GARMIN GPS
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Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), is a group company incorporated in George Town, Cayman Islands in 1989 that develops products related to GPS. The company was founded by Gary Burrell, David Casey, Min Kao, and Paul Shumaker. The company name is derived from the name of the two founders Gary and Min Kao.
Garmin International, Inc. Group headquarters are located in Olathe, Kansas. Garmin (Asia) Corporation is the largest production facility of this group and is located in Sijhih City, Taiwan
The company's first product is a GPS receiver named GPS 100, a receiver intended for the maritime market, and sold for US $ 2,500. This product was launched in 1990 at the International Marine Technology Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Sales of these products exploded and resulted in orders of 5000 units.
In January 1991, Kao went to Taiwan to set up production facilities in Taipei. Other early products, as well as GPS receiver, proved popular in the military who served in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in the early 2000s 1991.Di, Garmin launched a personal GPS devices intended for recreation named Garmin Forerunner, and also StreetPilot launched for vehicle navigation.
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Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), is a group company incorporated in George Town, Cayman Islands in 1989 that develops products related to GPS. The company was founded by Gary Burrell, David Casey, Min Kao, and Paul Shumaker. The company name is derived from the name of the two founders Gary and Min Kao.
Garmin International, Inc. Group headquarters are located in Olathe, Kansas. Garmin (Asia) Corporation is the largest production facility of this group and is located in Sijhih City, Taiwan
The company's first product is a GPS receiver named GPS 100, a receiver intended for the maritime market, and sold for US $ 2,500. This product was launched in 1990 at the International Marine Technology Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Sales of these products exploded and resulted in orders of 5000 units.
In January 1991, Kao went to Taiwan to set up production facilities in Taipei. Other early products, as well as GPS receiver, proved popular in the military who served in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in the early 2000s 1991.Di, Garmin launched a personal GPS devices intended for recreation named Garmin Forerunner, and also StreetPilot launched for vehicle navigation.