How it started
History
CalAmp was founded as California Amplifier Inc. in Newbury Park, California, in 1981, by Jacob Inbar and David Nichols, who worked together at a microwave division of Eaton Corporation. The company originally made amplifiers and other equipment used to transmit microwave signals for satellite video and broadband communications. The company began trading on NASDAQ in 1983.
By 1986, the company had relocated to Camarillo, California, and stopped making amplifiers for the consumer market.
In 1999, the company entered the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) market by acquiring Texas-based Gardiner Group, a satellite dish-component provider.
In December 2003, the company acquired communications software company Vytek Corp, for $76.8 million.
In March 2004, the company relocated to Oxnard, California. In August, the company changed its name to CalAmp Corp.
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