The term "micromeritics" is used to describe the science and technology of small particles. It was the obvious choice for the name of the Micromeritics Instrument Corp., founded by Warren Hendrix and Clyde Orr in July of 1962.
Micromeritics was the first company to market commercially automated surface area, mercury penetration, and sedimentation particle size analyzers. Micromeritics is world-renowned for its pioneering innovations in these areas and others, including porosimetry, density, zeta potential, and chemisorption analysis.

The company has also led the way in the areas of liquid chromatography, density, automatic sample delivery, TPD/TPR chemisorption, balanced adsorption surface area, and DFT Plus (NLDFT) data interpretation. The company holds more than 40 patents in these combined areas of particle characterization.
Micromeritics is an ISO 9001-registered company and a recipient of the prestigious "E" Award for excellence in exports, awarded in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush.