asx tzl industry engineering design investment founded 1986 headquarters chicago united states key people mark bouris chairman ; dickory rudduck deceased founder ; kenneth ting company secretary john wilson ceo revenue us 15.86 million 2007 1 net income us 10.80 million 2007 website http www.tzlimited.com tz ltd. known previously by various other names is a company that develops and licenses proprietary technologies . history edit pharmol pacific pty ltd. was founded in 1986 in new zealand . following numerous name changes the company became ced australasia in 2002 . in 2004 ced australasia acquired telezygology inc. a united states fastener company that had formed in 1998 . soon after the company renamed itself to tz ltd. 2 around 2005 the company moved its headquarters from sydney australia to chicago united states but it remains registered on the australian securities exchange under the symbol tzl . in 2009 the former board resigned under pressure from shareholders and were replaced by a board headed by australian wizard home loans founder and celebrity mark bouris . 3 in mid 2013 the founder dickory rudduck died from cancer . products edit one of tz ltd. s main products is intelligent fastening a technology that allows fasteners to be controlled remotely . dickory rudduck an australian architect and inventor invented the intelligent fastening technology . 4 the technology was a 2005 product of the year finalist for nasa tech briefs magazine . 5 references edit tz limited . 2007 annual report . october 2007 . careerone only a wizard can save tz s bottom line van jon . oh snap these new fasteners are smart . chicago tribune . march 30 2006 . tz limited . 2005 annual report . november 2005 . interview with david feber chief executive officer wall street reporter magazine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tz limited & oldid 730805260 categories software companies based in illinois 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 21 july 2016 at 06 55 . 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