GRMN Description: Garmin Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of navigation, communication, and information devices worldwide. It operates through five segments: Auto, Aviation, Marine, Outdoor, and Fitness. The Auto segment offers personal navigation devices; and infotainment solutions, as well as mobile applications under the StreetPilot and NAVIGON brands. The Aviation segment provides global positioning system (GPS)-enabled navigation products, VHF communications transmitters/receivers, multi-function displays, electronic flight instrumentation systems, automatic flight control systems, traffic advisory and collision avoidance systems, terrain awareness and warning systems, instrument landing system receivers, weather radars, surveillance products, audio panels, cockpit datalink systems, and others. The Marine segment offers chartplotters and multi-function displays, fish finders, sounders, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wrist-worn devices, sailing products, and entertainment products. The Outdoor segment provides outdoor handhelds, wearable devices, golf devices, dog tracking and training/pet obedience devices, and action cameras. The Fitness segment offers running/multi-sport watches, cycling computers, cycling power meters, cycling safety and awareness products, and activity tracking devices, as well as Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are Web and mobile platforms for users to track and analyze their fitness and wellness data. The company sells its GPS receivers and accessories to retail outlets, and aviation products to aviation dealers and aircraft manufacturers through a network of independent dealers and distributors. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. |