1987 - Benchmark Electronic Systems set up
- Product Portfolio Growth
- 1987 - Computers
- 1988 - First Optical Fibre Trainer built
- 1991 - Optical Fibre System developed/configured
- 1992 - Image Processing Laboratories
- 1996 - LAN Trainer produced/built/etc
- 2003 – New Optical Fibre System (Fiber Optic Laboratory
Systems) developed/configured
incorporating different fibre optic device workings
- Fibre Optic Range Growth
- 1988 - First Optical Fibre Trainer built
- 1988 - First year of launch – More than 25 clients/labs in different
colleges equipped with OFT
- 1991 - Optical Fibre System - Fiber Optic Laboratory Systems - developed/configured
- 1991 - 2nd generation of OFTs
- 1991 - 100th OFT shipped
- 1992 - Number of OFT clients cross 100
- 1995 - 3rd generation of OFTs
- 1997 - IEEMA recognizes OFT for Best Product Design
- 1999 - All polytechnics in Tamil Nadu are equipped with Benchmark fibre optic
training equipment under TechEd project sponsored by The World Bank
- 2002 - 4th generation of OFTs
- 2003 - New Optical Fibre System developed/configured
incorporating different fibre optic device workings
- LAN Trainer
- 1996 - First LAN Trainer (LAN-T) produced/built
- 1999 - Patent filed for LAN-T
- 1999 - LAN-T launched as commercial product
- 2002 - LAN-T installations cross the 50 mark
- 2002 - LAN-T upgrade to PCI based version, addition of new experiments
- Exports
- 1992 - Benchmark fibre optic training equipment installed
in leading universities and institutes in Malaysia and Singapore
- 1999 - Benchmark participates in ASEE Exhibition in USA
- 1996 - Emona Instruments, Sydney starts carrying Benchmark range
in their product offering to educational institutes in the Pacific Region
- 1996 - Benchmark equipment installed in leading universities,
such as Monash University, in Australia
- 1999 - Benchmark range added to standard product
range of Feedback Instruments Ltd. in Europe and the USA
- 2002 - Government of Malaysia purchases fibre optic equipment
from Benchmark for training students at polytechnics. Benchmark personnel
train
instructors, on-site, in conducting courses
- Fibre Optic Project Work
- 1992 - Point-to-point underwater link
- 1993, 1995, 1997 - Operation Theatre to live video display
for cardiac surgery conference in Hyderabad
- 2001 - TVTN fibre channel network for SAN
- 2002 - Point-to-point terrestrial video and audio fibre optic link for
Eenadu Television at Ramoji Filmcity, Hyderabad
