SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – May 28, 2008 – Parvus Corporation announced that the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This marks a significant milestone of company longevity and sustained growth since being founded in Salt Lake City in 1983.
With steady expansion, Parvus has become a notable supplier to many government contractors, public agencies, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Customers, such as Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and L-3 Communications routinely turn to Parvus for ruggedized computer boards, integrated subsystems, and engineering services to support a variety of far-reaching military and commercial applications.
“We have an impressive legacy of innovation and continuous improvement,” said Parvus President Les Goodman. “Parvus was an early adopter of the ISO 9001 quality standard, the first manufacturer in the state of Utah to accomplish this, in fact. We helped shape the formation of the embedded PC module industry in the early 90s and developed the most extensive mechanical packaging solutions available to support rugged application of this technology.”
“For more than a decade, Parvus has empowered the war fighter with COTS technologies that enable situational awareness and mission critical operations. From the cockpit of the Navy Prowler electronic warfare plane to the comms racks of the F-22 stealth fighter and payload bays of various unmanned vehicles, Parvus-built equipment has been proven invaluable. Parvus has also pioneered ruggedized Cisco router technology for use on railways, ships, armored vehicles, and helicopters.”
Parvus is credited with rolling out the nations first 802.11 Wi-Fi Internet service specifically designed for public transit buses, and the first cellular-based Internet service for trains. Parvus joined the Eurotech Group in 2003, which also has a rich history in the traffic and public transportation field, providing vehicle communication, location tracking, and video surveillance systems.
Historically, Parvus supplied embedded control technologies for the ubiquitous Jetway aircraft loading bridge, Varian Clinac linear accelerator, Boon Edam automatic revolving doors, and a variety of embedded control applications. Today, Parvus primarily focuses on products and services geared towards military/aerospace and transportation applications.
Parvus products serve as ideal solutions for Command-and-Control (C2) and Comms-On-The-Move (COTM) network centric applications, as they are designed to meet harsh environmental, power and EMC standards dealt by helicopter, fixed wing aircraft, shipboard, and ground mobile vehicle platforms. Parvus COTS product line includes DuraCOR® Processors, DuraMAR® Mobile IP Routers, DuraNET® Network Switches, and DuraVIS® LCD product families.
For bus and rail transit operators, Parvus provides reliable onboard wireless hotspot, network routing, vehicle computing and passenger counter solutions. These reliable solutions are ruggedly designed to tolerate harsh mobile vehicle environments and provide public and private transportation authorities with valuable technology that can attract passengers and expand operational capabilities. These products are primarily sold under the RiderNet®, DuraMAR®, and DuraCOR® brands.
The company was founded by entrepreneurs Troy and Jean Takach, who now run their next venture Kairos Autonomi, which makes unmanned control technologies for military ground vehicles.
About Parvus
Parvus Corporation is a leading provider of rugged COTS computing platforms for military, transportation, homeland security and medical device industries. The company specializes in hardened embedded computing and mobile IP networking solutions suited for demanding real world applications. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is part of the Eurotech Group, a world leader in miniaturized and high performance computing with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.parvus.com.