B/R Instrument

B/R Instrument was founded in 1966 by Roger Roark Sr. and Harry Brown. The name B/R comes from the first letter of each founder’s last name, Brown / Roark – B/R. Originally a manufacturer of general glassware, the company began to specialize in the manufacturing of spinning band distillation systems in 1968 under a DuPont patent. From the beginning the company saw interest from both domestic and international customers. B/R bought automation to the world of distillation in 1980 with the addition of our first programmer to the staff. The new automation greatly reduced the amount of operator attention needed for distillation along with the addition of important safety features. In 1986 B/R saw the need for recycling solvents in histology laboratories. Solvent recycling helps hospitals and labs reduce their solvent wastes by 85, reducing health care costs and environmental impact.