Parr Instrument unveils big, ‘truly beautiful’ expansion

New facility better suits this global, ‘world-class brand’

By: Kenda Burrows|December 17, 2025

|6 min read

Parr Instrument Company President & CEO Jim Nelson talks about the features of new classrooms in its expanded and remodeled Moline building. They will allow Parr to better serve its staff and its international precision laboratory research equipment clients. CREDIT KENDA BURROWS

Quad Cities leaders packed into Parr Instrument Company’s gleaming new spaces for a Tuesday, Dec. 16 ribbon-cutting to mark completion of an 85,000-square-foot expansion and remodeling project that almost never happened.

During Tuesday’s ceremony Parr Instrument President & CEO Jim Nelson, Moline Administrator Bob Vitas and Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati alluded to the…

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