Kontron

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Kontron S&T AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1959
Seat Augsburg , Germany
management
Number of employees 1,286 (2015)
sales 467.7 million euros (2015)
Branch embedded computer technology
Website www.kontron.de
Status: 2015

The Kontron S & T AG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of embedded computer technology and member of the Intel Communications Alliance. Kontron S&T supplies OEMs , system integrators and application providers in a wide variety of market segments: data and telecommunications, automation, mobile computing, medical technology, aerospace, measurement and control technology and military technology. Kontron S&T develops, produces and sells worldwide.

In 2017, Kontron was fully taken over by Austrian competitor S&T , after it had already acquired a 30 percent stake in Kontron in October 2016. The purchase was largely financed by the Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn , which acquired a capital increase of almost 30 percent in S&T AG.

history

Kontron was founded in 1959 by Branco Weiss as a service for scientific equipment in Zurich. a. Ultrasound measuring devices for obstetrics and devices for determining blood groups. In 1974 Weiss sold the company to Hoffmann-La Roche , which in 1989 sold the company to the Munich car manufacturer BMW , who used it to develop control, hardware and software for the x86 processor technology.

Hoffmann-La Roche AG spun off Kontron Medizintechnik AG (founded in 1980 in Eching as Kontron Leiterplatten GmbH) from the acquired Kontron AG and in 1984 transferred it to the subsidiary founded as Kontron Instruments AG in 1971 in Neufahrn near Freising , which is based in Zurich in 1988 , then moved to Schlieren and Rotkreuz . Because operations there ceased in 1994 and the company was to be transferred to Kontron Immobilien AG in Dübendorf , employees founded ECR AG as a management buy-out from Roche Diagnostics . In 2017, this company merged with exceet electronics GmbH, which was founded as Mikrap AG in 1978, and since then, as a subsidiary, Kontron Electronics GmbH , Großbettlingen , together with Kontron Austria GmbH , Engerwitzdorf , has been responsible for the medical technology division of S&T AG.

In 2000, the now independent Kontron Embedded Computers AG was launched on the Neuer Markt .

On September 1, 2000, Kontron bought the industrial computer manufacturer PEP Modular Computers, Kaufbeuren. In 2002 the leading providers in the field of embedded computer technology, Kontron AG and JUMPtec AG, decided to merge. Approval for this was given on June 19, 2002 at the JUMPtec general meeting and on July 3, 2002 by the Kontron general meeting of the respective shareholders. At the time, the two companies had over 1400 employees in over 20 countries. In December 2004, founded 13 former JUMPtec- or Kontron employees in Deggendorf congatec

In September 2009 Kontron Compact Computer AG took over the majority of DIGITAL-LOGIC AG in Luterbach (Switzerland) from company founder Felix Kunz, a manufacturer of embedded PCs and computer systems. This plant was closed three years later.

As announced on May 20, 2010, Kontron, through its US subsidiary, has taken over 100% of the US AP Labs Group, based in San Diego, California. The acquired company is one of the leading systems integrators in the defense and aerospace sectors, developing highly complex and robust computer systems and specialized applications.

On July 24, 2013, Kontron announced the closure of the Eching, Roding and Kaufbeuren locations until mid-2014. The head office was moved to Augsburg.

In February 2017 it was announced that S&T would take over Kontron.

Product portfolio

Boards and mezzanines

Computer-On-Modules

HMI and displays

  • Flat panel solutions
  • HMI

Systems and Platforms

Previous products from Kontron (selection)

  • Kontron PSI 80
  • Logic analyzer based on Z80, CP / M and ECL logic
  • Various laboratory measurement technology (frequency counters, function generators, pulse generators, ...)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kontron S&T: Imprint. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Annual Report 2015. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 6, 2016 ; accessed on October 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Hannes Neuhauser: How Embedded Computing shaped an industry. Zs. A&D Automation und Digitization, June 24, 2019, accessed on April 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ S&T: press release. October 13, 2016, accessed April 20, 2020 . Archived copy ( memento of April 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Kontron S&T: Kontron AG merges with S&T Deutschland Holding AG. August 21, 2017, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kontron - company profile ( Memento from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Alexander L. Bieri: Tradition of the time ahead. (PDF; 1.9 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Roche Historical Archive. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, 2008, p. 34 , archived from the original on August 24, 2012 ; Retrieved July 26, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Kontron Electronics: History. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
  9. ↑ exceet Group: History. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
  10. ↑ http://www.concerta.de/2009.85.0.html
  11. ↑ PEP now in the Kontron Group , accessed on December 19, 2018
  12. ↑ Customer letter from PEP Modular Computers® from July 2002
  13. ↑ Joachim Kroll: From start-up to key player. In: Electronics (magazine) . December 15, 2014, accessed June 18, 2020 .
  14. ^ Franz Schaible: Because the Kontron computer company closes, 56 employees lose their jobs. Solothurner Zeitng, October 29, 2012, accessed on April 20, 2020 .
  15. ↑ FinanzNachricten: Kontron acquires US-American AP Labs group. May 20, 2010, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Peter Becker: Frustration in Eching - Kontron employees are outraged. Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 29, 2013, accessed on October 16, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Ad-Hoc: Kontron AG decides on cost-cutting package. Kontron AG, July 24, 2013, accessed on July 26, 2013 : "In Germany in particular, business activities are to be concentrated and further developed at the Augsburg location."
  18. ↑ oÖNachrichten: S&T takes over Kontron. February 17, 2017, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  19. ↑ kontron.com: VPX