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In 1989, Creation Studios music recording studio was built in North Vancouver by Barry and Jane Anne Henderson. Barry Henderson was also the Music Products Division Manager at Anatek Microcircuits, a hybrid manufacturer in North Vancouver, BC. He and his team developed the Anatek line of MIDI and audio products, including the line of small MIDI signal-powered MIDI processing accessories called "Pocket Products".
In 1991, Henderson partnered with Geoff Reed, Paul Clark, and Dave Pettigrew using Creation Studios as a vehicle to purchase the assets of Anatek, changing the name of the newly combined entity to Creation Technologies. Creation directed themselves towards becoming a high quality global contract manufacturing enterprise and developer of RADAR, the world's first multi-track digital recording system for professional recording studios.
In 1993 Creation showed RADAR at the October 1993 AES show in New York. Creation initially marketed RADAR under the Otari brand and later under Henderson's iZ brand(iZ Technology Corporation).
Then in 1994, Creation officially launched the RADAR line of digital recording systems.
In 1996, the company expanded to Burnaby, BC and opened additional facilities. Two years later in 1998, they opened a new facility in Mississauga, ON.
In 2001, Creation purchased a manufacturing plant in Mississauga, ON, from AimGlobal and later combined this facility with its Mississauga operation.
Then in 2003, they opened a second Ontario facility in Markham, ON. Acquires Eder Industries in Milwaukee, WI. Before acquiring Second Source Systems of Dallas, TX, in 2004. That same year, they formed Creation Technologies Asia Pacific Ltd.
In 2006, they opened International Purchasing Office in Shenzhen, China. Acquires Asemtec, Inc of San Jose, CA. In 2007, acquired Taytronics, Inc of St. Peter, MN, and SMC, Inc, of Lexington, KY. In 2008 they acquired Circuit Services Inc of Chicago, IL, and CCSI of Changzhou, China, and ProWorks, Inc of Santa Clara, CA.
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By 2012, Creation acquired Aisling Sources, Mexicali, Baja California, and ProWorks, Inc of Santa Clara, CA
On July 18, 2019, Creation announced that it would be acquired by US private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg.
On January 14, 2025, the Company announced that Patrick L. Freytag, who had been serving as Creation’s Chief Financial Officer, was appointed Chief Executive Officer. He succeeded Stephen P. DeFalco, who became Creation’s Executive Chairman. Megan Melusky, most recently Senior Vice President, Finance, was promoted to Chief Financial Officer.
From Wikipedia’s article on Creation Technologies, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4