Private company

Acromag

American computer peripheral manufacturing company

Acromag is an American company that manufactures embedded computing, process instrumentation, and distributed I/O products. Established in 1957, Acromag started by building critical measurement instrumentation equipment for the petrochemical and aerospace industries. It went on to designs analog and digital control products for the industrial I/O and defense markets.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Acromag is an American company that manufactures embedded computing, process instrumentation, and distributed I/O products.2

The story

Acromag was founded in 1957 by Henry Patton, an early developer of solid-state magnetic amplifiers. Expanding from its first location in Detroit, Michigan, (now Southfield), Acromag later moved its headquarters to Wixom, Michigan.

It acquired Xembedded, LLC (formerly XycomVME) in 2012.

The company made a number of Embedded Board Innovations over the years, including:

1960s – Designed and manufactured temperature transmitters and thermo-electric metal testers

1970s – Rack-mount I/O systems and field-mount transmitters

1980s – Remote data acquisition systems; Exorbus and VMEbus I/O boards

1990s – μP-based signal conditioners; Industry Pack modules and carrier cards

2000s – Distributed I/O; PMC modules, PCI and CompactPCI I/O boards, reconfigurable FPGA modules

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2010s – USB-configured instruments; XMC modules, VPX boards, industrial PCs

2016 – Offer contract manufacturing services

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Products and brands

  • embedded system

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The company has three product divisions: Embedded Computing Solutions, Process Control and Automation Solutions and Contract Manufacturing Services. Its product lines focus on manufacturing, military, scientific, public utility, and transportation applications.

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Timeline

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