Landis+Gyr was founded in Zug, Switzerland, in 1896 when we began manufacturing state-of-the-art electricity meters for European utility companies. Due to the success of our metering product, we went global in 1924 with our first overseas offices in New York, USA, and Melbourne, Australia. Outstanding growth continued through the mid-twentieth century and when digital technologies became available in 1981, we developed and launched our first range of digital meters, securing our place at the forefront of modern energy management innovations.

Through the 1990s, Landis+Gyr continued to innovate with the rollout of the first digital residential electricity meter. Growth and expansion carried through into the new millennium, with Bayard Capital of Australia purchasing the company in 2004 with the goal of making Landis+Gyr the premier energy management resource in the world.

Benefitting from the continued sophistication of information and communications technology (ICT) in the early years of the twenty-first century, Landis+Gyr deployed over $1.2 billion in capital to move beyond metering products and into wireless networking services, which revolutionized the energy management industry. By the end of 2007, our unprecedented growth culminated with the acquisitions of Enermet, Hunt and Cellnet, including their contracted 14 million managed service endpoints, and combined, unique track record in providing AMI, SCADA and DA network solutions to electric, gas and water utilities, giving us the broadest portfolio in the market and making us the global leader of advanced metering infrastructure.

In 2011, Landis+Gyr was acquired by the Toshiba Corporation, forming a world-class partnership that was globally recognized for its promising impact on the development of smart grids and communities. Committed to investing in technologies, Toshiba helped Landis+Gyr acquire know how via acquisition, in addition to assisting in entering the Japanese market. In July 2017 Toshiba sold their investment in Landis+Gyr.

Today, as a publicly listed company on the SIX Swiss Exchange, with operations in more than 30 countries across five continents, we continue to empower utility companies and end-customers both at home and abroad to improve their energy efficiency, reduce their energy costs, and contribute to the sustainable use of resources. Our IPO allowed us to regain control to better meet utilities requirements for now and in the future.

We’re building beyond our integrated energy and resource management expertise through a growing suite of Grid Edge Intelligence and Smart Infrastructure technologies to include cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity and EV technology. This extended offering makes energy management more safe, efficient and effective, as well as empower both our customers and end users with more information and choices to help them manage energy better.