Trimble Inc. is a technology company based in California, Sunnyvale. Comprehensive service for agricultural, building & building, geospatial, natural resources and services industries, government, transportation, and other sectors. Trimble also develops hardware for receivers, scanners, lasers for scope finders, aerial UAVs, inertial navigation systems, and software processing tools of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The company was established in November 1978 and uses the slogan “Converting the Work of the World.”
Establishment of Trimble Inc.
Trimble Inc. Navigation, which was initially established over the movie theatre in Los Altos, California, was created by Charles Trimble and two partners from Hewlett Packard in November of 1978. At the end of 2016, 8,388 employees were employed in the company, with over half of employees working outside the USA.
The most popular was their acquisition of Google’s SketchUp 3D modeling software package in 2012. As of 2014, they are also the owners of Tekla (BIM), Vico Office, and Gehry Technologies’ GTeam (BIM data management) (project coordination). Sefaira was purchased by Trimble in 2016. In an all-cash transaction of 1.2 billion dollars, the company Trimble entered into an agreement on 23 April 2018 that it should purchase privately-owned viewpoints from the investment company Bain Capital.
On 12 February 2019, the new division Trimble MAPS was launched, bringing together former ALK Technologies and Applications Final Mile companies from Trimble. On 30 October 2019, Trimble unanimously chose Robert G.Painter, as Chairman and CEO of Trimble on 4 January 2020, the first day of the 2020 Fiscal Year of Trimble, to succeed Mr. Steven W. Berglund. On 4 January 2020, Painter joins the Trimble Board.
The firm changed its name from Trimble Navigation Limited to Trimble Inc. and on the first day of October 2016, the name change and modification of the legal address became effective. Trimble Inc. continued operations for stakeholders without alterations or material impact.
Products And Services
Spectra Precision Laser AG402
Trimble offers a whole range of laser transmitters from Spectra Precision, which can be used for a variety of water management tasks manually and ensure a uniform distribution of the water on your field. Laser transmitter options are available for different needs and budgets.
NAV-500™ Guidance Controller
The guidance controller NAV-500 is a cost-effective precise solution for receiving corrections from multiple satellite GNSS constellations coupled with all GFX series displays. Get repeatable precision submeters and a high price of full farm covers for use in tillage, widespread seeding, spraying, and harvesting.
GFX-350™ Display
The Trimble GFX-350TM is Trimble Agriculture’s latest and easy-to-use AndroidTM Display. This cost-effective solution offers excellent functionality and an easy installation, providing access to automation and application control for all farms.
The Founder: Charles Trimble
The Trimble Navigation Limited (TNL) was originally founded in 1978 to produce Loran navigational products by Mr. Charles R. Trimble. Mr. Trimble left TNL in 1998 to chair the GPS Industry Council of the United States. In commercial and civil applications, while maintaining the military advantages of GPS, He has been active in the political development of GPS and has been closely involved in protecting the GPS range.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Trust Board of Caltech, the NASA Consultative Board, as well as a board of directors of several highly technical companies. He has served on the Governing Board of the Asia-Pacific National Center and is a member of the Foreign Relations Council.
Mr. Trimble has received numerous awards recognizing his achievements: INC Entrepreneur of the Year awards (1991), Financial World Magazine’s CEO of the Year (1996), IEEE’s Position Location and Navigation Symposium Kershner Award (1996), the American Institutes of Aeronautics and Astronautics Piper General Aviation Award for his pioneering research and technology (2002). He graduated from the California Institute of Technology (1963) with a B.S. Degree in Engineering Physical (1964).
Robert G. Painter: President and CEO
In January 2020, Robert Painter was elected Chairman and CEO of Trimble. He served as Chief Financial Officer for the worldwide financing operations of Trimble from 2016 to 2019. Mr. Painter was appointed Vice President, in 2015, of Trimble Buildings, a Trimble group focusing on BIM-centered firms covering the building lifecycle design-construction continuum.
Robert served as Managing Director of the Joint Venture of the Company and Hilti from 2011 to 2014 to support collaborative product innovation in the construction industry. He served as Managing Director of the Construction Services Division of the company from 2009 to 2010.
In 2006, he joined Trimble and took the lead in all acquisition and corporate strategy activities, leading Trimble’s business development activities. Prior to joining the Group, Painter has served at Cenveo, Rapt Inc., Bain & Company, Whole Foods Market, and Kraft Foods in a variety of management and financial positions. He graduated from West Virginia University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Finance degree and received an MBA in Business from Harvard University in 1998.
