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The Human Touch EAO - Your Expert Partner for Human Machine Interfaces
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The Classic Illuminated Pushbutton Switch
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Kurt Loosli
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The Classic Illuminated Pushbutton Switch
More than 60 years ago our family company, EAO, was founded in the spirit of pioneers striving to turn their innovative ideas into world famous products. EAO’s first illuminated pushbutton, a cornerstone of the company’s Since then, EAO has built on this reputation experience of ergonomics and aesthetics, future, combined and flourished to become one of the world’s our advanced technology, our energy and leading businesses in the field of Human enthusiasm - to solve all your HMI problems. design excellence Machine Interfaces (HMI). Our base of satisfied customers now spans five The Human Touch is our corporate and engineering continents. Our range has expanded through philosophy and it is manifest in the quality expertise that set innovation and acquisition to comprise a full and reliability of our people, products and compliment of HMI products, from switches processes. As a worldwide company with the standard for and indicators to keypads, keyboards and a local representatives, we accept nothing less series of customer-designed solutions. than Total Customer Satisfaction. the entire industry. Our customers, and their endusers
This brochure is an insight to EAO’s
worldwide, rely on EAO products for
capabilities, so the next time you think about
applications that are used in a spectrum of
human machine interface solutions, you will
industries including transportation,
think EAO.
machinery, telecommunications, process control, panel building and many others. EAO’s success is the product of a true partnership with our customers. We use
Kurt Loosli. CEO
every resource - our knowledge and
Intouch-with-CEO@eao.com
Kurt Loosli
A Vision
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EAO has established leading positions in Transportation, Machinery, Process Control and Telecommunications.
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Our customers range from bus, train and aircraft cockpit builders to vending machine suppliers, from internet kiosk manufacturers to production-line equipment suppliers and panel builders. EAO’s innovative products are also used widely in audio, video and broadcast industry applications and in multimedia consumer goods. Our expert knowledge of applications within these markets enables us to work closely and creatively with original
Machinery, Process Control
innovative new products are developed.
Key Markets
Audio Video & Broadcast
From these ‘true partnerships’ many
Telecommunications
equipment manufacturers (OEM’s), designers and third-party design houses.
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Transportation
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Company
Services
Management System
• was founded in Switzerland in 1947
• offers its customers ten EAO Sales
• is certified and managed according
Telecommunications
and is privately owned
& Customer Service centres around
to ISO 9001, VDA 6.1, ISO 14001 and
the world
ISO/TS 16949
• has become a world leader in selected markets for Human Machine Interfaces
• has contracted and trained a network of specialist agents and
automotive manufacturers
representatives in 50 countries • is proud to employ over 650 employees across five continents
• guarantees worldwide approvals by • utilises a modern supply chain infrastructure for guaranteeing
• is professionally managed by Audio, Video & Broadcast
• is an approved A-supplier to leading
on-time delivery
the founding family, now in their second generation
• applies state-of-the-art R&D and production facilities in Switzerland, Germany and France
Key Facts
ENEC, CB, UL/RU, CSA, SEV, German Lloyd, NFF, GOST, CE and e1
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www.eao.com
Dante Villabona Our investments in people make the difference
Makiko Tajima
Japan USA
China
Stanley Ng
The EAO Group crosses almost every time zone and every continent. From Northern Europe to Southern China and Japan, our customers know they can contact us at one of our offices whenever they want to. Andrea Zeltner EAO ist zuverl채ssig und kennt die Bed체rfnisse der Kunden. Weltweit!
Headquarters
Local Support
EAO Headquarters Tannwaldstrasse 88 CH-4601 Olten E-mail info@eao.com Website www.eao.com
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Björn Wennbom Lokal expertis är nyckeln till vår globala framgång
Lynn Tobias Our customers give us the challenge, we give them the solution Barth Bakker Totale klanttevredenheid is onze drijfveer
UK
Sweden
Netherlands Germany
Belgium
Andrea Buchsteiner Bei uns erwartet Sie ein ausgezeichneter persönlicher Service
Bernard Seeuws Ervaring in uw applicatie, is de kracht van EAO
David Lemadre Vos produits sont la raison de nos innovations
France Hanspeter Egli Innovative und qualitativ hochtstehende Produkte sind unsere Berufung!
Antonio Giuliani Noi accresceremo la funzionalità e la qualità dei vostri prodotti
Switzerland EAO Factories China France Germany Switzerland
EAO Sales Companies Austria Belgium China France Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom USA
EAO Distributors Argentina Australia Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Chile Columbia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece
Italy
Hungary Iceland India Iran Israel Italy Kazakhstan Korea Latvia Malaysia Mexico New Zealand
Norway Oman Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa
Spain Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine
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The Core Values
The Products
Pioneering spirit, innovative ideas, quality
EAO was founded to develop and market
and reliability have been the core values
switchgears, high-voltage rectifiers, static
of EAO since 1947, shaping our corporate
converters, transformers and customer
culture and guiding us as we create true
specific control apparatus. In 1958, a
partnerships with customers. These
breakthrough in product design
values are anchored in EAO’s
combined with engineering expertise led
employees, products and business
to the creation of EAO’s first illuminated
processes so that we achieve Total
pushbutton, the Series 02, which set a
Customer Satisfaction.
new standard for the industry.
Series 02
A Brilliant Idea
Series 04 including Flushmount
The Founders. Olten, Switzerland, 1947: Electrical engineers and good friends, Kurt Loosli and René Thalmann, founded Elektro-Apparatebau Olten AG, now EAO Group.
Series 84 E-Stop
Kurt Loosli Snr.
René Thalmann
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It Began with Customer Focus
design and durability in modern Human
The creation of the first illuminated
Machine interface applications.
Series 04 including Flushmount
pushbutton was initiated by a customer, special indicators and control devices for
Excellence in Engineering and Manufacturing
its alarm annunciator units. EAO had the
From the early stages of development,
answer, the now famous Series 02.
EAO has continuously invested in its
a local power supplier, who needed
engineering and manufacturing
Series 84 E-Stop
Progress Through Innovation and Design EAO focussed on developing a range
standards of engineering and
of modular products, and again set a
manufacturing excellence. And because
new benchmark when we introduced a
we produce in high volume, our prices
16mm diameter industrial pushbutton. The
remain competitive. Strong partnerships
design and its aperture size became an
with suppliers and a worldwide sales and
international industry standard - respected
services network have been established to
by customers and copied by competitors.
ensure a fast and uninterrupted flow of
Today, EAO’s products, like our touch-
products from the factory to the customer.
sensitive keyboards, set new standards in
Series 61 - 16mm
capabilities. We build our own automated assembly lines to guarantee our strict
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Human Machine Interface Products
The famous EAO standard product
EAO’s product range has developed
range features 8, 16, 22.5 and 30mm
through 55 years of partnering our
illuminated pushbuttons, indicators,
customers to solve all their HMI needs.
rotary switches, keylocks, selector switches, emergency stops and
Every product is built from high-quality
buzzers, a range of toggle switches,
materials by skilled employees and is
plus a broad assortment of PCB-
tested rigorously to the latest
mounted miniature tactile switches.
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Illuminated Pushbuttons
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international standards. EAO products are extremely reliable and the most
We have also developed a variety of
cost-effective products relative to
keypads and keyboards using state-of-
service life.
the-art engineering, including touch-
Superior design skills ensure that EAO
customised to specific needs.
products have unparalleled aesthetic qualities that satisfy the demands of
With our customers, EAO jointly
modern industrial ergonomics. As a
develops products with significant
result, EAO has won many industrial
advantages to specific applications,
design awards.
including the market-leading Series 56
Illuminated Keypads
sensitive technologies, which can be
door-opening pushbutton which meets the latest regulations for access by multicolour illuminated switch for audio/video applications.
Mechanical Keyboards
disabled passengers, and the Series 95
Pushbuttons to Customised Solutions
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EAO recognises that every customer’s needs are unique.
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toolmakers, electrical and electronics engineers, information scientists,
We have successfully partnered
industrial designers and ergonomics
thousands of customers to develop
experts.
integrated ‘Plug and Play’ HMI products which add significant value to their
With dedicated Centres of Excellence
products and applications.
around the world - all experienced teams of engineers - we create expertly
Our customers value EAO’s skill in
designed units for ease of installation,
selecting the best components and
usage and maintenance.
services in terms of cost-effectiveness, quality and reliability.
EAO is THE expert partner in Human Machine Interface solutions.
In our search for a solution, we make use of our network of plastics specialists,
Machinery Control Panels
Transportation Control Panel
Quality & Reliability
Automotive Switches
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EAO – Your Expert Partner for Human Machine Interfaces
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