COMPANY BACKGROUND
CROVEN CRYSTALS has provided high quality and reliability
products to the frequency control industry for more than fifty years
and has been continually recognized as a world leader and supplier
of precision frequency control devices.
Founded in 1954 as W. Gary-Wright Electronics of Canada to
assemble crystal products for various military communications
programs, the Company name was later changed to Croven Ltd., an
acronym for the products then manufactured:
CR (for quartz crystal) & OVEN (for the temperature
controlled ovens developed for use with the crystals
in precision applications).
By 1959 Croven’s crystal and oven products were in large demand
and the facility at 500 Beech Street was erected. At that time due to
the large demand for oven products the Company founded Ovenaire
in Charlottesville, VA which went on to become a world leader in the
manufacture of precision ovens and ovenized oscillators. The
Company was further expanded in 1963 when the Filtaire division
was established to support the growing demand for specialized
crystal filter products.
In 1967 the Companies were purchased by Walter Kidde & Co. of
Belleville, NJ. By then Croven had grown greatly and the Whitby
facility had been expanded to its current 25,000 sq. ft.
In 1975 Croven Ltd. founded Croven Europe (later to be known as
Dantronic), a wholly owned subsidiary in Denmark to manufacture
crystal products for the European market.
By 1979 Coven Ltd. had moved all manufacturing of oscillators and
hybrid modules to its other locations and the Whitby operation from
that time has focused exclusively on the design and development of
precision quartz crystal resonators. The name was then changed to
Croven Crystals Ltd. to better reflect our product and market orientation.
Since that time our name has changed several times as the Company
went through a variety of management and organizational changes
however the commitment to manufacturing the finest crystals for the
most demanding applications has been unwavering.
In 2006 the company was acquired by Wenzel Associates and the
CROVEN CRYSTALS name has been resurrected in recognition of
our origins and long tradition of serving the crystal resonator market.
We hope that this catalogue serves not only to inform you of our
capabilities, but that it will also provide some insight into the
technology of crystal design and manufacture and be a useful
reference.
Welcome to the new CROVEN CRYSTALS!
* This catalogue has been prepared as a general guide to the customer and every effort has
been made to ensure that the information provided is correct at the time of printing.
CROVEN CRYSTALS reserves the right to change any of the information or specifications
without prior notice.