Landis+Gyr

Landis+Gyr, is a multinational corporation with 45 companies in over 30 countries and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland focused on metering and other technologies which deal with management of energy.

In 2011 Landis+Gyr was purchased by Toshiba Corporation of Japan for USD$2.3 Billion.

History

Landis+Gyr was originally known as Electrotechnisches Institut Theiler and Company, established in 1896. In 1905, it was renamed in Landis & Gyr, after Heinrich Landis and Karl Heinrich Gyr, who followed the Founder Richard Theiler as managers. Landis+Gyr has been designing and manufacturing a range of metering products, systems and services for electricity, heat and gas to energy utilities around the world. In 1924, Landis+Gyr experienced global expansion by opening its first overseas offices in New York and Australia. Besides metering products, with the foundation of Cerberus Limited in 1940 Landis+Gyr expanded into fire safety products. Cerberus was later acquired by Elektrowatt Limited, and is today a part of Siemens Building Technologies. The company is also known for producing optical phone cards until 2006.Phone cards of Landys+Gyr were used in many countries such as Israel, Belgium, Switzerland and more.