technologies industry electronic equipment headquarters waterloo ontario canada key people edwin roks number of employees 1 000 1 website www.teledynedalsa.com teledyne dalsa formerly dalsa corporation is a canadian company specializing in the design and manufacture of specialized electronic imaging components image sensors cameras frame grabbers imaging software as well as specialized semiconductor fabrication mems high voltage asics . contents 1 history 2 technology and applications 3 recognition 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in waterloo ontario canada in 1980 by imaging pioneer savvas chamberlain a former professor in electrical engineering at the university of waterloo . the company was capitalised in november 1984 and was publicly listed on the toronto stock exchange in may 1996 . the company originally concentrated in developing and generating charge coupled device ccd image sensor technology . it has since grown into an industry leader in semiconductor technology employing approximately 1000 individuals worldwide and earning revenues of more than 200 million . headquarters remain in waterloo ontario canada but the company has expanded operations into billerica massachusetts ; santa clara california ; bromont and montreal quebec ; eindhoven and enschede netherlands in addition to sales offices in germany japan and china . dalsa was acquired by teledyne in 2010 . 2 technology and applications edit teledyne dalsa designs and manufactures digital imaging products for industrial scientific and medical applications including semiconductor wafer inspection printed circuit inspection general machine vision digital radiography medium format photography aerial photogrammetry and astronomy . notably many of the image sensors employed in nasa s spirit opportunity and curiosity mars rovers were manufactured by teledyne dalsa . teledyne dalsa is one of few industrial digital camera producers that has a vertically integrated supply chain . teledyne dalsa owns the wafer forge where many of its imaging sensors are manufactured and is one of the few manufacturers offering both ccd and cmos sensors . in 2005 teledyne dalsa acquired canadian frame grabber and camera manufacturer coreco based in montreal . in doing so teledyne dalsa added software acquisition and further gigabit ethernet technology to its portfolio . teledyne dalsa developed a digital cinema camera the origin camera system but despite remarkable imaging performance the system was not a commercial success and the project was wound down in 2009 . recognition edit in 2007 teledyne dalsa was named one of canada s top 100 employers as published in maclean s magazine one of a few manufacturing companies to receive this honour . 3 in 2010 yole d veloppement named teledyne dalsa s wafer foundry as the leading independent pure play mems foundry worldwide . 4 references edit company profile for dalsa corp ca ; dsa . retrieved 2008 10 14 . press release teledyne and dalsa complete plan of arrangement reasons for selection 2007 canada s top 100 employers . newest markets bolster 2009 mems top 30 . yole d veloppement . retrieved 2012 07 09 . external links edit teledyne dalsa website v t e teledyne subsidiaries mattituck services teledyne controls teledyne caris teledyne dalsa teledyne turbine engines wah chang corporation people george kozmetsky donald rice henry earl singleton related allegheny technologies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teledyne dalsa & oldid 730363837 categories companies based in waterloo ontariomanufacturing companies of canadaelectronics companies of canadafilm and video technologyteledyne technologies 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 deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 15 11 . 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