| 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. |
| 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 automated calling capabilities in its HF Radios. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1990 |
Codan completes the satellite DAMA system for the Pacific Area Cooperative Telecommunications network operating on Intelsat satellites and released the 5300 series of C-band satellite transceivers. |
| 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 PDH Digital Microwave Radio products. |
| 2000 |
Codan 5900 series Ku-Band transceivers win 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 – South Australian designer and manufacturer of broadcast interface products. |
| 2003 |
Codan equipment installed in 32 Afghanistan provinces to restore phone, fax, email and radio communications. |
| 2003 |
Codan successfully lists as a public company. |
| 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 PDH Digital Microwave Radio products. |
| 2005 |
Codan acquires Talia – Victorian designer and manufacturer of studio router equipment for the broadcast industry. |
| 2005 |
Provideo and Talia merge to form Codan Broadcast. |
| 2006 |
Codan manufactures its 50,000 unit of 9350 HF Radio antenna. |
| 2007 |
Codan releases suite of Military products for HF Radio communications. |
| 2008 |
Codan enhances its BUC family with the RBUC platform to address military and rapid deploy applications. |
| 2008 |
Codan acquires Minelab and Parketronics – world leaders in metal detection equipment for hobbyist, humanitarian demining and military applications, and advanced electronics manufacturing respectively. |