This year, 2022, we're celebrating our milestone of 100 years Thales in the Netherlands! 100 years in which people, working together in international teams, have designed and delivered extraordinary high-tech solutions. 100 years of trust, in which societies have relied upon our solutions in their daily lives, as well as at critical moments.

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Thales is a high-tech company involved in a diverse range of areas from OV chip cards to Naval Radar system to cryogenic coolers for spacecraft and Digital Identification and Security systems. This year we celebrate 100 years of Thales Nederland B.V. (was Hollandse Signaal).

PA100THALES
There will be a special amateur radio callsign PA100THALES from all the sites where Thales have an office in the Netherlands (Eindhoven, Delft, Hengelo, Huizen and Rotterdam). The callsign will be active from the middle of the year to the end of the year 2022 by licensed employees of Thales Nederland. We plan to activate amateur radio stations at all Thales sites in The Netherlands using the special callsign – PA100THALES.

On the actual birthday 6 July 2022 all sites will be active on all bands 160M-70cms and in many modes from our sites throughout The Netherlands.


QSL card and award
There will be a special QSL card (or eCard) available for all QSOs and an award for working all 5 locations. We will also be trying to contact Thales employees in other countries.


Info
For more information you can contact us at PA100THALES[AT]qsl.net (replace [AT] in @).

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History

In 1922 NV Hazemeijers fabriek van Signaal apparaten was established because of the desire of the Royal Navy to provide Hr. Ms Sumatra (1926) and Hr. Ms Java (1925) with fire control. The best system for this was a German system, which was no longer allowed to be produced due to the Versailles Treaty. Through a construction of the Royal Navy, Siemens & Halske and the company Hazemeijer, the predecessor of Thales Nederland B.V. was established. The start of a rich history with the cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Navy as common thread.

After the German occupation and a bombing by the Allies, the factory is taken over by the Dutch government after the Second World War. In 1946, at the request of the government, Philips acquired a one-third stake in the company, which under the new name of N.V. Hollandse Signaalapparaten (Signaal) started contributing to the equipment for the Dutch armed forces and to ship, shore and coastal radar systems.

The 1990s were characterized by larger and smaller mergers and takeovers. In 1990, the French company Thomson-CSF acquires a majority interest in Signaal. Between 1998 and 2000, the Thomson Group further expands its activities in the areas of defence, information technology and services. In December 2000, Thomson-CSF changed its name to Thales and in 2006 all units of the Thales Group operating in the Netherlands were renamed Thales Nederland B.V. In 2007, the transport, security and space activities of Alcatel-Lucent were transferred to Thales, making the company a global player in the field of mission-critical information systems.

On 1 October 2010, through an acquisition of the Vialis shares in East West, Thales took over all maintenance activities for the public transport chip card system in the Netherlands. In 2012, the company also adds cyber activities to its portfolio, which will be further expanded in 2019 with the acquisition of Gemalto.

In short, in 100 years, the fire control factory has grown into a major player, with 80,000 employees in 68 countries working to provide reliable technology to protect our digital safety, and its field of activity has expanded from maritime safety to rail safety, public transport safety, the safety of our skies and the safety of our planet.
Source: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/thales-100-years







last updated on: April 1st, 2022