Kontron

Kontron AG

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Type	Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as	FWB: KBC
Industry	Computer hardware
Founded	1959
Headquarters	Augsburg, Germany
Key people	Rolf Schwirz (CEO and chairman of the executive board), Rainer Erlat (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products	Embedded systems, motherboards, daughterboards, computer-on-modules, monitors, industrial PCs
Revenue	€509.5 million (2010)
Operating income	(€5.8 million) (2010)
Profit	(€13.5 million) (2010)
Total assets	€515.6 million (end 2010)
Total equity	€320.8 million (end 2010)
Number of employees	2,890 (end 2010)
Website	www.kontron.com

Kontron AG is a German-based multinational company which designs and manufactures embedded computer modules, boards and systems.

Kontron AG serves OEMs, system integrators and application providers of different market segments (amongst others: Industrial automation, communications, transportation, energy, avionics, medical, infotainment, and military). Kontron develops, manufactures and sells its products worldwide. Kontron is a Premier Member of the Intel Embedded Alliance. Kontron's US location is in Poway, California.

The corporate group is headquartered in Augsburg and consists of the Kontron Europe GmbH (Augsburg, Deggendorf, and Saarbrücken). Other locations are in San Diego, Fremont, Montreal, Toulon, Bangalore, Taipei, Tokyo and Beijing. Global sales are supported by numerous sales offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.

Product portfolio

Boards and mezzanines

• Single Board Computer
• PC/104-Express
• Embedded Motherboards
• AdvancedTCA/AdvancedMC/MicroTCA
• 3U / 6U CompactPCI
• XMC / PMC Mezzanines
• VME
• VPX and OpenVPX
• Slot-CPU
• Slot-CPU PISA

Computer-on-modules

• COM Express
• Extended Temperature COMs
• ETX

HMI and displays

• Flatpanel Solutions
• Human-Machine Interface

Systems and platforms

• Fanless Box PCs
• Industrial Control Systems
• Mobile Rugged Computers
• PLC
• Rackmount systems

See also

• Universal Graphics Module

External links

• Official website