For over 27 years, Gardien has been the testing and service company of choice for leading PCB manufacturers worldwide:
- 1981 Gardien Services USA Inc commences operations opening test centers in California and New Hampshire
- 1982 Gardien Japan Co Ltd founded opening an Outsourcing test centre in Tokyo
- 1985 Second US test centre opens in Minneapolis
- 1988 Gardien Services Canada founded in Toronto, Ontario
- 1991 Gardien Europe GmbH acquired from the Klingelnberg Group
- Gardien is producing single and multispingle Drilling Machines with the brand “Klingelnberg”
- 1993 Second Japanese test centre opens in Niigata, Japan
- Gardien Services Canada starts the 100% out-house Testing and V-Score Service at the Toronto facility for FTG and Data Circuits
- 1996 Gardien founded in Taiwan with Outsourcing centre in Taipei
- 1997 Gardien operations and test centre open in Singapore
- Gardien Services Canada receives ISO certification (ISO 9001)
- Kobe Outsourcing Centre opens in Japan
- 1998 Gardien Services USA takes over the 100% in-house Testing at the Merix in Forest Grove
- Second Taiwanese Outsourcing centre opens in Taoyuan
- Gardien Services USA signs a full Fixture contract with Universal Circuits in Minneapolis
- 2000 Gardien operations open in PRC with Outsourcing centre in Kunshan
- 2001 AOI inspection services launched in Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Gardien Services USA signs a 100% Level 2 Testing Service agreement with Circuit Science in Minneapolis
- 2002 Outsourcing Centre opens in Shenzhen, PRC
- 2003 Iwate Outsourcing Centre opened in Japan
- Gardien Services Canada receives certification for the Controlled Goods program in Canada enables the company to officially handle Defence related articles
- Production of Drilling Machines transfered to Mania Technologie AG. Gardien Europe now dormant
- 2004 Gardien Services Canada starts the 100% in-house Testing Service at Coretec’s Toronto facility, Canada largest PCB manufacture
- Gardien Services Canada in Toronto receives authorization to test military products as an “Independent Testing Laboratory” for MIL-PRF-31032, MIL-PRF-55110, MIL-P-50884
- 2005 Gardien Services USA starts a 100% Level 2 Testing Service agreement with Micom in Minneapolis
- 2006 Outsourcing Centre opened in WuXi, PRC
- Tochigi Outsourcing Centre opened in Japan
- 2007 Gardien Services Canada added the Outerlayer AOI in-house Service at Coretec’s Toronto facility
- Gardien Services USA in Forest Grove receives authorization to test military products as an “Independent Testing Laboratory” for MIL-PRF-31032,
- 2008 Gardien Outsourcing & Services Group acquired by ESO Capital as part of restructuring of German parent company Mania
- Gardien Services USA registered with the US State Department for compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulation (M22117)
- Gardien Services USA acquires Anaheim test centre
- Gardien Europe GmbH takes over the Customer Care Business of the Mania Group in Europe
- 2009 Gardien Services USA launches Automated Hi-Pot Testing in the North American market