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{{Short description|German-based hardware & software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Kontron S&T AG
| logo =
| logo = https://www.kontron.com/static/img/logo/kontron-s&t-group_logo@2x.png
| logo_size = 100px
| type = [[AktiengesellschaftPublic company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{FWB|KBCKTN}}
| founder = [[Branco Weiss]]
| key_people = {{ubl|Hannes Niederhauser <small>([[chiefChief executive officer|CEO]] and [[chairman]] of the executive board)</small>, Richard|Clemens NeuwirthBillek <small>([[Chairman]]Chief offinancial the [[supervisory boardofficer|CFO]])</small>}}
| industry = {{ubl|[[Computer hardware]]|[[computer software]]}}
| products = [[Embedded system]]s, [[motherboard]]s, [[daughterboard]]s, [[computer-on-module]]s, [[Computer monitor|monitor]]s, [[industrial PC]]s
| revenue = €1,22 billion <small>(2023)</small><ref name="AR2023">{{cite web |url=https://ir.kontron.com/Kontron_Annual-Report_2023_final_sec.pdf|title=Kontron Annual Report 2023|publisher=Kontron|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
| revenueoperating_income = €467€86.75 million <small>(20152023)</small>
| footnotes = <ref name="AR2015">{{cite web |url= https://www.kontron.com/investor/financial-reports/2015/kontron_gb2015_englisch_web.pdf |title= Kontron Group Annual Report 2015 |accessdate= 5 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160328113213/https://www.kontron.com/investor/financial-reports/2015/kontron_gb2015_englisch_web.pdf |archive-date= 28 March 2016 |publisher=Kontron}}</ref>
| operating_incomenet_income = (€6€77.27 million) <small>(20152023)</small><
| net_incomeassets = (€14.5€1,370 million) <small>(2015end 2023)</small>
| assetsequity = €441.9€604 million <small>(end 20152023)</small><ref name="AR2023"/>
| equitynum_employees = €258.9 million4,838 <small>(end 20152023)</small>
| foundation = {{start date and age|1959}}▼
| num_employees = 1,286 <small>(end 2015)</small>
| location_city = [[Linz]]
▲| foundation = 1959
| location_citylocation_country = [[AugsburgAustria]]
| homepage = {{URL|httphttps://www.kontron.com/}}▼
| location_country = [[Germany]]
▲| homepage = {{URL|http://www.kontron.com/}}
}}
'''Kontron AG''' is a German-based multinational company which designs and manufactures embedded computer modules, boards and systems.▼
 
▲'''Kontron AG''' is a German-based multinational company whichthat designs and manufactures [[embedded computersystems]], [[Embedded System Module|modules, and boards]], and systemsprovides software products for [[Internet of Things]] and [[5G]] technologies.
Kontron AG serves [[original equipment manufacturer]]s, system integrators and application providers of different market segments (amongst others: Industrial automation, communications, transportation, energy, avionics, medical, infotainment, and military). Kontron develops, manufactures and sells its products worldwide. Kontron is a premier member of the Intel Embedded Alliance.▼
The corporate group is headquartered in [[Augsburg]] and consists of the ''Kontron Europe GmbH'' ([[Ismaning]], [[Augsburg]], [[Deggendorf]], and [[Saarbrücken]]). Other locations are in [[San Diego]], [[Fremont, California]], [[Montreal]], [[Plzeň]], [[Toulon]], [[Bangalore]], [[Taipei]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Beijing]]. Kontron acquired [[Dolch]] in 2005.▼
 
▲KontronThe AGcompany servesoperates [[originalin equipmentvarious manufacturer]]s, system integrators and application providers of different marketindustrial segments (amongstincluding others: Industrialindustrial automation, communications, transportation, energy, avionics, medical, infotainmentautomotive, and military). Kontron develops, manufacturesmanufacturing and sellsselling its products worldwide. Kontron is a premier member of the Intel Embedded Alliance.
At a trade show called Embedded World in 2007, Kontron introduced a product called the UGM-M72 using a "Universal Graphics Module".<ref>{{Cite web |title= Computex 2007 - Kontron's UGM and new motherboards |date= 12 June 2007 |url= http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1117 |work= EPIA Center blog |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070905093711/http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1117 |archive-date= 5 September 2007 |accessdate= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
The card used the M72S from [[ATI Technologies]], and was 84 x 95 mm.<ref>{{Cite web |title= UGM-M72: High End Graphic Module based on ATI M72S with 128MB Video RAM |date= 2007 |url= http://apac.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=858&productid=1847 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070907032009/http://apac.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=858&productid=1847 |archive-date= 7 September 2007 |accessdate= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
A version 1.1 of UGM was published in July 2008,<ref>{{Cite news |author= Christoph Hammerschmidt |date= 23 July 2008 |title= Kontron publishes UGM 1.1 version |url= https://www.eetimes.com/kontron-publishes-ugm-1-1-version/ |work= EE Times |accessdate= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
and [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (AMD, the parent company of ATI) announced it would support the UGM in August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title= AMD supports the UGM Consortium |date= 21 September 2008 |url= https://www.kontron.com/en/news/amd-supports-the-ugm-consortium/n127660 |work= Press release |accessdate= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
A web site promoting the module was co-sponsored by [[XGI Technology]] until the [[Great Recession]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Universal Graphics Module Consortium |work= former web site |url= http://www.universal-graphic-module.org/news/news.php |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090726015643/http://www.universal-graphic-module.org/news/news.php |archive-date= 26 July 2009 |accessdate= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
 
▲The corporate group iswas originally headquartered in [[Augsburg]] and consistsconsisted of the ''Kontron Europe GmbH'', with its main sites in ([[Ismaning]], [[Augsburg]], [[Deggendorf]], and [[Saarbrücken]]). Other(other locations are inincluded [[San Diego]], [[Fremont, California]], [[Montreal]], [[Plzeň]], [[Toulon]], [[Bangalore]], [[Taipei]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Beijing]]). Kontron acquired [[Dolch]] in 2005.
In August 2017 Kontron was merged into Austria-based [[S&T (company)|S&T Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Kontron AG reports completion of its merger into S&T Deutschland Holding AG |date= 21 August 2017 |url= https://www.kontron.com/en/news/kontron-ag-reports-completion-of-its-merger-into-s-t-deutschland-holding-ag/n150003 |work= Press release |access-date= 10 November 2021 }}</ref>
 
At the 2007 Embedded World trade exhibition in [[Nuremberg]], Kontron introduced a product called UGM-M72, a modular [[graphics card]] for [[Computer-on-Module]] systems, which was based on Universal Graphics Module (UGM) design specification standard published by [[XGI Technology]] and Kontron in June 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Standard: XGI and Kontron Publish the UGM 1.0 Embedded Graphics Module Specification |url= https://www.kontron.com/de/newsroom/news/open-standard-xgi-and-kontron-publish-the-ugm-1.0-embedded-graphics-module-specification/n128224 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> The card used the M72 [[Graphics Processing Unit|GPU]] from [[ATI Technologies]], and was 84 x 95 mm in size.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UGM-M72 Datasheet |url=https://www.kontron.com/downloads/datasheets/datasheet_ugm-m72.pdf |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> Version 1.1 of UGM standard was published in July 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kontron publishes updated UGM standard for Graphic-on-Modules |url= https://www.kontron.com/landingpages/cn/newsroom/news/kontron-publishes-updated-ugm-standard-for-graphic-on-modules/n127688 |access-date= 26 July 2024}}</ref> and [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (the parent company of ATI) announced in August 2008 that it would support the new standard.<ref>{{Cite web |title= AMD supports the UGM Consortium |date= 21 September 2008 |url= https://www.kontron.com/en/news/amd-supports-the-ugm-consortium/n127660 |access-date= 5 November 2021 }}</ref> A web site for UGM standard was maintained by XGI and Kontron until the [[Great Recession]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Universal Graphics Module Consortium |url= http://www.universal-graphic-module.org/news/news.php |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090726015643/http://www.universal-graphic-module.org/news/news.php |archive-date= 26 July 2009 |access-date= 5 November 2021 }}</ref>
In September 2023, it was announced Kontron had acquired the [[Bucharest]]-headquartered software producer, Altimate. The company specialises in urban and interurban mobility solutions involving urban traffic control, automated fare collection, tolling solutions, and traffic violations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Kontron acquires Altimate for €11.64 million |url=https://evertiq.com/design/54357 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=evertiq.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
In August 2017, Kontron was merged into Austrian-based [[S&T (company)|S&T]],<ref>{{Cite web |title= Kontron AG reports completion of its merger into S&T Deutschland Holding AG |date= 21 August 2017 |url= https://www.kontron.com/en/news/kontron-ag-reports-completion-of-its-merger-into-s-t-deutschland-holding-ag/n150003 |work= Press release |access-date= 10 November 2021 }}</ref> and was renamed [[Kontron Group]] on 1 June 2022, with its corporate headquarters in [[Linz]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kontron AG: S&T AG changes name to Kontron AG {{!}} Kontron Investor Relations |url=https://ir.kontron.com/news/Kontron_AG-_S-T_AG_changes_name_to_Kontron_AG.en.html |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=ir.kontron.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=S&T: Change of name to Kontron • wienerborse.at/en |url=https://www.wienerborse.at/en/news/vienna-stock-exchange-news/st-change-name-to-kontron/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Wiener Börse AG |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2022, Kontron announced the sale of its IT services business to [[Vinci SA]] in order to concentrate on its realignment as a provider of products and solutions for [[Internet of Things]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kontron AG: Sale to VINCI Energies S.A. closes |date=29 December 2022 |url=https://group.kontron.com/kontron-ag-sale-to-vinci-energies-s-a-closes/ |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
 
In July and August 2023, Kontron acquired Comlab AG (a Swiss company manufacturing data communication repeaters for railways),<ref>{{cite web |title=Kontron acquires Comlab AG |date=6 July 2023 |url=https://group.kontron.com/kontron-acquires-comlab-ag/ |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> Hartmann and W-IE-NE-R group of companies from [[Phoenix Mecano]],<ref>{{cite web |title=M&A – Kontron acquires Hartmann and W-IE-NE-R |date=28 August 2023 |url=https://group.kontron.com/ma-kontron-acquires-hartmann-and-w-ie-ne-r/ |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> and Cellular Automotive Module Unit from [[Telit Cinterion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kontron acquires CellularAutomotive Module Unit from Telit Cinterion |date=3 July 2023 |url=https://group.kontron.com/kontron-acquires-cellularautomotive-module-unit-from-telit-cinterion/ |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> In September 2023, it was announced that Kontron acquired Altimate, the [[Bucharest]]-headquartered software company specialising in traffic control, automated fare collection, tolling, and enforcement of traffic violations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Kontron acquires Altimate for €11.64 million |url=https://evertiq.com/design/54357 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=evertiq.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
{{As of|2024|July}}, the subsidiaries of the group include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore Kontron Group companies |url=https://group.kontron.com/#our-companies |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
* ''Kontron Europe''
* ''Kontron Bulgaria''
* ''Kontron AIS''
* ''susietec''
* ''Kontron Technologies''
* ''Kontron Transportation''
* ''Kontron Slovenia''
* ''Kontron Medical''
* ''S&T Medtech''
* ''Smart Metering''
* ''Solutions for Power Systems''
* ''Kontron ODM/EMS Alliance''
* ''Kontron Services Austria''
* ''Kontron Hungary''
* ''Kontron Services Romania''
* ''Kontron Slovenia''
* ''Kontron Americas''
* ''Kontron Asia''
 
 
==See also==
* [[Kontron Group]]
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.kontron.com}}
 
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