Compunetix
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States |
Key people | Dr. Giorgio Coraluppi, President and Director |
Number of employees | 400+ |
| Divisions | Federal, Video, Communication, Instrumentation |
| Subsidiaries | Compunetics |
| Website | compunetix.com |
Compunetix, Inc. is a privately held corporation headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States, that develops multimedia multi-point telecommunications systems for audio conferencing, videoconferencing, and mission-critical applications in commercial and government markets around the world. Founded in 1968, Compunetix now has over one million ports in more than 30 countries, making it the industry's largest worldwide deployer of teleconferencing systems.
Early history
Compunetics, Inc. was founded in 1968 by Dr. Giorgio Coraluppi. Initially operating as a contract engineering firm, the company entered the printed circuit board market in 1969. For the next few decades, Compunetics worked to create custom technologies for several agencies of the United States Government.
In the 1980s, Compunetics received its first U.S. patent for a "Rearrangeable full Availability Multistage Switching Network with Redundant Conductors". Utilizing this technology, Compunetics was able to secure a contract for NASA that entailed creating a voice control system (VSS and VSD units) that could connect up to 4,000 mission specialists around the world. Shortly thereafter, Compunetics developed the CONTEX 240 and 480 conference bridges, which were regarded as groundbreaking conferencing platforms.
Formation
In 1990 Compunetix, Inc. was formally created to undertake commercial and government applications of voice, video, and data conferencing technology.
Corporate structure
Compunetix is composed of five business units that collectively conceptualize, engineer and manufacture the company's products.
Divisions
Communications Systems Divisions (CSD)
- Voice and Data Collaboration Systems
- Sonexis
- Enterprise level audio and web conferencing
Video Systems Division (VSD)
- Video conferencing systems
Federal Systems Division (FSD)
- Mission-critical systems (aerospace, military and government clients)
Instrumentation Systems Division (ISD)
- Electronics manufacturing
Wholly owned corporate subsidiaries
Compunetics
- Printed circuit board manufacturing
