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May,1998
Greenlee Textron,
another Textron business unit that sells tools to electrical
contractors, made a significant statement in the datacommunications
market with the introduction of over 175 new tools, dies and
connectors. This move was in response to the entry of many
electrical contractors into this field and was marketed as
the Greenlee Data-Signal-Voice (DSV) product line. This introduction
was a big success and led to Greenlee Textron's acquisition
of other companies.
August, 1998
Three months after the launch of DSV, Greenlee acquired Datacom
Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of Category 5 cable
testers. Although the Datacom brand name still exists on some
of their older products, their newest technology is showing
up in products bearing the Tempo brand name.
October, 1999
Greenlee acquired Progressive Electronics, a manufacturer of
tone generators and probes used by telephone technicians. With
this acquisition, the Chesilvale acquisition and the most recent
acquisition of Industrial Technology, Tempo is the undisputed
market leader in this product category. Progressive also brought
to Greenlee a strong base of datacommunications distributor
access and a successful line of buried line locators.
November, 1999
Greenlee acquired RIFOCS, a designer and manufacturer of fiber
optic components and test instruments. RIFOCS has a reputation
for producing very high quality products which are sold primarily
to telecommunications manufacturers and the U.S. military.
This was certainly a technology acquisition for Greenlee.
March, 2000
Greenlee announced the acquisition of Chesilvale Electronics,
a UK manufacturer of butt-sets, tone generators and probes.
Tempo is aggressively marketing new butt-sets coming from Chesilvale
and is using the UK location as a marketing center for European
expansion.
January, 2001
Greenlee acquired Tempo Research, a Vista, CA manufacturer
of telecommunications testing equipment. Tempo products, namely
the Sidekick family of products, are well known among telecommunications
technicians as the preferred tool for troubleshooting telephone
lines.
August, 2001
Greenlee acquired Industrial Technology, a manufacturer of
advanced telecommunications electronics tools. Industrial Technology
manufactures the leading ThrowmasterO test set which permits
the transfer of telephone service from one cable to another
without interruption of service. It also designs, manufactures
and markets digital signal identifiers and toner probes, cable
fault locators and a unique line of electronic marking and
locator equipment.
August, 2001
Greenlee acquired Opto-Electronics, an Oakville, Ontario-based
designer and manufacturer of high-speed fiber-optic test instruments
for the telecommunications, aerospace and defense industries.
Products include high-resolution picosecond (one trillionth
of a second) Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs), fiber-optic
systems, pulsed lasers and photodetectors.
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