CPI (formerly Varian)

Communications and Power Industries (CPI), formerly Varian, is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems focused primarily on communications and defense markets. The company develops, manufactures and globally distributes innovative and reliable technology solutions used in the generation, amplification, transmission and reception of microwave signals for commercial and military applications. CPI serves customers in the communications, defense, medical, industrial and scientific markets.

The company is organized into five operating divisions:

• Microwave Power Products Division in Palo Alto, Calif., which now includes the Eimac operations, also in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Econco operations in Woodland, Calif.;
• Beverly Microwave Division in Beverly, Mass.;
• Satcom & Medical Products Division, which includes the operations of the former Satcom Division in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada and San Jose, Calif. and the operations of the former Communications & Medical Products Division in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada;
• Radant Technologies Division in Stow and Hudson, Mass.; and
• Antenna Systems Division, which includes the operations of the former Malibu Division in Camarillo, Calif., the former ASC Signal Division in Plano, Texas and Whitby, Ontario, Canada, and Orbital Systems in Irving, Texas.

In its early years, Varian Associates’ products included vacuum electron tubes, an expanding instruments product line, an embryonic accelerator activity and a venture into geophysical instruments. In the mid-1950s, the company invented an all-electronic vacuum pump for manufacturing vacuum electron tubes. The company soon realized that the vacuum pump had applications far beyond tube processing and launched additional lines of business. Today, CPI continues its long tradition of leading the world in developing and producing microwave devices. In fiscal 2018, CPI employed approximately 2,000 people and generated approximately $492 million in sales.