Phipps & Bird, Inc

Phipps & Bird is a manufacturing company based in Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1925. The privately-owned small business manufactures equipment for diverse markets under proprietary brands, private labels, and contract manufacturing services. Proprietary products include Phipps & Bird brand jar testers, samplers, and belt press simulators for the municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment markets, as well as physiology apparatus and Intelitool® educational software. The company also manufactures healthcare components, garden furniture parts, military accessories, paving equipment, dialysis equipment, cigarette smoking machines, and hazardous waste testing equipment. Products are distributed worldwide through established networks of dealers and distributors, with private label products manufactured for regional distributors and contract manufacturing performed for companies across the USA. Phipps & Bird has been building jar testers since the 1930s.