La Crosse Technology is a multinational manufacturer of electronic products including weather stations,
radio-controlled clocks, and watches. The company was started in 1985 in
La Crescent, Minnesota
La Crescent is a city in Houston and Winona counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 5,276 at the 2020 census.
La Crescent is located in the northeast portion of Houston County; the northern edge of the city falls into Winon ...
and is now located in
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of La Crosse County. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. La Crosse's population as of the 2020 census w ...
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La Crosse Technology's products are available in retail stores in North America.
History
La Crosse Technology introduced the
radio-controlled clock
A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often (incorrectly) referred to as an atomic clock is a type of quartz clock or watch that is automatically synchronized to a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time st ...
, commonly (but incorrectly) called an "atomic clock" after
the extremely accurate timepiece behind the radio signal it uses as a reference, into the United States commercial market in 1991.
In 2008, the company introduced the first
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
powered home
weather station
A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate. The measurements taken include tempera ...
.
[Company expects Web-based weather system to be a hit]
. ''La Crosse Tribune
The ''La Crosse Tribune'' is a daily newspaper published in La Crosse, Wisconsin, covering the tri-state area of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota in the United States.
The paper was first founded in 1904, following a media scandal in which existin ...
'', January 30, 2008Press release: La Crosse Technology Now Delivers Forecasts for Over 60,000 Locations to All Weather Direct Displays
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Manufacturing companies based in Wisconsin