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| Elma Electronic | |
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| Image:Elmalogo.jpg | |
| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Headquarters | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
| Products | Enclosures, Rotary Components |
Elma Electronic (SWX: CH0005319162CHF4) was founded in 1960 and is currently headquartered in Wetzikon, Switzerland. Other locations can be found in Fremont, California,Pforzheim, Tel Aviv, Villemoirieu, Fareham, Bucharest and Shanghai. Capabilities and products include subrack and desktop enclosures, rotary switches and LED assemblies.
Key Historical Dates[1]
1960 Established as a sole proprietorship in Moenchaltorf
1965 Foundation of the subsidiary Elma Electronic AG, Munich, Germany
1970 Relocation from Moenchaltorf to Wetzikon 1974 Wholly owned Subsidiary of the Sulzer (manufacturer) Group
1985 Foundation of the subsidiary Elma Electronic Inc., Fremont, California, USA
1990 Foundation of Elma Bustronic,Fremont, CA USA
1996 Spin-off from the Sulzer-Group and IPO
2000 Foundation of three subsidiaries in France, Israel and England
2000 Acquisition of TreNew Electronic GmbH in Germany and Romania
2004 Foundation of Elma China and acquisition of Optima EPS, Tucker, GA USA
2005 Acquisition of Mektron Systems Ltd, England
Subrack and Desktop Enclosures
The enclosures are centered around 19” and 23” Eurocard specification, primarily for VME/ VME64x, CompactPCI, VXS/VPX, VXI/PXI, AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA and other architectures. Elma supplies these products either pre-assembled or un-assembled. Elma is currently an Executive Member of the PICMG consortium [2]
Notable Partners
Rotary Switches
Elma is one of the largest suppliers of miniature rotary switches used as frequency select switches for the two-way radio market [need source]. The other main industry that includes Elma rotary switches is high-end audio.
Notable Partners (two-way radios)
Notable Partners (Audio)
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