Fast Facts
Elographics was founded in 1971 and invented touchscreen overlay technology and was acquired by Tyco Electronics Corporation in 1999. Elo TouchSystems is a trademark of the TE Connectivity Ltd. family of companies and managed within Touch Solutions business unit.
- We design, manufacture, and market nearly 500,000 products
- We have nearly 100,000 employees
- We apply for more than 750 patents annually, hold more than 16,000 patents and patent applications in total
- We have an established manufacturing presence in over 25 countries, we operate in approximately 50 countries, and we serve customers in more than 150 countries
- With sales of US$12.1 billion in fiscal 2010
TE Connectivity is a global, $12.1 billion company that designs and manufactures over 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 100,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.
Industry-leading touchscreen product lines:
- Acoustic pulse recognition (APR) touchscreen overlays
- IntelliTouch and SecureTouch surface-wave touchscreen overlays
- CarrollTouch infrared touch sensors
- Projected and surface capacitive touchscreen overlays
- LCD touchmonitors in various form factors
- All-in-one touchcomputers
Full line of touchscreen controllers; software drivers for popular operating environments, including Windows, Macintosh and Linux; application development tools.
Elo developed many proprietary designs for touch technologies and products.
- Kiosks: point of information, self-service, transaction
- Point-of-sale: restaurant, retail, lodging, self-service systems
- Industrial: process & machine control, test & measurement, security & alarm
- Gaming/entertainment: casino, lottery, bingo, amusement
- Medical/healthcare: equipment, hospital/doctor office system, patient care
- Financial: banking, office automation, point of information
- Transportation: ticket machines, in-vehicle
R&D and manufacturing facilities in Menlo Park, California; Kessel-Lo, Belgium; Yokohama, Japan; and Su Zhou, China. North American offices in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices throughout Europe, Latin America, and Asia/Pacific.
| 2011 |
Tyco Electronics becomes TE Connectivity. |
| 2011 |
TE acquires Sensitive Object (passive acoustic technology) forming the Touch Solutions Business Unit with Elo TouchSystems. |
| 2011 |
The Elo IDS product line is relaunched with the added technology of IntelliTouch and IntelliTouch Plus. |
| 2011 |
Multi-touch unveiled on the Elo 2242L with IntelliTouch Plus. |
| 2010 |
James O'Toole appointed VP and GM of Touch Solutions. |
| 2010 |
The Elo B- and D-Series AiO Touchcomputers are available with Windows® 7 Professional and POSReady 2009. |
| 2010 |
The Elo product family grew in large scale with Interactive Digital Signage (IDS). |
| 2009 |
Elo announces multi-touch capability for analog resistive screens, Resistive Gestures. |
| 2008 |
The Elo 1900L/2200L Zero-Bezel APR touchmonitors were launched. |
| 2007 |
Tyco Electronics separates from Tyco International, establishing a new corporation (NYSE: TEL). |
| 2006 |
Acoustic pulse recognition (APR) touch technology
added to portfolio and celebrates 35 years in the touchscreen business. |
| 2005 |
Surface capacitive technology added to touchmonitor line. |
| 2004 |
Headquarters moved to Menlo Park, California. |
| 2004 |
The first Elo touchcomputer was introduced. |
| 2004 |
Surface capacitive touch technology added to portfolio. |
| 2003 |
AT4 four-wire resistive products added to AccuTouch
technology family. |
| 2003 |
Projected capacitive added to its family of touch technologies, with a choice of DirectTouch or ThruTouch monitor options. |
| 2001 |
Sales offices in Brazil, Argentina, and Miami were established to
serve the Central America, Caribbean and Latin American
markets. |
| 2000 |
Elo
adds custom operations from Touchscreen Systems
Limited,
United Kingdom and International Concept, France. |
| 2000 |
Elo
introduces Entuitive touchmonitors "designed for
touch," offering reliable operation, superior
performance, and ease of use and installation. |
| 1999 |
Breakthrough
development of iTouch "touch-on-tube" surface-wave technology. |
| 1999 |
Carroll Touch Systems technology added and
becomes part of Tyco Electronics. |
| 1999 |
Elo
acquires custom touchmonitor manufacturer National
Integration Services, Inc. |
| 1999 |
Elo
acquires the remaining portion of Touch Panel Systems Japan from Daicel Chemical. |
| 1997 |
Elo completes move to new
80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. |
| 1996 |
Elo celebrates a
quarter century in
the touchscreen business. |
| 1995 |
Elo launches three new products:
high-speed IntelliTouch Ultra with increased resolution, AccuTouch HL with 37 percent
increase in light transmission, and MonitorMice software driver that allows multiple
monitors running Windows to operate from a single PC. |
| 1991 |
Elo achieves major technical
breakthrough in IntelliTouch product line, doubling speed, resolution, and sensitivity. |
| 1989 |
Elo
introduces world's first mouse emulation driver, MonitorMouse,
for DOS and Microsoft Windows 2.0. Implementation of touch
accelerates rapidly. |
| 1987 |
The IntelliTouch
product line was launched, based on innovative surface-wave technology. |
| 1987 |
The first touchscreen driver software for DOS, ELODEV was launched. |
| 1986 |
Elo TouchSystems becomes a
wholly owned
subsidiary of Raychem Corporation. |
| 1977 |
Proprietary AccuTouch five-wire resistive technology was developed - the most popular touchscreen technology in use today. |
| 1974 |
Elo enhances computer touch
system, incorporating transparent surface. |
| 1971 |
Elo TouchSystems
founder Dr. Samuel C. Hurst
invents the world's first electronic touch interface. |
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