EMS Technologies

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company_name = EMS Technologies, Inc.
company_type = Public (nasdaq|ELMG)
foundation = Norcross, Georgia (1968)
location = Norcross, Georgia, Ottawa, Ontario
key_people = Paul Domorski - President and CEO
industry = Communications Technologies
products = Microwave Communication Devices, Mobile Broadband, Mobile computing
Satellite Internet access and Military communications
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num_employees = 1,900 (2007)
homepage = [http://www.ems-t.com/ www.ems-t.com]

EMS Technologies is an Atlanta-based company with approximately $290 million in annual sales revenue that specializes in wireless, defense, and space communications systems. Founded in 1968 by Dr. John E. Pippin(1928 – 2007), the company is located in the Gwinnet Technology Park and employs about 1,100 there and 1,900 total internationally. [ [http://www.ems-t.com/company/about.aspx Official site] ] In 2007, EMS had its best financial results of its 40-year history, acquiring two companies- DSpace of Australia, and Akerstroms of Sweden, and earning a listing on Forbes Magazine's list of the 200 best small companies. Among its products, it offers electronic counter-countermeasures for communications satellites [ [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198900255 Information Week] ] , and airborne communications, for which it holds a 90% stake in military applications, such as Air Force One [ [http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2007/1126/056.html Fly the Connected Skies] ] .

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