What Garmin Makes: Garmin is a worldwide company whose products serve five main segments: aviation, outdoor, fitness, automotive and marine. Garmin in Salem focuses on aviation. Employees at this site design, build, test, fly, certify, manufacture and provide product support for aviation GPS navigators, radios, transponders and other avionics equipment.
Company History: Garmin was started in 1989 in Kansas and is headquartered in Olathe. The company has since grown to over 22,000 employees worldwide. Garmin bought its Salem subsidiary from United Parcel Service in August 2003. The company was known as UPS Aviation Technologies and was focused on avionics for both UPS aircraft and general aviation. Since then, Garmin in Salem has developed numerous aviation products and manufactures several avionics product lines.
Location and Employment: Garmin employs about 550 people in Salem, including manufacturing technicians, engineers, aircraft maintenance technicians, airplane and helicopter pilots, and product support.
Learn More: Learn more about Garmin’s history on its website here and learn more about its products here and here.
Garmin’s facility in Salem manufactures products for the aviation industry.