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 . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is missing information about net income . please expand the article to include this information . further details may exist on the talk page . march 2016 trimble inc. type public traded as nasdaq trmb industry geospatial construction agriculture transportation and logistics telecommunications asset tracking mapping utilities mobile resource management government rfid founded november 1978 ; 37 years ago 1978 11 founder charles trimble et al. headquarters sunnyvale california united states key people steven berglund ceo revenue 2.4 billion for fy 2014 1 number of employees 6 561 as of 2012 website www.trimble.com trimble inc. headquartered in sunnyvale california makes global positioning system gps receivers laser rangefinders unmanned aerial vehicles uavs inertial navigation systems and a variety of software processing tools . as of 2012 the company has 6561 employees who are located in about 30 countries . since 1999 trimble s revenues have grown from approximately 270 million to over 2.0 billion in 2012 . 2 trimble sells products and services into the following major industries land survey construction agriculture transportation telecommunications asset tracking mapping utilities mobile resource management and government . contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 name change 4 references 5 external links history edit trimble navigation was founded in november 1978 3 by charles trimble and two partners from hewlett packard initially operating from los altos california . citation needed the company s acquisitions include datacom software research spectra precision group tripod data systems advanced public safety inc. apache technologies acutest engineering solutions ltd applanix g o 3d inpho gatewing meridian systems ntech industries pacific crest quantm accubid systems sketchup quickpen international seco mfg. co. inc. visual statement xyz solutions inc tekla thingmagic 4 spime inc. punch telematix nv 5 and tmw systems . 6 their role in building information modeling architecture and construction has been growing . most publicised was their 2012 acquisition of the 3d modeling software package sketchup from google . 7 as of 2014 they also own tekla bim modelling vico office bim data handling and gehry technologies gteam project coordination . 8 recognition edit in 2009 trimble was recognized on forbes list of the top 400 best big companies . this was the first time trimble made the list . 9 in prior years the company was also featured on forbes 100 best mid caps in america 2005 2006 and 2008 and forbes 200 best small companies 2005 lists . 10 name change edit the company changed its name from trimble navigation limited to trimble inc. and the name change and change in legal domicile became effective october 1 2016 . trimble inc. will continue to operate without change . the reincorporation will have no material impact on trimble management employees or customers . the corporate headquarters will remain in california . 11 references edit trimble.com about trimble trimble navigation 2011 annual report pdf . retrieved 11 april 2012 . silicon investor si the first internet community . silicon investor . 2000 08 31 . retrieved 2016 03 13 . about trimble navigation history . retrieved 11 april 2012 . trimble plots route to european growth in mobile resource management with acquisition of punch telematix news from company website retrieved 2011 07 11 trimble to acquire north american trucking industry enterprise software leader tmw systems expanding transportation and logistics reach news from company website retrieved 2015 05 09 trimble to enhance its office to field platform with the acquisition of google s sketchup 3d modeling platform . trimble . retrieved 8 june 2012 . trimble launches trimble connect new cloud based collaboration platform for construction and operation of buildings . forbes 400 best big companies . 2008 . retrieved 11 april 2012 . forbes.com . retrieved 11 april 2012 . geospatialworld.net . retrieved 4 october 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trimble navigation & oldid 742599201 categories companies based in sunnyvale californiacompanies established in 1978companies listed on nasdaqnavigation system companiesradio frequency identification companiesgeographic data and information equipment companieshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2014articles to be expanded from march 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article 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