Congatec

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Congatec AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 2004
Seat Deggendorf
management Jason Carlson ( CEO )
Number of employees 280
sales 133 million US dollars
Branch embedded computer technology
Website www.congatec.com
Status: 2018

Company building in Deggendorf

Congatec ( proper spelling in minuscules : congatec) is a Bavarian developer of embedded systems that are used in industrial automation, medical technology, transport and telecommunications. The company describes itself as the world market leader in the so-called computer-on-module segment .

history

Congatec was founded on December 9, 2004 by 13 former JUMPtec and Kontron employees. Kontron had taken over JUMPtec two years earlier. The number of employees grew from 13 to more than 177 in 2014. Jason Carlson, who was born in Minnesota , has been CEO since 2015 .

Production and customers

Congatec SMARC module

As a fabless developer, Congatec does not operate its own production sites, but has its products manufactured by contract manufacturers ( foundries ). Its largest customers include Bernecker + Rainer , Amazon , Bosch Rexroth , General Electric , Google , Rohde & Schwarz , Samsung and Siemens .

initial public offering

As early as 2015, Congatec aimed to be listed on the US Nasdaq stock exchange , but the project was canceled due to the ailing capital market. The IPO announced in mid-September 2019 for the end of 2019 in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was postponed one month later to 2020.

Web links

Commons : Congatec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Congatec: About congatec AG , accessed on September 13, 2019
  2. ↑ Joachim Kroll: From start-up to key player. In: Electronics (magazine) . December 15, 2014, accessed June 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Joachim Hofer: How an American turned the Deggendorf family company Congatec inside out. In: Handelsblatt . October 8, 2019, accessed June 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ faz.net: Bavarian technology company wants to go public , accessed on September 13, 2019
  5. ↑ boerse.ard.de : Congatec wants to go public , accessed on September 13, 2019
  6. ↑ congatec postpones IPO to 2020. In: PNP . October 14, 2019, accessed October 28, 2019 .

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