Editing Garmin (section)

=== Founding and initial growth: 1989 to 1999 ===
In 1983, [[Gary Burrell]] recruited [[Min Kao|Min H. Kao]] from the defense contractor [[Magnavox]] while working for the former [[King Radio (company)|King Radio]].<ref name=Forbes>{{cite news|title=A GPS Pioneer Retires|url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/08/16/cx_ah_0816grmn.html|access-date=June 12, 2013 | work=Forbes|first=Arik|last=Hesseldahl}}</ref>  They founded Garmin in 1989 in [[Lenexa, Kansas]],<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2015/12/02/garmin-wins-approval-for-massive-olathe-campus.html|title=Garmin wins approval for massive Olathe campus expansion|last=Roberts|first=Rob|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=December 3, 2015|publisher=Kansas City Business Journal}}</ref> as "ProNav".<ref name="Forbes" />  ProNav's first product was a GPS unit for boaters called GPS 100.<ref name="Forbes" /> It debuted at the 1990 International Marine Technology Exposition, where it garnered 5,000 orders.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Behind the Scenes with Garmin Electronic {{!}} JBYS |url=https://jbys.com/behind-the-scenes-with-garmin/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=jbys.com |language=en-US}}</ref> A short time later, in 1991, the company opened a manufacturing facility in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-25 |title=Garmin's Asia push: Growing beyond wearables - Global SMT & Packaging Southeast Asia |url=https://globalsmtasia.com/garmins-asia-push-growing-beyond-wearables/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=globalsmtasia.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The company was later renamed "Garmin", a [[portmanteau]] of its two founders, Gary Burrell and Min H. Kao.<ref name="Huffpost">{{cite web | title = Garmin Founder Min Kao on the Twists and Turns of GPS |date=November 21, 2012|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/20/garmin-founder-min-kao-on-the-twists-and-turns-of-gps_n_2165986.html|access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref>  In 1991, the [[U.S. Army]] became their first customer.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite book|last=Johnson-Freese|first=Joan|title=Space as a strategic asset|year=2007|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0231510011|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMANZmM98xYC&pg=PA41}}</ref>

In 1994, Garmin released GPS 155, the first [[Instrument flight rules|IFR]]-certified aviation navigation system.<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Garmin |url=https://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/garmin |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Business Jet Traveler |language=en}}</ref> By 1995, Garmin's sales had reached $102 million, and it had achieved a [[Profit (accounting)|profit]] of $23 million.<ref name=":6" /> In 1996, the company headquarters moved to Olathe, Kansas.<ref name=":0" /> A year later, Garmin sold its one millionth unit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-02 |title=Garmin® Arrives at a Milestone: 100 Million Products Sold |url=https://www.garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/corporate/2012-garmin-arrives-at-a-milestone-100-million-products-sold/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Garmin Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1998, Garmin released the GNS 430 and StreetPilot.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Ars |date=2020-06-24 |title=The long, winding, technological road to GPS in every car |url=https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/the-long-technological-road-map-to-digital-road-maps-in-every-car/2/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> GNS 430 was an integrated avionics system that served as both GPS navigation receiver and communications transceiver.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zazulia |first=Nick |date=2018-12-07 |title=Garmin Gets Top Airbus Helicopter Supplier Award for Lakota Work |url=https://www.aviationtoday.com/2018/12/07/garmin-airbus-helo/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Avionics International |language=en}}</ref> StreetPilot was Garmin’s first portable navigation system for cars.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: Garmin StreetPilot GPS Navigation System - IEEE Spectrum |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame-garmin-streetpilot-gps-navigation-system |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=spectrum.ieee.org |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Gary and Min - Garmin Founders Gary Burrell and Min Kao.jpg|thumb|Founders [[Gary Burrell]] and [[Min Kao]]]]
By 1999, sales had reached $232.6 million<ref name=":6" /> with a profit of $64 million. Garmin reported a 2006 total revenue of $1.77 billion, up 73% from $1.03 billion in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2022 |title=Garmin Stock Breakdown: The Evolution Of The GPS Giant |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/09/28/garmin-stock-breakdown-the-evolution-of-the-gps-giant/ |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title   =Fiscal year 2006 report: 02.14.07 | url   =http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/releases/Q4FY2006EarningsPressRelease.pdf | access-date   =February 15, 2007 | archive-url   =https://web.archive.org/web/20130116102058/http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/releases/Q4FY2006EarningsPressRelease.pdf | archive-date   =January 16, 2013 | url-status   =dead }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/garmin-ltd-history/|title=History of Garmin Ltd. |publisher=FundingUniverse |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Garmin Olathe Headquarters.jpg|thumb|Garmin headquarters in [[Olathe, Kansas]] since 1996]]