History by Year: 2012 Cooper-Atkins Corporation acquires DocuTemp Wireless LLC, providing the company with another well-established software platform to expand efforts in multiple new markets. 2003 Purchased KTG, a developer of wireless enterprise solutions for temperature monitoring and food safety with hand-held PDA applications including inspections & training and software. 2001 Company becomes Cooper-Atkins Corporation after acquiring Atkins Technical, a leader in thermocouple instrument technology. 1984 The industrial division of (Electro-Therm) Electromedics was purchased, launching Cooper into the digital thermometer business, and the company officially became Cooper Instrument Corporation. 1960 The Cooper Thermometer Company develops three cooking lines. The acquisition of The Croyden Thermometer Company further expands the product line into weather instruments, and two separate groups were established for the consumer and industrial markets. 1885 The inventor of the first bi-metal oven thermometer, David G. Cooper founded The Cooper Oven Thermometer