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=Concurrent Technologies Plc=

Overview
Concurrent Technologies was founded in 1983 by Glenn Fawcett, to design and manufacture a diverse range of high performance Intel® processor boards, switches, networking, storage and software products which are for use in embedded solutions.

Since its establishment over three decade ago, the company has expanded and now has UK headquarters in Colchester, Essex and US headquarters in Woburn, MA. Along with additional design facilities in Bangalore, India and Sales Support in China. Concurrent Technologies is also supported by a worldwide network of sales representatives and distributors.

Concurrent Technologies is a public limited company (PLC) and as a result can be found on the London Stock Exchange.

Products
Concurrent Technologies offer a comprehensive range of Commercial Off-The-Shelf products that are based on Open Standards. Each board product is orientated around long-life cycle applications and enhanced reliability in all aspects of operation.

Form Factors
Concurrent Technologies designs boards in a range of form factors. VPX, AdvancedMC, VME, CompactPCI and XMC, along with software packages, are all available from Concurrent Technologies. Concurrent Technologies specialise in both Air-cooled boards and Ruggedized boards.

Air-cooled
Air-cooled boards when in operation rely solely on the air around them to keep them at optimal operating temperature.

Ruggedized
Ruggedized boards are suitable for increased levels of demand. This would include increased operating temperature ranges, increased shock and vibration and extreme operating environments, such as dust, sand, mud and increased humidity. Ruggedized boards are most likely to be found in environments where additional protection of the board is required to ensure smooth operation. For example, in military vehicles or communication equipment.

Markets
Concurrent Technologies supply embedded solutions into a variety of markets which include; Military, Aerospace, Communication, Industrial, Transport and scientific.

Military: Typical applications may include; intelligence, surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), Command, Control, Communications, Compute (C4), RADAR, LIDAR, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), Simulation and Guidance.

Aerospace: Concurrent Technologies have created a range of 3U rugged products that are optimized for Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) which means they are suitable for deployment on airborne vehicles.

Communication: Typical applications may include 3G/4G basestation equipment, VoIP gateway adjunct services and local control and storage.

Industrial: Typical applications may include oil and gas extraction and exploration, producttion control, renewable energy systems and semiconductor process equipment and optical instrumentation.

Transport: Typical applications may include control of driverless freight trains, automatic number plate recognition

Scientific:

Partners
Working closely with 3rd party companies, Concurrent Technologies identifies select combinations of products that interact with each other to meet a users specific application requirement.

ISO9001:2015
All board products are manufactured in the UK based factory in order to maintain compliance to the ISO9001:2015 standard.

Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR)
Concurrent Technologies was assessed across a wide range of appropriate business parameters including; policy on counterfeit materials, insurance and third-party certification, health and safety, environment and sustainability, IT security, anti-bribery and corruption, product safety and quality. By obtaining JOSCAR accreditiation it ensures registered prime contractors such as BAE Systems, Leonardo, NATS, QinetiQ and others to confidently trade with pre-qualified organizations such as Concurrent Technologies and provides access to a centralized supplier database.

Alliances
Concurrent Technologies contributes to a number of strategic alliance programmes.

Intel
Concurrent Technologies are an affiliate member of the Intel Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. From modular components to market-ready systems, Intel and the global member companies of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance provide scalable, inter-operable solutions that accelerate deployment of intelligent devices and end-to-end analytics.

PICMG
PICMG publishes open standards specifically for the embedded computing market. Concurrent Technologies has, and continues to, develop product ranges based on this PICMG standard.

VITA
VITA standards are widely used as the basis of many modular critical embedded computer architectures. VITA is accredited as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developer and is a submitter of Industry Trade Agreements to the IEC. Concurrent Technologies uses a multitude of VITA standards including VMEbus, VPX, XMC and PMC.

Major Milestones
October 1985 – Company founded and modest Research and Development programme began

January 1986 – First wave of multibus II products announced

May 1986 - US office established at Laguna Hills, California

June 1986 – Second wave of Multibus II products announced

October 1986 – First customer shipment

February 1987 – Shipped 100th board

April 1987 – Third wave of Multibus II products announced

June 1987 – CCT becomes financially independent from EES and raised $2 million funding

October 1987 – First Multibus I products announced

January 1988 – 80386 based CPUs for Multibus I and II are shipped to customers

February 1988 – First volume purchase agreement signed

April 1988 - $1 million funding raised to expand product development

May 1988 – Fourth wave of Multibus II products announced

April 1989 – Second private label contract signed

January 1990 - $10 million OEM agreement signed

March 1990 – FDDI product announced

October 1990 – 3rd private label contract signed

May 1991 – Moved to larger premises

June 1991 – Released first 486 product

July 1991 – Released second 486 product

November 2005 – RoHS product in design stages. Reduced use of lead

July 2006 – RoHS regulations came into force. Reduced use of Lead

September 2006 – Environmental policy issued

December 2006 – WEEE statement issued

June 2008 – REACH statement issued