PCB Piezotronics, Inc. was established in August of 1967 by Robert W. Lally and James F. Lally. The focus of their technical efforts were primarily on the development and application of integrated circuit technology to piezoelectric sensors. Beginning with the creation of sensors to measure cylinder combustion pressure, PCB's product line quickly expanded to include vibration and force sensors.

Other products such as impact hammers, multichannel signal conditioners and actuators followed to meet increasing customer demand. It was this flexibility in design / manufacturing, coupled with PCB's commitment to "Total Customer Satisfaction", that is responsible for the success of PCB. A timeline of the significant events in PCB's history is shown below. 

1967 - ICP® (Integrated-Circuit-Piezoelectric) sensors developed and marketed.

1971 - Development of the 100,000 g high-shock, ICP®, quartz accelerometer completed.

1972 - Introduction of Impulse Hammers to excite structures for resonance searching and troubleshooting applications.

1973 - The first rugged, industrial-grade, ICP® accelerometer produced to serve the emerging machinery health monitoring market.

1975 - PCB recognized as the largest U.S. manufacturer of quartz, ICP® sensors.

1977 - Employees brave driving snow storms to continue sensor production during the "Blizzard of 1977".

1982 - Structcel® Modal Array Sensing System developed to ease sensor installation and reduce set-up time on large scale modal surveys.

1983 - Modally-Tuned® Impluse Hammers win IR-100 Award as one of the top 100 technical developments for the year.

1984 - 128 Channel Data Harvester provides sensor power and speeds modal analysis by offering automatic bank switching capability.

1986 - A milestone in precision vibration measurements as the first commercial, quartz, shear-structured, ICP® accelerometer is developed.

1990 - IMI (Industrial Monitoring Instrumentation) Division of PCB established to concentrate on the expanding predictive maintenance market.

1992 - AVC (Active Vibration Control) Division of PCB established to concentrate on noise and vibration control products.

1993 - Worlds smallest, all-welded, hermetically sealed, ICP® single axis and triaxial accelerometers developed.

1995 - Underwriters Laboratory certifies PCB to the International Quality Standard ISO-9001.

1996 - OST (Oceana Sensor Technolgies, Inc.), a PCB Group Company, produces first, automatically fabricated, piezoelectric sensor.