With 2025 now underway, Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, is reflecting on 12 months of company milestones and product innovation and looking forward to continued progress in the year ahead. Despite challenging global economic conditions in 2024, Pickering achieved stable revenue and gained test & measurement market share by investing in new products and enhanced global customer support.
Comments Keith Moore, Pickering’s founder & CEO: “Our success in 2024 wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our customers and partners – and we are excited to continue collaborating with them in 2025 as we launch new switching, simulation and instrumentation products designed to streamline their test and measurement applications.”
Standout milestones and highlights over the last 12 months include:
- 25 years of PXI Excellence: 2024 marked a quarter-century since Pickering’s first PXI module launch – and the company remains committed to long-term product availability, with those original modules still in production!
- 20 years in Czechia: With 2025 marking the 20-year anniversary of the company’s second manufacturing facility opening in the Czech Republic, its 350 employees celebrated two decades of Pickering’s presence in Czechia with a memorable event at Třinec Town Hall.
- Expanding horizons: The company opened a new office in Penang, Malaysia, to better serve the needs of its expanding customer base throughout the dynamic Southeast Asia region. It also expanded its resources in the US with a larger sales office in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and a design office in Cleveland, Ohio, building a Centre of Excellence for measurement and instrumentation.
- Vertical Integration: In October, Pickering acquired Mumfords Engineering Ltd., a trusted UK partner in toolmaking and molding, to strengthen its production capabilities further.
From a product and technology perspective, Pickering continued to expand its switching, simulation and instrumentation portfolio and invest in the products and capabilities customers have been asking for, including:
- PXI/PXIe dual platform transition: Most of the company’s PXI modules are now available in both PXI and PXIe formats, ensuring long-term availability and compatibility for all applications.
- Groundbreaking microwave tools: Pickering’s upgraded Microwave Switch Design Tool now offers unmatched simulation capabilities (including insertion loss and return loss), setting a new industry standard.
- Higher voltages and bandwidths: The company’s expanded switching portfolio includes higher density additions to our 1kV switching range (40-42-321) and the industry’s highest channel count microwave multiplexer switches for complex configurations, with bandwidths up to 40GHz.
- New PXI product lines: From digital I/O (40/42-41x) and PXIe embedded controllers (43-920-002) to higher-power programmable resistor modules (40/42-254), Pickering continues to broaden its offerings to meet evolving customer needs.
- Accelerated connectivity solutions: With new automation in its connection division, Pickering Connect, the lead times for custom cabling and connectivity products have been significantly reduced, helping ensure customers’ projects stay on track.
- Reed relay innovations: The company’s relay division, Pickering Electronics, enhanced its core reed relay portfolio with new capabilities to meet even more demanding requirements. Its new ultra-high-density 2-pole relays, series 125, deliver the industry’s smallest DPST reed relay, switching up to 1 Amp, 20 Watts on a compact 5mm2 pitch, setting a new benchmark for packing density.
The company already has plans to introduce even more exciting new products and improvements for customers in 2025. Pickering Interfaces stands behind its manufactured products with a standard three-year warranty and guaranteed long-term product support. Pricing, availability and contact information are supplied on its website at: www.pickeringtest.com
