Zetron, Inc. is an American company that manufactures integrated communications systems. Founded in 1980, formerly a subsidiary of

JVCKenwood , stylized as JVCKENWOOD, is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formed from the merger of Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) and Kenwood Corporation on October 1, 2008. ...

, in May 2021 it was purchased by Codan Communications. Its products are for use by

Emergency An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...

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Public Safety Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensu ...

Agencies (

Fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...

Ambulance An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport. Ambulances are used to respond to ...

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Utilities A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and r ...

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Companies.

Products

Radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

Dispatch Systems * E-9-1-1 Call Taking Systems *

Fire station __NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire apparatus, fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equ ...

alerting and Dispatch Systems *

CAD Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

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GIS A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data. Much of this often happens within a spatial database; however, this is not ...

Mapping System - Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) & Geographic Information System (GIS) Systems * Specialized

integrated communications Technological convergence is the tendency for technology, technologies that were originally unrelated to become more closely integrated and even unified as they develop and advance. For example, watches, telephones, television, computers, and so ...

Paging In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme that allows the physical Computer memory, memory used by a program to be non-contiguous. This also helps avoid the problem of memory fragmentation and requiring compact ...

Systems

History

* 1980: Zetron is founded by Milt Zeutschel and John Reece. * 1981: Introduces paging products for volunteer fire departments (CE-1000). * 1987: Introduces Series 4000, the first user programmable microprocessor-based radio dispatch console. * 1990: Opens European office. * 1996: Introduces the first integrated radio dispatch and 9-1-1 call taking solution. * 2000: Zetron acquired the ACOM Business Unit from Plessey Asia Pacific Pty Ltd * 2001: The Advanced Communication System (Acom) is introduced, expanding to large-scaled dispatch center capability. * 2002: ACOM based VSCS is fully commissioned as the communications component of

The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System (TAAATS) (pronounced ''tats'', or ''tarts''), is the hardware and software system used by Airservices Australia for air traffic control services. It is a paperless, computer-based system, which serves as ...

* 2004: IP-based interface is delivered between Acom and M/A-Com's OpenSky. * 2007: Acquired by the Japanese company

Kenwood Corporation is a Japanese brand of consumer electronics. Since October 2008, Kenwood has been owned by JVCKenwood as a result of a merger between Kenwood Corporation and JVC. Kenwood has manufactured electronic equipment such as AM/FM stereo receivers, ...

(now

). * 2007: Zetron becomes the first vendor to support the P25 CSSI Console interface. * 2008: New IP-based Fire Station Alerting system begins shipping. * 2017: Established the strategic partnership with

Harris Corporation Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology service (economics), services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision device, night visi ...

company for emergency dispatch console system. * 2020: Celebrates 40 years in business. * 2021: Purchased by Codan Communications, the communications subsidiary of the Codan Group.

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{{reflist Radio technology Amateur radio companies Companies based in Redmond, Washington Electronics companies established in 1980 Electronics companies of the United States 2007 mergers and acquisitions 2021 mergers and acquisitions American subsidiaries of foreign companies