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Maker of printed circuit boards and distributor of components, of Southampton | Maker of printed circuit boards and distributor of components, of Southampton | ||
1961 Vero was established by Geoffrey Verdon Roe, son of Sir [[Alliott Verdon-Roe]]. One of the first products was the "Vero Board", a matrix board for assembling one-off circuits and test setups, which had been patented by [[Vero Precision Engineering]]. | 1961 Vero was established by [[Geoffrey Verdon Roe]], son of Sir [[Alliott Verdon-Roe]]. One of the first products was the "Vero Board", a matrix board for assembling one-off circuits and test setups, which had been patented by [[Vero Precision Engineering]]. | ||
1964 Vero Electronics GmbH was established in Bremen | 1964 Vero Electronics GmbH was established in Bremen |
Revision as of 13:41, 3 June 2018
Maker of printed circuit boards and distributor of components, of Southampton
1961 Vero was established by Geoffrey Verdon Roe, son of Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe. One of the first products was the "Vero Board", a matrix board for assembling one-off circuits and test setups, which had been patented by Vero Precision Engineering.
1964 Vero Electronics GmbH was established in Bremen
1966 Vero launched the first simple mounting racks.
1974 A test pull gauge added to wire wrapping equipment.[1]
1994 BICC-Vero Electronics was sold to its management[3]
1995 Flotation of Vero Group on the London Stock Exchange
1998 US company APW acquired Vero
2003 APW sold the prototyping business (ie Veroboard) and plastic enclosures business to a new company Vero Technologies.
2007 APW in administration; all assets and IP were sold; the 19 inch subrack business was sold to a new comapny, Verotec, established to acquire the business; the power supplies business was sold to EPLAX GmbH[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- History of Verotec [2]