Codan Limited
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| legal form | Company Limited |
| founding | 1959 |
| Seat | Adelaide , Australia |
| management | Mike Heard |
| Number of employees | 500 |
| Branch | Telecommunication technology |
| Website | www.codan.com.au |
Codan Limited is a high tech Australian company based in Adelaide, South Australia. Codan Limited became known for the manufacture of shortwave radios for international aid organizations and the United Nations (UN).
In addition to shortwave radios, Codan Limited is active in the field of satellite technology and metal detectors. Aid organizations in 150 countries around the world use Codan radios for their internal and external communication. The Red Cross , Doctors Without Borders , Malteser International and many UN organizations in particular use Codan shortwave devices in their emergency vehicles. Codan Limited is also active in the field of military communications. Codan Limited also supplies devices for communication in the Australian "outback" such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and CB radio .
history
Codan Limited was founded in Adelaide, Australia in 1959 by Alastair Wood, Ian Wall and Jim Bettison. The company's first name was Eilco - the Electronics, Instrument and Lighting Company Limited, of Adelaide, South Australia. In 1961 Eilco launched its first product, the shortwave radio 6104 HF for the School-of-the-Air network project. Children in remote farms in the interior of Australia were able to participate in school lessons via radio. In 1970, Eilco merged with Associated Electronics Services in Western Australia. The name of the joint venture was Codan . In 1973 Codan moved its corporate headquarters from Norwood to Newton. In 1980 the UN bought a large amount of equipment for its Uganda mission. Since then Codan products have been used especially by aid organizations. In 1986, Codan launched its automatically fully tunable shortwave radio antenna. This antenna is Codan's trademark to this day. In 1993 Codan launched the first commercial data fax modem for shortwave radio. In 2008, Codan bought the companies Minelab and Parketronics and entered the mine detection equipment sector.
today
Today Codan products are mostly used in areas where there is no telecommunications infrastructure, or in war zones such as Iraq or Afghanistan. Codan devices are also popular with terrorist groups. The Afghan Taliban are said to have used over 1000 Codan stations. Most of the equipment was stolen from aid organizations operating in Afghanistan.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Codan ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ How the Taliban Communicate
