Background
The Toradex ® brand originates from Toradex AG, which was founded in November 2003 by private investors as a shareholder company, and has since then experienced strong, consistent growth.
Business Principles
Toradex® companies are entirely debt free (no bank loans or leasing contracts) and operate completely independently from each other. The Toradex® business model makes exclusive use of the Internet as a distribution channel. A highly efficient supply chain enables Toradex® branded companies to provide highest quality products and services at low-cost.
As organically grown and a privately owned businesses, Toradex® is in the position of being able to make strategic decisions and investment to help ensure the long term stability and success of the brand, securing long term product availability and support. As of April 2010 Toradex® companies serve over 3000 customers in over 70 different countries.
Worldwide Distribution of Toradex Customers
Operations
Toradex AG is based in Horw, close to the city of Luzern, Switzerland and provides central support to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Toradex Inc., based in Seattle, provides a sales and support base to North and South America. Toradex Shanghai covers support in the Far East and Asia. Toradex Mechatronics Sarl, based in Renens, close to Lausanne, Switzerland, operates as a mechatronics research and development facility. Toradex Services GmbH is based in Horw and provides international services in the fields of business software (ERP/enterprise resource planning, websites and e-commerce), accounting, tax and legal consultancy and logistics.
Target Markets
Toradex products are deployed within a diverse range of markets and industries. Typical industries, amongst others include: automotive, medical devices, laboratory equipment, point of sales, gaming machines, navigation systems, musical instruments, machine control, virtual reality simulation, public signage, traffic control systems, building automation, security systems, robotics, process control and auto pilots.
Partnerships
Toradex maintains close working relationships with both customers and suppliers. Such relationships with hardware and software suppliers enable Toradex to develop its diverse product range in line with the latest technologies.
Research and Development
Toradex maintains very close links to several technical universities. Our computer modules and USB sensors are very popular with universities and research labs, such as all Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences, ETH Zurich (ETHZ Switzerland), EPFL Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland), University of California Berkeley (USA), Boston University (USA), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Seoul National University (South Korea), Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), University of Malaga (Spain), ITRI (Taiwan), National University of Singapore, and Silesian University of Technology (Poland).
Toradex AG in a Nutshell
| Company Foundation: | November 2003 |
| Type of Company: | privately held shareholder company |
| Capitalization: | 100'000 CHF (Swiss Francs) |
| Address: | Toradex AG Altsagenstrasse 5 CH-6048 Horw, Switzerland Tel: +41 41 500 4800 |
| Company Registration Number: | CH-100.3.027.503-0 |
| Board of Directors: | Dr. Ronald Vuillemin (President) Stephan Dubach Germano Kern Andy Kiser |
| Management: | Stephan Dubach (Chief Executive Officer) Rosmarie Fischer (Sales) Leigh Gawne (Technology Development) Mike Gawne (Marketing) Stephan Willi (Finances) Roger Kilchenmann (Procurement and Logistics) |
| Auditing Company: | Berater & Partner AG Töpferstrasse 5 CH-6004 Luzern, Switzerland |
| V.A.T. Numbers: | 562 567 (Switzerland) DE256625648 (Germany) |
| Bank Account (EURO): | Deutsche Bank AG Senser Platz 2, D-79539 Lörrach, Germany SWIFT-Code: DEUTDE6F683 IBAN: DE66 6837 0034 0062 2597 00 BLZ 68370034 |
| Trademark Information: | Toradex® is a registered trademark of Montadex GmbH. Other product names used in this web site are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
| Company Mission: | We help our customers with our hardware and software expertise to speed up their product development and to be successful on the market. |
| Company Strategy: | > We focus on "Global Niche Products" in the embedded market > We exploit economies of scale to drive our price and technology leadership > We are independent. No customer generates more than 5% of our turnover. |
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