| 1959 |
University friends Alastair Wood, Ian Wall and Jim Bettison establish EILCO – the Electronics, Instrument
and Lighting Company Limited, in Adelaide, South Australia – to tackle a range of challenges in
electronics engineering. |
| 1961 |
EILCO releases its first High Frequency Radio – Type 6104 HF Transceiver – designed to meet the needs
of the School-of-the-Air network operating in the Australian outback. |
| 1970 |
EILCO wins contract to re-equip 12 Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) base stations with HF radios,
Australia wide. |
| 1970 |
EILCO forms a joint venture (JV) with Associated Electronics Services (AES), a Western Australian
engineering and manufacturing competitor, to develop HF radio. The JV is named Codan. |
| 1973 |
Codan relocates its Adelaide premises from Norwood to Newton (present-day head office) to expand production capacity and promote export growth. |
| 1973 |
Codan commences exports of its HF radio equipment, to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the USA. |
| 1975 |
Codan wins its first Australian Export Award for outstanding export achievement. |
| 1976 |
Codan pioneers the use of selective calling over terrestrial HF radio by simplifying a standard set by
the ITU for marine radio. |
| 1978 |
Codan acquires a major interest in Electronics Project Ltd in New Zealand. This company becomes a
subsidiary, named Codan (NZ) Ltd in 1979, to supply HF SSB communications equipment in New Zealand. |
| 1979 |
Codan purchases an interest in IMP Engineering Pty. Ltd., a leading Australian manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs). |
| 1980 |
The United Nations (UN) makes a significant purchase of Codan HF Radio equipment for their relief
efforts in Uganda. This helps to establish Codan as the leading global supplier of HF communications to humanitarian organisations. |
| 1981 |
Codan produces Satellite RF subsystems for AUSSAT to support the launch of Australia’s first domestic
satellite system. |
| 1983 |
EILCO acquires 100% of Codan and changes name from EILCO to "Codan Pty Ltd". |
| 1986 |
Codan launches its revolutionary automatic tuning whip antenna. |
| 1986 |
Codan releases its first Ku-Band satellite transceivers for use on Australia's Aussat satellites – the 9000 series. |
| 1989 |
Codan completes the satellite Demand Assignment Multiple Access (DAMA) system for the Pacific Area Cooperative Telecommunications network, under contract to OTC and in conjunction with Sattel
Technologies of the USA. |
| 1989 |
Codan releases its first C-Band satellite transceivers – the 5300 series. |
| 1992 |
IPC manufactures HF telephone interconnect and VFH/UHF products, and the operation provides
distribution for all Codan products in Western Australia. |
| 1993 |
Codan launches world’s first commercial modem for fast and fully automatic HF fax and data transmission. |
| 1994 |
Codan releases 5700 series C-Band Satellite Transceiver. |
| 1997 |
Codan wins awards for Excellence in Innovation and Commercialisation and Export Excellence from the Electronics Industry Association for its 5700 series C-Band satellite transceivers. |
| 1998 |
Codan acquires MITEC – Queensland designer and manufacturer of high power satellite amplifiers and
digital microwave radio technology. |
| 1998 |
Codan launches New Generation Transceiver (NGT) product range with revolutionary HF Radio user interface. |
| 2000 |
Codan releases the 7700 series of 34 Mpbs Digital Microwave Radio family. |
| 2000 |
Codan 5900 series Ku-Band transceiver wins Manufacturer of the Year, Product Innovation award. |
| 2000 |
Codan wins award for Export Excellence from the Electronics Industry Association for its satellite transceivers. |
| 2002 |
Codan acquires Provideo Systems Pty Ltd – South Australian designer and manufacturer of signal
management products for TV broadcasting. |
| 2003 |
Codan equipment installed in 32 Afghanistan provinces to restore phone, fax, email and radio communications. |
| 2003 |
Codan successfully lists as a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange and becomes Codan Limited. |
| 2005 |
The manufacturing facility at Codan's head office at Newton in Adelaide is upgraded and expanded. |
| 2005 |
Codan opens offices in India and China. |
| 2005 |
Codan wins Innovator of the Year at the EDN Innovation Awards for its Satellite 6700 series MBUC. |
| 2005 |
2110 HF Manpack wins Gold Cup award for Excellence in Innovation and Commercialisation at the Electronic Industry Association Awards. |
| 2005 |
2110 HF Manpack wins award in the Design Wrought Product category at the International Magnesium Association’s Annual Design Awards. |
| 2005 |
Codan releases the 8800 series of 34 Mbps Digital Microwave Radio family. |
| 2005 |
Codan acquires Talia Sound and Vision Pty Ltd – Australian designer and manufacturer of studio router equipment for the TV broadcast industry. |
| 2005 |
Provideo and Talia merge to form Codan Broadcast Products Pty Ltd. |
| 2006 |
Codan manufactures its 50,000th unit of 9350 HF Radio antenna. |
| 2007 |
Codan releases suite of Military products for HF Radio communications. |
| 2008 |
Codan enters into a strategic supplier agreement with international contract electronics manufacturer Plexus for the manufacture of some product modules and final assemblies in Malaysia. |
| 2008 |
Codan enhances its satellite BUC family to include very compact converters and also releases rapid deploy variants (RBUC) platform to address applications requiring rapid installation for customers including the military. |
| 2008 |
Codan acquires Adelaide based Minelab Electronics Pty Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary Parketronics Pty Ltd. Minelab supplies world leading metal detection products for discovery of gold, coins and treasure and
for mine clearance. Parketronics is an advanced contract electronic manufacturing business. |
| 2009 |
Codan establishes a Military and Security Division in the USA to provide HF radio equipment for worldwide defence and government organisations. |
| 2009 |
Codan wins Frost & Sullivan "Best Practices Award" in the Asia Pacific Aerospace & Defense category for "Tactical Military Communications Provider of the Year". |
| 2009 |
Codan acquires USA based Locus Microwave, Inc. – a company focussed on the design, manufacture and supply of microwave radio products for satellite communications, and specialising in X-Band products and technologies for military and government purposes. |
| 2009 |
Codan celebrates its 50th anniversary. |
| 2010 |
Codan releases the low-profile 3040 Automatic Tuning Whip antenna.
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| 2010 |
Codan sells Codan Broadcast to Ross Video.
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| 2010 |
Codan achieves record revenue $189.3 million. |
| 2011 |
Codan awarded sole source contract from US Africa Command. |
| 2011 |
Codan wins prestigious Australian export award for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) |
| 2012 |
Codan acquires Perth mining communications and technology company Minetec Pty Ltd.
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