Crypto AG - History

History

Crypto AG was established in Bern by Russian-born Swede, Boris Hagelin. Originally called AB Cryptoteknik and founded by Arvid Gerhard Damm in Stockholm in 1920, the firm manufactured the C-36 mechanical cryptograph machine that Damm had patented. After Damm's death, and just before World War II, Cryptoteknik came under the control of Boris Hagelin, an early investor, and during the War essentially operated in the United States, where 140,000 units were made under licence as C-38 (see M-209). In the early 1950s, it was transferred from Stockholm to Zug as a result of a planned Swedish government nationalisation of militarily important technology/contractors, and was incorporated in Switzerland in 1952.

Crypto AG has a sister company, InfoGuard AG.

Crypto AG has Layer 1,2,3 devices at very high speed such as 10 Gbit/s with unnoticeable delays. The company has radio, ethernet, STM, GSM, phone and fax encryption systems in its portfolio.

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