Trimble Navigation
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| Traded as |
NASDAQ: TRMB S&P 400 Component |
| Industry | Geospatial, Construction, Agriculture, Transportation and Logistics, Telecommunications, Asset tracking, Mapping, Utilities, Mobile Resource Management, Government, RFID |
| Founded | November 1978 |
| Founder | Charles Trimble, et al. |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, United States |
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Key people
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Steven Berglund (CEO) |
| Revenue | $2.4 Billion for FY 2014 |
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Number of employees
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6,561 (as of 2012) |
| Website | www |
Trimble Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, makes Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, laser rangefinders, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), inertial navigation systems and a variety of software processing tools. As of 2012, the company has 6561 employees who are located in about 30 countries. Since 1999, Trimble's revenues have grown from approximately $270 million to over $2.0 billion in 2012.
Trimble sells products and services into the following major industries: Land Survey, Construction, Agriculture, Transportation, Telecommunications, Asset tracking, Mapping, Utilities, Mobile Resource Management and Government.
Trimble Navigation was founded in November 1978 by Charles Trimble and two partners from Hewlett Packard, initially operating from Los Altos, California.
The company's acquisitions include Datacom Software Research, Spectra Precision Group, Tripod Data Systems, Advanced Public Safety, Inc., ALK Technologies, Apache Technologies, Acutest Engineering Solutions Ltd, Applanix, Géo-3D, INPHO, Gatewing, Meridian Systems, NTech Industries, Pacific Crest, Quantm, Accubid Systems, SketchUp, QuickPen International, SECO Mfg. Co., Inc., Visual Statement, XYZ Solutions, Inc, Tekla, ThingMagic, Spime Inc., Punch Telematix NV, and TMW Systems.
Their role in building information modeling, architecture and construction has been growing. Most publicised was their 2012 acquisition of the 3D modeling software package SketchUp from Google. As of 2014 they also own Tekla (BIM modelling), Vico Office (BIM data handling) and Gehry Technologies' GTeam (project coordination). In 2016, Trimble acquired Sefaira (sustainability analysis software including energy modeling and daylight visualization).
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