Kontron

Kontron is a company developing embedded computing technologies (ECT) intended to facilitate new technologies and applications across multiple industries. Part of the technology group S&T, Kontron offers a combined portfolio of solutions for secure hardware, middleware, and services for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 applications. Kontron supplies OEMs, system integrators, and application providers in varied markets, including data and telecommunications, automation, mobile computing, medical technology, military technology, aerospace, and measuring and control engineering. The company is headquartered in Ismaning, Germany, with locations across EMEA, North America, and the Asia Pacific region.

On August 21st, 2017, S&T and Kontron completed a merger. Kontron's stock was delisted from the exchange and shareholders became those of S&T Deutschland Holding AG which is not publicly listed. The ratio of ownership between Kontron and S&T shares was 1:1. Shareholders were offered consignment of shares in S&T or compensation in cash. Kontron remained a brand and all of its subsidiaries retained their legal independence and names. The chairman of the supervisory board of Kontron AG, Richard Neuwirth stated:

The merger constitutes our having achieved an important milestone on our path of integration of Kontron into the S&T Group. It is thanks to the dedication displayed by Kontron's staff and by the members of its executive and supervisory boards that we have accomplished so much so quickly, and that we have been able to record such successes of restructuring. I wish to use this opportunity to express my thanks to everybody for their willingness to work together, for their commitment and purposefulness. The tasks now at hand are to enhance our focus on the achievement of the goals that we have set for ourselves, and to join in realizing our potential to become the leader on the Industry 4.0 market. We are thus tackling our next tasks!