The company’s catalog includes analog and digital signal conditioning modules, galvanic isolators, intrinsic safety barriers, and serial-to-Ethernet gateways compatible with EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, and OPC UA. Moore Industries produces temperature transmitters that interface with Thermocouples and RTDs, as well as programmable alarm trip units used in Safety Instrumented System applications overseen by standards such as IEC 61511 and ISA specifications. Their communication products provide protocol conversion for legacy links like RS-232, RS-485, and 4–20 mA loops to modern network architectures developed by Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.

Industries and Applications

Equipment is deployed in upstream operations of the oil and gas industry, midstream facilities such as pipeline control systems, and downstream refinery automation projects. Water and wastewater treatment plants operated by municipal authorities use the company’s devices for sensor signal conditioning during compliance monitoring guided by agencies like the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In the Aerospace industry, test stands and ground support equipment integrate high-accuracy transmitters and isolators. Mining companies and metallurgical plants rely on ruggedized modules for harsh-environment installations, while food and beverage manufacturers apply sanitary-compatible instrumentation in process control installations coordinated with National Sanitation Foundation standards.

Manufacturing and Global Presence

Moore Industries maintains manufacturing and engineering facilities in the United States, with distribution partners and authorized representatives across Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. The company’s supply chain aligns with component sourcing trends from electronics hubs in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, and assembly practices influenced by lean-production methods championed by firms like Toyota and manufacturing standards from International Organization for Standardization. Global sales channels interface with system integrators in markets serviced by multinationals such as Siemens Energy, ABB Group, and General Electric.

Corporate Structure and Leadership

The firm has operated as a privately held company with executive leadership drawn from backgrounds in electrical engineering and process control. Senior management often engages with professional bodies including the Instrument Society of America (now ISA), participates in standards committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission, and collaborates with academic institutions such as California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley for applied research. Corporate governance includes engineering, manufacturing, sales, and technical support divisions that liaise with large contractors like Jacobs Engineering Group and KBR, Inc. on project delivery.

Innovations and Patents

Moore Industries has developed innovations in galvanic isolation, modular I/O packaging, and signal conversion that contributed to interoperability between proprietary control systems and open networking standards. Patent filings and product releases addressed challenges in intrinsically safe signal transmission for hazardous-area installations regulated under ATEX directives and IECEx schemes. The company’s products have been referenced in application notes and white papers alongside technologies from Emerson, Honeywell International Inc., and Yokogawa Electric Corporation for retrofit and modernization projects in process automation.

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