a publicly traded swiss electronics company founded in 1960 and based in wetzikon switzerland . the company has 5 product divisions systems platforms backplanes enclosures & components rotary switches and cabinet enclosures . the largest segment is systems packaging solutions serving the military aerospace homeland security medical and industrial markets . the elma bustronic division develops backplanes including vme320 which was the world s fastest vme backplane in 1997 . elma bustronic also develops backplanes in openvpx vmebus vme64x compactpci microtca and custom bus structures . elma is an executive member of the pci industrial computer manufacturers group picmg 1 vme international trade association 2 and member of the openvpx industry working standards group . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit elma was established in 1960 in moenchaltorf as a sole proprietorship . in 1965 it expanded operations into germany with the foundation of elma electronic ag in munich . in 1970 the company relocated from moenchaltorf to wetzikon . in 1974 elma became a wholly owned subsidiary of sulzer . sulzer divested elma in 1996 and in the same year elma held its first initial public offering . elma s locations include wetzikon fremont california lawrenceville georgia warminster pennsylvania pforzheim tel aviv villemoirieu bedford bucharest singapore and shanghai . in 1985 and 1990 elma founded american subsidiaries elma electronic inc. and elma bustronic both based in fremont california . subsidiaries in france israel romania and england were established in 2000 a subsidiary in china in 2004 . in the same 2004 elma acquired optima eps lawrenceville georgia and mektron systems england . in 2009 elma acquired act technico warminster pennsylvania . products edit elma supplies eurocard electronic enclosures since the 1960s . these enclosures are designed for standard 19 rack mounted applications or for portable or desktop versions . from simple subracks for electronics the company since expanded to chassis platforms for architectures such as the vmebus . in 2009 the company acquired act technico a provider of storage board level and integration solutions . elma enclosures are centered on 19 and 23 eurocard specification primarily for vme vme64x compactpci vxs vpx vxi pxi advancedtca microtca and other architectures . elma supplies these products either pre assembled or un assembled . elma is currently an executive member of the picmg consortium 4 references edit http www.elma.com americas english about history.aspx http www.vita.com roster.html http www.vita.com openvpx http www.picmg.org picmg cfmfiles generalv4 executivemembers.cfm external links edit six ch0005319162chf4 elma electronic retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elma electronic & oldid 703891171 categories electronics companies of switzerlandelectronics companies established in 1960manufacturing companies established in 19601960 establishments in switzerlandcompanies listed on the six swiss exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 february 2016 at 07 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view