Garmin was founded by Dr. Min Kao and Gary Burrell in October The founders had one goal: to integrate the latest Global Positioning System technology into navigation devices across new markets. Kao led the way in innovating the designs that were critical to the creation of the original Garmin products. The company went public in and today has over 16, employees operating out of 82 international offices.
Garmin offers a huge variety of products, ranging from popular fitness watches to cutting-edge aviation navigation products and software. There are products for automotive, aviation, fitness, outdoor, marine, and health needs, all designed with the latest GPS technology and other features that puts Garmin products ahead of the game.
MUehlentalstrasse 2 Schaffhausen In , it was reported that the Garmin subsidiary Navionics had exposed hundreds of thousands of customer records, when its MongoDB database wasn't secured with a password. In , Garmin acquired Tacx, a privately-held Dutch company that designs and manufacturers indoor bike trainers, tools and accessories, as well as indoor training software and applications.
In Garmin acquired AeroData, a Scottsdale AZ based company that provides aircraft performance software for over airlines worldwide. The company will continue to operate under the AeroData brand. Burrell retired in as Garmin's chief executive officer and in retired as chairman of its board of directors.
He remained chairman emeritus until his death in Kao became CEO in , and chairman in On 23 July , Garmin shut down its call centres, website and some online services, including Garmin Connect and flyGarmin, after a ransomware attack encrypted its internal network and some production systems. The company did not say it was a ransomware attack, but company employees writing on social media described it as such, [32] with some speculation about a ransomware strain called WastedLocker [33] later confirmed.
The outage meant Garmin could not receive calls or emails, or conduct online chats. Pilots were unable to download data for Garmin aircraft navigational systems, preventing flight scheduling. In the early s decade , Garmin launched a series of personal GPS devices aimed at recreational runners called the Forerunner. The compact eTrex was introduced in ; several models with different features have been released since.
The original eTrex, commonly nicknamed "eTrex Yellow", offered a lightweight 5. Many of these models come in color and expandable-memory versions. In May Garmin refreshed the eTrex product line with new mechanical design and support for advances in cartography and hardware technology with its release of the eTrex 10, eTrex 20, and eTrex 30, Garmin became the first company to manufacture and distribute a worldwide consumer navigation product supporting both GPS and GLONASS satellite constellations.
The main upgrade was a higher resolution screen and 4GB storage, double of the previous models. On July 2, Garmin introduced its eTrex Touch line, releasing three models 25, 35 and 35t , all featuring a 2.
The Geko series was a compact line of handheld GPS receivers aimed at the budget or lightweight hiking market. In , Garmin introduced its 60C line of handheld GPS mapping receivers, featuring increased sensitivity and storage capacity along with a battery life of up to 30 hours in battery-save mode. This was followed by the 60Cx and 60CSx with improved color map displays. The American version came with built-in maps of North America, while the UK version was supplied pre-loaded with maps of Western Europe.
On June 2, , Garmin introduced Astro On July 31, , T5 mini and T15 mini collars were added. On June 16, , Garmin introduced the Astro Garmin also manufactures a line of sonar fishfinders, including some units that also have GPS capability, and some that use spread spectrum technology. In early , Garmin announced it would be manufacturing a location-specific cellular telephone in cooperation with Asus. Garmin Aviation offers electronically integrated cockpits for aircraft: panel mount displays, primary flight displays PFD and multi-function displays MFD , transponders, radar, and other types of avionic systems.
Its first portable unit, the GPS , was introduced in More than , GNS navigators are now installed in aircraft. This device displayed the position of the driver and destination on the map.
Garmin brought out the StreetPilot in March Garmin's next project was a waterproof mobile phone with a GPS receiver and map display built in called NavTalk. The company also expanded beyond GPS products in its aviation-related products, introducing a Mode C transponder a device for communicating a plane's position to air traffic controllers and an intercom. The company soon doubled the size of its Kansas plant to , square feet. It also had manufacturing operations in Taiwan and a sales office in England.
Through a process called Selective Availability, the Department of Defense limited the accuracy of commercial uses of GPS technology to prevent the devices from being used to guide weapons.
However, this policy was cancelled in May , improving the unit's accuracy from meters to less than ten meters. Flush with cash, the company continued to spend significantly on research and development and introduced two dozen new products in However, both the aviation market and the overall economy experienced a downturn following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Garmin's product line had expanded considerably in the previous dozen years. Consumer products then accounted for three-quarters of sales; Garmin had a new agreement to have them distributed at Target and Circuit City stores in the United States.
International sales were also very important. Also in , Garmin introduced a new corporate logo, and the opening of its first retail store on Michigan Avenuein Chicago, Illinois.
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