Company History Comrod Communication Group Comrod designs and manufactures tactical antennas, marine antennas, antenna systems, tactical support masts, power supplies & battery chargers and composite utility pole systems. An international company Comrod Communication Group is an international company with development, production, sales & marketing to the defense communication and civil markets. The Comrod Communication group of companies are associated with innovative, high quality solutions and long-lasting products. The Norwegian subsidiary, Comrod AS, is a supplier of antennas, antenna systems and power supplies, mainly for the defence market, but also for maritime and commercial applications. Comrod France SAS is a supplier of masts and mast systems, antennas and composite industrial products. Comrod Sweden AB (formerly WIBE Telescopic Masts) are a world leader in the design and manufacture of crank-up and motorized aluminium telescopic masts. Comrod Inc, located in Cleveland, Ohio USA, was opened in 2010 to serve the US market. Comrod Inc has full access to the entire Comrod Group of products as well as the support of the design, engineering and manufacturing teams. The Group headquarters is located at Stavanger in South-Western Norway. Where it all began… The company was first incorporated in Norway in 1948 and France in 1946. Its manufacturing base has developed from fishing rods to today’s advanced communication antennas, antenna systems, support masts, power supplies and composite products. Based on its knowledge of fiber composites, Comrod developed a range of antenna products designed for extreme environments. Production of whip antennas for fishing vessels began in 1960 using the knowledge and techniques gained from the manufacture of fishing rods. Since the early 1970s, the focus has been on developing and producing sophisticated antennas for the military, commercial and maritime markets. Key Dates 1948 Company established in Norway 1950s Introduced steel and fiberglass fishing rods 1960s Introduced marine antennas to the commercial market 1970s Transferred technology to defense antennas 1980s First defense contract with Sweden 1990s Concluded its first major international defense contract with Switzerland 1997 Sold by Christian Bjelland & Co to Norwegian Applied Technology ASA (NAT) 1999 Spilka Gruppen became the main owner of NAT 2002 Signed a contract with Bowman for delivery of antennas to the British armed forces 2003 Contract for VHF/UHF omni-directional system for the Swedish Visby Stealth Corvettes 2005 Agreement with US radio manufacturer Harris Corporation for delivery of tactical communication antennas 2006 Acquisition of the power division of Eltek Energy and of Lerc SA. 2011 Acquisition of WIBE Telescopic Masts from Schneider Electric. 2017 Acquisition of Front-End and establishment of Comrod Mission Systems. 2017 Establishment of Comrod Utility Systems AS. Key Product Developments 1949 Steel fishing rods 1953 Fiberglass fishing rods 1960 Marine antennas 1969 Military antennas 1970 Ski poles 1982 Broadband antennas 1986 Composite insulators 1990 Pipe production (continued by the Compipe AS company) 1997 Combined active GPS/VHF antennas 2001 INTAS antenna combining system for vehicles 2002 AIS combined antennas 2002 MAS 1 antenna system for pleasure yachts 2003 VHF/UHF omni-directional system for Visby Stealth Corvettes 2004 Development of L1/L2 active GPS antennas 2006 Power Supplies, Battery Chargers, Masts and Industrial Products 2009 HF Loop Antenna (on-the-move) 2011 Aluminum telescopic masts 2012 Tri-band vehicle antennas 2015 Mars Rover 2020 GPR antenna 2015 A19 & A26 submarine antenna systems 2017 Next generation composite utility mast systems Privacy Policy Terms And Conditions Of Sale Code of Conduct © 2021 – Comrod Communication AS. All rights reserved. Design and development: Opal digital AS