defense industrial instrumentation medical space telecommunication founded 1952 founder yvon and lucien gattaz headquarters aubervilliers france key people pierre gattaz chairman products rf coaxial connectors multipin aerospace connectors fiber optics microwave components antenna rf cable assembly outdoor connectors space qualified components rf cable assembly active optics owner gattaz family 89 % number of employees 2 987 2014 1 slogan our most important connection is with you website www.radiall.com radiall is a company that designs develops and manufactures connectors and associated components for use in electronic applications . the company offers interconnect components including radio frequency coaxial connectors and cable assemblies antennas fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies microwave components and cable assemblies microwave switches and multipin connectors . it serves the aerospace defense industrial instrumentation telecom space and medical markets . the company markets its products worldwide through a network of agents and distributors . co founded by yvon and lucien gattaz in 1952 it is headquartered in paris france . the radiall corporate entity is currently listed on eurolist by nyse euronext but 89 % of radiall s shares are owned by its founders the gattaz family . in 2014 radiall s revenue was 280 million euros with a growth of 21 % . total net profit was 33.9 million euros with a growth of 83 % compared to 2013 . radiall invested approximately 7 % in research and development which is significantly above the industry standard . contents 1 history 1.1 1952 1962 1.2 1962 1972 1.3 1972 1982 1.4 1982 1992 1.5 1992 2007 1.6 2008 present 2 governance 3 locations 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit 1952 1962 edit in the spring of 1952 two brothers yvon and lucien gattaz founded radiall . yvon gattaz was the entrepreneur who took care of the commercial and financial aspect of the business . lucien was the inventor . he was more interested by the technical aspects of research and production . in 1953 they bought their first workshop in paris france . a slogan had already been found speed & quality . at that time france intended to be a world leader in television by using higher frequencies through its secam standard . the antenna had to be linked to the tv monitor with a coaxial cable . yvon and lucien worked hard to invent a cheap and easy to use interconnect that would fit the application . by 1954 radiall was producing 100 000 connectors per month . the coaxial connector miniquick 1962 1972 edit in november 1963 yvon and lucien inaugurated their first factory at voiron in isere france of 2 500 m2 27 000 sqft . that same year the company launched the coaxial connector mini quick . five years later in 1968 radiall built its headquarters at rosny sous bois . this 4 000 m2 43 000 sqft two story building the third floor came after is made only of glass and foil . by 1967 opening itself to europe was already in radiall s mind so they created a subsidiary in staines england radiall microwave components ltd. in 1969 they opened another office in germany at buchslag close to frankfurt rgmbh with the goal of developing a european sales network . 1972 1982 edit in 1972 lucien gattaz had identified the company sogie as a competitor to radiall in the connector business . it was for sale and showing a deficit so radiall made its first acquisition and it only took a few years to make it profitable . buying sogie showed radiall s desire to continue specializing itself in multipins connectors . that same year the company also started getting interested in aerospace and fiber optics . a new facility was built in 1977 in voreppe france . a year later a new factory is created to produce hyper frequency components for military use at l isle d abeau which was visited by france s prime minister on june 6 1980 . 1982 1992 edit 1982 was the year in which radiall got its first computer assisted design equipment . during the 80s radiall expands worldwide with offices in the united states stratford connecticut brazil rio de janeiro and asia from hong kong in 1984 arrived the long awaited first qualification by boeing for connectors that comply to arinc 600 . this is also a period of inventions as 15 patents were obtained from 1984 to 1986 . radiall also entered the french stock market in 1989 selling 20 % of its capital to the public . 1992 2007 edit a multipin connector the epx in 1992 pierre gattaz son of co founder of radiall yvon gattaz becomes the new ceo of the company . in order to become a major us player in the multipins connectors business concerning mostly the aerospace industry radiall acquired jerrik in may 1995 located in tempe arizona . then radiall continued its expansion in the usa with the acquisition of larsen a company based in portland oregon which was specialized in antennas for military purposes . in1994 the company continues to expand in asia with radiall protectron located in bangalore india . later on radiall creates a presence in japan when it opened radiall nihon . in 2005 radiall acquired applied engineering products aep located in new haven ct and the aep product line was integrated into the radiall portfolio . finally in july 1997 radiall shangai is inaugurated which officially creates a radiall entity in china . radiall s goal was to reach sales of one billion francs by the year 2000 a goal that was actually reached three years before in 1997 . 2001 was a tough year for the company due to the telecommunication crisis and the september 11 aftermath forcing the company to reduce its manpower by 30 % in two years due to a 40 % activity loss . 2008 present edit on january 8 radiall announced an increase in its shareholdings of the start up d lightsys 2 to 95 percent . on june 1 radiall aep inc 3 and radiall usa inc were consolidated into one company radiall usa inc. doing business as radiall and covering the north american territory were radiall currently has 3 sites tempe az ; new haven ct and obregon sonora mexico . the total number of employees is about 470 . 2012 saw the creation of the automobile subsidiary raydiall on july 29 2015 radiall announced the acquisition of van systems an italian company that designs and manufactures circular electrical connectors for industrial applications . governance edit radiall is governed by two boards a supervisory board and an executive board . the supervisory board is composed of 7 people who oversee the operation of the organization . the executive board includes 3 members and obtains assistance from the supervisory board in creating the organizations strategy and overall management of the company . locations edit radiall is headquartered in france with expertise centers and manufacturing locations on 3 continents and 13 countries . radiall s 9 manufacturing plants are located in the united states mexico france china and india . more than 87 % of sales are generated outside france . awards edit 2004 boeing supplier of the year award 2004 celestica supplier of the year award 2005 rockwell collins interconnect commodity supplier of the year award 2005 thales 1 supplier of antennas 2006 airbus best performance award 2006 harris connector supplier of the year award 2006 harris silver level preferred supplier of antennas 2006 l3 communications outstanding supplier of the year award 2006 rockwell collins interconnect commodity supplier of the year award 2007 itt defense communications & countermeasures division distinguished supplier award 2007 harris silver level preferred supplier of antennas 2008 airbus electrics supplier of the year award 2009 itt defense communications & countermeasures division distinguished supplier award 2009 mobi antenna technologies award of excellence 2010 airbus electrics supplier of the year award 2010 motorola tianjin network best partnership award 2014 airbus supplier of the year award 2014 boeing performance excellence award 2015 airbus electronics supplier of the year award 2015 supplier innovation award from airbus 2015 quality award from nokia references edit radiall company profile on bnet d lightsys web site applied engineering products aep web site external links edit radiall web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radiall & oldid 730278385 categories electronics companieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 fran aispiemont 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