this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message colorado time systems type private partnership industry sports timing & displays headquarters loveland colorado key people anita sayed president and ceo products aquatic timing & scoring systems sports venue displays display marquees sports scoreboards variable message signs display control systems number of employees more than 40 divisions colorado time systems colorado display systems website www.coloradotime.com scoreboards at the university of minnesota during the 2007 ncaa men s swimming & diving finals colorado time systems cts is an american company based in loveland colorado that designs manufactures sells and services aquatic timing systems scoreboards led video displays and related products . 1 contents 1 history 2 meet contracts 2.1 ncaa division i swimming championships 2.2 fina world junior swimming championships 3 the history channel 4 sponsorship partners 5 see also 6 further reading 7 footnotes 8 references 9 external links history edit the company was founded in 1972 by four engineers from hewlett packard . they left hewlett packard to form colorado time systems when as part of hp s test and measurement division they started researching aquatic timing because of the accuracy required in measuring times . 1 meet contracts edit ncaa division i swimming championships edit in march 2009 the ncaa made history by using wireless backup timing for the first time ever during the 2009 swimming championships held at texas a & m university in college station texas . 2 fina world junior swimming championships edit colorado time systems is the official timekeeper for the fina world junior swimming championships through 2013 . the first meet was hosted in 2011 in lima peru . the second scheduled for august 26 31 2013 will be held in dubai uae . colorado is the official time keeper for the fina world junior swimming championships . the meet was recently changed to occur on a two year cycle with the next meet being hosted in 2011 . that meet which will be timed by cts is going to be held in lima peru . 3 the history channel edit on december 23 2008 the history channel series modern marvels aired an episode titled measure it . this episode discussed various modern methods of precise measurement including the measurement of time following the beijing olympics . the segment featuring colorado time systems talked about the construction of modern timing systems and the history of touchpads . 2 sponsorship partners edit colorado time systems is the official timing scoring and display partner to usa water polo us synchronized swimming brazilian swimming federation mexican swimming federation fina junior world swimming championship american swimming coaches association and china swimming association . 4 in july 2011 colorado time systems was acquired by playcore ; based in chattanooga tn . colorado time systems is part of the everactive brands division . photo gallery olympex display at the grosse pointe yacht club diving template on 224x128 olympex display timing office at grosse pointe south high school colorado time systems wallplate see also edit swimming portal companies portal aquatic timing system scoreboards further reading edit slear tom . the not so bad ol days usa swimming . footnotes edit a b about our company colorado time systems . a b history in the making proven systems april 2009 . fina partners with colorado time systems for fina world junior swimming championships swimming world magazine april 6 2009 . colorado time systems sponsorships . coloradotime.com . 2013 01 18 . retrieved 2013 04 10 . references edit about our company colorado time systems . steinbach paul . matrix revolution high tech scoreboard and video display concepts are racking up points among high schools . athletic business january 2008 . fina partners with colorado time systems for fina world junior swimming championships swimming world magazine april 6 2009 . history in the making proven systems newsletter april 2009 . usa water polo renews partnership with colorado timing systems usa water polo february 23 2009 . lane 9 news ncaa calls for colorado time systems equipment at swimming championships swimming world magazine march 22 2004 . auburn swimming coach marsh on the clock with colorado time sports business journal may 26 2003 . cameron steve . colorado firm dives into scoreboard scrum sports business journal march 4 2002 . external links edit colorado time systems website industronics berhad philips vidiwall led video screens retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title colorado time systems & oldid 674054968 categories companies established in 1972companies based in coloradodisplay technology companieswater sports equipment manufacturershidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from may 2013 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 add links this page was last modified on 1 august 2015 at 09 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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