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From entrepreneurs to incorporation to becoming publicly traded and now ISO certified, Hemisphere GPS has evolved into a major player in the design and manufacture of precision GPS products. With corporate headquarters in Calgary, Canada, this relatively young company also has product development, sales and marketing facilities in Arizona, Kansas, Texas, and Australia.
The company was born in 1990, when Canadian Systems Inc co-founders joined together to pursue their dream of manufacturing precision GPS instruments. Shortly afterwards the organisation changed its name to Communications System International Inc (CSI) and released its first product the MBX-1TM，一个差异GPS电路板。该公司迅速增长并扩大了基于GPS的产品系列，不可避免地会导致CSI在1997年成为一家公开交易的公司。
扩大增长
Once a public company, CSI began diversifying its portfolio out from marine navigation and GIS mapping markets towards a lucrative agricultural sector. This proved a landmark decision, as agriculture-based markets now combine to render more than 85% of the company's annual revenue. Rapid entrepreneurial growth continued into the new millennium, with the acquisition of Satloc® Inc, RHS Inc (Outback Guidance®), Del Norte® and, most recently, Beeline Technologies®. In 2007 CSI changed its name to Hemisphere GPS to better reflect focus and strength in precision commercial GPS technology.
成熟过程
在仅十年的半球GPS中，GPS于1998年从一家560万美元的公司蓬勃发展，在2008年成为一个超过7200万美元的组织，几乎一夜之间，一夜之间将其作为全球最大的GPS售后供应商的GPS指导产品的供应商农业产业。经过十九年的业务，四次重大收购，额外五个全球地点，260名新任命的员工和40多个新专利授予，Hemisphere GPS已成长为我们今天看到的公司。Hemisphere GPS总裁兼首席执行官Steven Koles表示：“我们确实从企业家风格的业务发展成为一个成熟而专注的组织。”
Worldwide Network
Today Hemisphere GPS has narrowed its efforts to the manufacture of GPS products for positioning, guidance and machine-control applications. The company's head office is in Calgary, Canada, with additional facilities in Arizona and Kansas, USA and Brisbane, Australia. These four locations work in partnership with a global network of more than five hundred distributors to supply Hemisphere GPS products virtually everywhere in the world.
Record Sales
Part of the maturation process was for the company to establish more efficient processes, procedures and documentation. This is evident in the company's recent certification to ISO 9001:2008. Koles: "We grew to the point that we needed a more formal stability platform to springboard the company to the next level." In 2008 Hemisphere GPS did just that, elevating its business to record sales margins.
Unique Technologies
Structurally Hemisphere GPS is divided into three main business units: air, agriculture, and precision. Powering the success of these units is the Hemisphere GPS Crescent® and EclipseTM技术。营销和业务开发副总裁Mohamed Abousalem博士说：“这些确实是推动我们大部分产品的发动机。”“Crescent®技术为各种精确定位和映射应用提供单频GPS解决方案。而EclipseTM技术利用双频信号，可以提供厘米精度并支持包括RTK，Omnistar和SBA在内的众多差异GPS解决方案。”
实用性
至于所开发的产品类型，Hemisphere GPS以将市场实用产品感到自豪。营销策略使分销商可以在个人层面上评估客户的需求。从本质上讲，分销商在半球GPS和最终客户之间充当通信渠道，因此将客户反馈投入研究和开发中，从而不断适应并创建了反映每个应用程序特定要求的新产品。公司发明和构建的所有内容都考虑到客户。它仔细考虑了可用性，可靠性和适用性，以影响客户和公司的盈利能力。
加强位置
为了进一步整合应用的目标cation-based products and developing machine-control solutions, the company continues to invest in infrastructure. Hemisphere GPS recently upgraded its Calgary-based engineering and manufacturing labs and moved into new, larger facilities in Arizona and Kansas. In a global economic situation where many companies are cutting back, Koles believes it's time for Hemisphere GPS to lean forward in the market. "Now is not the time for us to take our foot off the gas-pedal. We have a lot of good things happening in front of us in terms of the sectors we compete in, as well as opportunities with current and new products. Now is a time for us to get a stronger foothold in a new market share."
Koles对未来市场将带来什么乐观：“无论是通过在当前市场上扩展还是开拓新领域，我们都有很多机会。”
