Colorado Time Systems
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| Private, Partnership | |
| Industry | Sports Timing & Displays |
| Headquarters | Loveland, Colorado |
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Key people
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Anita Sayed, president and CEO |
| Products | Aquatic Timing & Scoring Systems Sports Venue Displays Display Marquees Sports Scoreboards Variable Message Signs Display Control Systems |
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Number of employees
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More than 40 |
| Divisions | Colorado Time Systems Colorado Display Systems |
| Website | www.coloradotime.com |
Colorado Time Systems (CTS) is an American company based in Loveland, Colorado that designs, manufactures, sells, and services aquatic timing systems, scoreboards, LED video displays, and related products.
The company was founded in 1972 by four engineers from Hewlett Packard. They left Hewlett Packard to form Colorado Time Systems when, as part of HP's Test and Measurement division, they started researching aquatic timing because of the accuracy required in measuring times.
In March 2009, the NCAA made history by using wireless backup timing for the first time ever during the 2009 swimming championships, held at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas.
Colorado Time Systems is the Official Timekeeper for the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships through 2013. The first meet was hosted in 2011 in Lima, Peru. The second, scheduled for August 26–31, 2013 will be held in Dubai, UAE.
Colorado is the Official Time-keeper for the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. The meet was recently changed to occur on a two-year cycle, with the next meet being hosted in 2011. That meet, which will be timed by CTS, is going to be held in Lima, Peru.
On December 23, 2008, the History Channel series, Modern Marvels, aired an episode titled "Measure It!". This episode discussed various modern methods of precise measurement, including the measurement of time, following the Beijing Olympics. The segment, featuring Colorado Time Systems, talked about the construction of modern timing systems and the history of touchpads.
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