Kontron America

We build rugged embedded computing solutions designed to excel in remote and harsh environments where reliability, durability and performance are essential.

Meet Kontron Americas

Kontron America is a leader in IoT and Industry 4.0, delivering secure, advanced solutions for the North American market. From rugged hardware and modular software to local electronics manufacturing services, we help American businesses accelerate time-to-market, reduce costs, and ensure long-term reliability.

Based in San Diego, California, our expertise empowers industries such as medical, defense, communications, and industrial automation to seamlessly integrate smart technologies. We also help companies adapt to changing policies by providing reshoring opportunities in North America. As your trusted partner, Kontron America is committed to driving innovation and supporting your digital transformation.

Our solutions are designed to excel in remote and harsh environments, where reliability, durability, and performance are essential.

Meet our CEO

Ted Christiansen

CEO

"At Kontron Americas, our customers’ success is the foundation of our own. Every decision we make begins with a single guiding question: What will create the greatest value for our customers? This commitment drives us to innovate and adapt, ensuring we consistently meet our customers’ evolving needs."

Kontron America Latest News

Kontron Launches New Distribution Strategy and Gains Broadest Embedded Module Roadmap in the Western Hemisphere

11/03/2025

|San Diego

Kontron announces a bold new direction in its U.S. distribution strategy designed to strengthen customer access, enhance service capability, and focus on its growth markets, aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial.

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Kontron Strengthens Defense Aerospace Supply Chain by Appointing Spirit Electronics as Official Distributor

09/01/2025

|San Diego

Spirit Electronics will serve as an authorized distributor for Kontron’s line of rugged, mission-critical embedded computing products for the defense aerospace market

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Kontron Marks Two Years of Seamless Broadband Partnership with NT Fiber

05/20/2025

|San Diego

A Proven, Scalable Deployment Powering Multi-Gigabit Service in Texas

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Kontron Broadband and Planet Networks Partner

02/26/2025

|San Diego, USA

Bringing 10-Gigabit Fiber Availability to Hundreds of Thousands of Homes and Businesses in the United States of America. San Diego, CA, February 24, 2025 – Kontron America Inc., a leader in cutting-edge broadband solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Planet Networks to accelerate the deployment of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband services across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This collaboration will bring multi-gigabit connectivity, with speeds up to 10Gbit/s, to residential and business customers.

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Kontron AG Highlights Collaboration with Qualcomm to Transform Edge Computing and AI

10/10/2024

|San Diego, USA

San Diego, United States of America, October 10 - Kontron AG, a global leader in IoT and in Embedded Computing technology is collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., to transform Edge Computing and AI. At Qualcomm Technologies’ Age of Industrial Intelligence event Austin, Texas on October 9, 2024, Kontron highlighted this collaboration, which aims to redefine the landscape of edge computing and artificial intelligence, bringing together Kontron's expertise in rugged embedded systems with Qualcomm Technologies' cutting-edge mobile and AI technologies.

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Kontron Americas Partners with Microsoft to Offer Windows IoT Licensing

07/16/2024

|San Diego, USA

Kontron Americas now supports clients at the OS level with Windows IoT Licensing San Diego, July 16, 2024 - Kontron Americas, a leading provider of IoT solutions and embedded computing technology, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Microsoft to offer Windows IoT licensing to their North American customers.

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Kontron America and Impact Components Announce Master Distributor Agreement

07/12/2024

|San Diego, USA

San Diego, California - May 15, 2024 - Kontron America today announced the signing of a new distribution agreement with Impact Components, a major distributor of electronic components and solutions. This agreement expands Kontron Americas' reach and strengthens its distribution channel across the Americas.

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Hughes and Kontron Collaborate to Reinvent In-Flight Connectivity

05/30/2024

|Augsburg, Germany

Kontron's open IFE&C platforms together with the Hughes In-Flight Connectivity Solution set new standards for in-flight experiences Germany, May 30, 2024 - Kontron, a leading global provider of Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFE&C) solutions and Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), today announce their collaboration to enhance in-flight connectivity for airline customers. This leverages Kontron's open IFE&C avionics platforms to deploy the groundbreaking Hughes JUPITER™ powered In-Flight Connectivity services.

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Kontron expands its strategic solution portfolio with Texas Instruments processors

04/10/2024

|Augsburg, Germany

Augsburg, Germany, April 10, 2024 - Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computer Technology (ECT), announces a new SMARC module based on TI's new AM67x scalable Edge AI processor, boasting up to quad Arm® Cortex®-A53 CPU cores at 1.4-GHz clock frequency. This design enables high-performance computing capabilities while simultaneously achieving lower power consumption compared to alternative cores.

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SkyFive AG embarks on a 10-Year partnership with Kontron to revolutionize In-flight Connectivity

04/10/2024

|Munich, Germany

Munich, April 10, 2024 - SkyFive, a leader in inflight connectivity solutions, proudly announces a groundbreaking 10-year partnership with Kontron, a global leader in embedded computing technology. This strategic alliance marks a significant milestone in enhancing in-flight connectivity for SkyFive customers.

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Contact and Support

9477 Waples St, San Diego, CA 92121 Tel: 888-835-6676

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