Clipsal is an Australian brand of electrical accessories. The main factory is located in Bowden, with smaller factories in Nuriootpa, Strathalbyn and Wingfield in South Australia, and Bayswater in Victoria which employ over 2300 workers. They have offices worldwide and sponsor the Adelaide Clipsal 500 V8 Supercar Race. According to their website, clipsal is a "market leader in data communications, industrial and home automation markets."

Clipsal Australia is now majority-owned by Schneider Electric as of 2004.

The history of Clipsal

Clipsal was established by Alfred Gerard in Adelaide, Australia in 1920, selling a range of adjustable sheet metal fittings which joined the various imported conduits of differing diameters found in Australia at the time. This fitting was the product that gave the Clipsal company it’s name ("clips all" - Clipsal). Alfred’s son Geoff eventually took over the company, and it soon spearheaded several manufacturing breakthroughs, including the invention of the first all-Australian switch in 1930. The company also did early R&D on thermoplastics in the 1950s.^[1]

Clipsal Integrated Systems, a division of Clipsal, was responsible for the creation of the C-Bus protocol used in home automation.

See also

• Clipsal site development

External links

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• Clipsal Official Website
• Clipsal Australia Website
• Clipsal 500 Adelaide Website
• Clipsal UK Website
• Clipsal South Africa Website
• Clipsal Indonesia Website
• Clipsal Singapore Website
• Clipsal Malaysia Website
• Clipsal Vietnam Website
• Clipsal Hong Kong Website
• Clipsal Russia Website

References

1. ^ From the Company's website at http://www.clipsal.com.au/consumer/about_us/history

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