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2007

  • Sold fleet management businesses to TeliMatrix Limited (which owns Matrix Vehicle Tracking) in return for 50% of the shares in TeliMatrix. Control Instruments will receive 320 million shares in TeliMatrix when it lists on the JSE on 12 November 2007 and will unbundle approximately 280 million shares to shareholders - shareholders will receive two TeliMatrix shares for each Control Instruments share they hold
  • Acquired distribution rights and fleet telematics, data management and commercial vehicle outfitting businesses (Datatrak) from SiemensVDO Trading. Based in United Kingdom and Europe (June)

2006

  • Acquired Pi Technology, United Kingdom - specialises in design of electronic products for the automotive industry (December)
  • Acquired Gabriel South Africa and Gabriel trademark for designated territories in Africa (including South Africa). Gabriel manufactures, distributes and sells ride control products (shock absorbers, struts and gas springs) to the automotive aftermarket in southern Africa (September)
  • Acquired 51% of the shares in Tripmaster, USA - supplier of high-end onboard computers to the North American trucking market (March)
  • Acquired the businesses of Sagercy PE, Ariston and Specialised Plastics Engineering - manufacture of plastic products for the automotive battery industry and the automotive OEM industry. (March)

2005

  • Acquired Dana South Africa (Pty) Limited - distributor of aftermarket components for the automotive and heavy-duty truck market in South Africa. (October)
  • European sales, engineering support and logistics operation (CI Europe) established, based in the United Kingdom (March)
  • Acquired Transport Lighting and Fleet Products (Pty) Limited and the business of Autocom (January)

2004

  • Strategy 2004 - creation of shareholder wealth
    • Increase critical mass
    • Globalise the businesses; and
    • Increase development of products in which Group owns the Intellectual Property

2003

  • Hersov interest acquired by Friedman Family Group and Control Instruments

2002

  • South African Audio Navigation business of SiemensVDO acquired

2001

  • DataPro sold
  • Electromatic changed name to Shurlok International (Pty) Limited

2000

  • Electromatic purchased the automotive electronics division of Conlog (Pty) Limited

1999

  • Parking access and control sold (Amano) to Blick plc
  • Fleet management product division of Electromatic and software development division of DataPro merged to form CI Fleet Management Services (CI FMS)
  • Electromatic purchased Dupec Electronics (Pty) Limited from Delta Motor Corporation

1998

  • Commenced supply of onboard computers (OBCs) to SiemensVDO
  • DataPro split into software development (specialised fleet management software) and ISP (network integration and management, internet and e-commerce)
  • Acquired remaining 50% of DataPro
  • Sold Rhomberg Electronics
  • Sold Nortech (vehicle detection and traffic control)

1997

  • Restructuring of Group to focus on automotive and transportation industries commenced
  • Mobile telephone distribution taken over by Ericsson

1996

  • 50% of DataPro acquired (software development and ISP)
  • Time, Access and Parking business sold
  • Anglovaal Industries Limited divests. Interests acquired by existing shareholders

1995

  • Formed Matrix Vehicle Tracking with Plessey and Radiospoor
  • Acquired Rhomberg Brasler Group (industrial electronics)

1993

  • Appointed as South African distributor of Ericsson mobile telephones
  • Electromatic acquired Shurlok (electronic vehicle security products)

1989

  • Electromatic developed and supplied first vehicle electronic products to BMW SA
  • Alumet Circuit Technologies sold to Plessey
  • Acquired instrumentation division of Harvey and Russell

1988

  • Ferris Instrumentation purchased (industrial instrumentation)

1987

  • Control Instruments Group Limited listed on JSE Securities Exchange SA with Anglovaal Industries Limited as strategic partner

1986

  • Friedman Family Group acquired Control Instruments and VDO South Africa. Electromatic and Alumet Circuit Technologies merged into Control Instruments

1984

  • Friedman Family Group acquired Alumet Circuit Technologies (printed circuit boards)

1981

  • Friedman Family Group acquired Electromatic

1969

  • Electromatic founded (parking and traffic control electronics)

1948

  • Control Instruments formed. Distributor for Kienzle tachographs, Amano time and attendance equipment, and Wika industrial instrumentation.




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