U-blox

u-blox is a Swiss company that creates wireless semiconductors and modules for consumer, automotive and industrial markets. They operate as a fabless IC and design house.

u-blox Holding AG
TypePublic company
SIX: UBXN
IndustrySemiconductors, Internet of Things (IoT)
Founded1997
Headquarters
Thalwil, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Key people
  • Stephan Zizala (CEO)
  • André Müller (Chairman)
RevenueIncrease SFr 624 million (2021)[1]
Increase SFr 121.8 million (2021)[1]
Increase SFr 101.8 million (2021)[1]
Number of employees
1,281 (2022) [2]
Websitewww.u-blox.com

u-blox was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Thalwil, Switzerland. The company is listed at the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX:UBXN) and has offices in the USA, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, Australia, Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Greece.

u-blox develops and sells chips and modules that support global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), including receivers for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou and QZSS. The wireless range consists of GSM-, UMTS- and CDMA2000 and LTE modules, as well as Bluetooth- and WiFi-modules. All these products enable the delivery of complete systems for location-based services and M2M applications (machine-to-machine communication) in the Internet of Things, that rely on the convergence of 2G/3G/4G, Bluetooth-, Wi-Fi technology and satellite navigation.

They acquired a dozen companies after their IPO in 2007, after acquiring connectblue[3] in 2014 and Lesswire in 2015 [4] they acquired Rigado's module business in 2019.[5] In 2020, u-blox acquired Thingstream.[6] In 2021, u-blox AG acquired Sapcorda Services GmbH, a provider of high precision GNSS (global navigation satellite system) services, to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing high precision GNSS market.[7] In 2021, u-blox AG acquired Naventik GmbH, a German company specializing in the development of safe positioning solutions for autonomous driving, to expand its presence in the autonomous driving market.[8]

u-blox provides starter kits which allow quick prototyping of variety of applications for the Internet of Things.[9]

Thomas Seiler served as chief executive officer of u-blox AG from 2002 until his retirement on Dec 31, 2022. Stephan Zizala, who joined the company in 2022, succeeded Seiler.[10]

References
  1. "u-blox Annual Report 2022".
  2. "u-blox Presentation H1-2022" (PDF).
  3. "u-blox acquires connectBlue; adds Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity" (PDF). www.connectblue.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  4. "u-blox acquires automotive short range modules business from Lesswire". u-blox. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  5. u-blox acquired Rigado's Bluetooth Modules Business
  6. "Thingstream acquired by u-blox". u-blox. April 2020.
  7. "u-blox acquires full ownership in Sapcorda Joint Venture". u-blox. 18 March 2021.
  8. "u-blox and Naventik". itsax.
  9. "u-blox C027 | Mbed". os.mbed.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  10. "u-blox announces CEO transition effective 1 January 2023". u-blox. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
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