Garmin Canada Inc., formerly Dynastream Innovations Inc., and a subsidiary of Garmin, is a key site for research and development for Garmin and the inventor and home of the ANT protocol used in millions of devices worldwide. ANT is an ultra-low power (ULP) wireless networking application suited for any kind of low data rate sensor network topology in a variety IoT applications.
Garmin Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of wireless devices in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Australian Continent, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its Fitness segment offers running and multi-sport watches; cycling products; activity tracking and smartwatch devices; fitness and cycling accessories. This segment also provides Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are web and mobile platforms; and Connect IQ, an application development platform. The company’s Outdoor segment offers adventure watches, outdoor handhelds, golf devices and mobile apps, and dog tracking and training devices. Its Aviation segment designs, manufactures, and markets various aircraft avionics solutions comprising integrated flight decks, electronic flight displays and instrumentation, navigation and communication products, automatic flight control systems and safety-enhancing technologies, audio control systems, engine indication systems, traffic awareness and avoidance solutions, ADS-B and transponder solutions, weather information and avoidance solutions, datalink and connectivity solutions, portable GPS navigators and wearables, and various services products. The company’s Marine segment provides chartplotters and multi-function displays, cartography products, fishfinders, sonar products, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays and sensors, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wearable devices, sailing products, entertainment, digital switching products, and trolling motors. Its Auto segment offers embedded domain controllers and infotainment systems; personal navigation devices; and cameras. The company sells its products through independent retailers, dealers, distributors, installation and repair shops, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as an online webshop, garmin.com. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Garmin Ltd (Garmin) designs, develops, manufactures and markets hand-held, portable and fixed-mount global positioning system (GPS)-enabled products. The company also offers navigation, communications, and information products for the automotive/mobile, outdoor, fitness, marine, and general aviation markets. It markets products under Quickdraw, ECHOMAP, inReach, EmpirBus, Navionics, Montana, Rino, Fusion, Force, Instinct, Garmin Connect, Connect IQ and Vivofit brand names. Garmin sells GPS receivers and accessories to retail outlets, and aviation products to aviation dealers and aircraft manufacturers through a network of independent dealers, independent retailers, distributors, installation and repair shops and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With more than 14,500 associates in 65 offices around the world, Garmin brings GPS navigation and wearable technology to the automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor and fitness markets. Garmin thinks every day is an opportunity to innovate, and a chance to beat yesterday.
