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Innovative Excellence Founded on December 9, 1960, by entrepreneurial engineers Edward M. Marwell and Dr.Curtis Beusman, Curtis Instruments began in a one-room office in Mount Kisco, New York. Five decades later, we are a renowned technology leader in electric vehicle instrumentation and controls, serving global markets in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We reflect on the past with pride and confidently look forward to the future and all it promises.
–Stuart Marwell

 
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Curtis starts up. Its first products, electrochemical coulometers, put scheduled maintenance on a use-time basis instead of calendar time.
   
1968-72 NASA installs numerous Curtis visual readout elapsed time indicators on each Lunar Module to monitor electrical systems. Between 1968–72, Curtis products are launched in 13 different lunar modules.
   
1970 Curtis Instruments aggressively expands its international marketing activities by establishing key subsidiaries in Europe and Asia.
   
1974 The first overseas sales and service company opens. Curtis Instruments (UK) Ltd. is founded.
   
1975 Introduction of the first solid-state battery “fuel” gauge advances forklift and other electric vehicle technology.
   
1985 The Curtis PMC division is established, revolutionizing motor speed controllers for electric vehicles. Today, Curtis is a recognized world leader in EV motor speed controller technology.
   
1987 Curtis Puerto Rico manufacturing plant opens.
   
1988 The introduction of the first solid-state hour meters and counters.
   
1995 Curtis introduces a highly advanced series of SepEx® motor speed controllers.
   
1997 Adding to its production facilities in North America and Europe, Curtis opens a state-of-the-art factory in Suzhou, China.
Curtis premieres electronic gauges for internal combustion engines featuring innovative 10-bar displays.
   
2000 Curtis Balkan opens a new factory in Sofia, Bulgaria. This flagship facility manufactures a wide range of products.
Curtis UK expands to a new facility in Northampton, England.
Curtis Instruments, New York, receives ISO certification, joining already certified Curtis offices in China, UK, Switzerland and Sweden.
   
2001 Curtis PMC introduces a new line of highly advanced AC Induction motor speed controllers.
The European Logistics Facility (ELF) is established in Bunnik, Netherlands, for efficient Europe-wide warehousing and shipping. Development of a high level Curtis VCL (Vehicle Control Language) able to control, program, integrate and configure a wide variety of Curtis vehicle products.
After leading Curtis Instruments for more than 40 years, Edward Marwell retires as president. Stuart Marwell is named President and CEO of Curtis.
The new corporate world headquarters building is opened in Mount Kisco, New York.
   
2002 With more than 20 years in senior management, Stuart Marwell becomes Chairman of the Board.
   
2003 Curtis introduces enGage™, a new line of fully programmable gauges and panels for both electric- and internal combustion-powered off-road vehicles.
   
2005 The introduction of a new generation of mobility-chair control systems. The enAble® systems provide unprecedented control, power and customization to users.
The company celebrates its 45th Anniversary and introduces a new corporate logo.
Curtis Puerto Rico and Bulgaria attain ISO 9001:2000 status.