TZ Limited
TZ Limited is an Australian public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:TZL). Through its two wholly owned US based subsidiaries, Telezygology, Inc. and Product Development Technologies, Inc.,TZ Limited employs over 130 professionals. TZL team members are deployed in 11 offices across six international locations in businesses focused on technology commercialization and the provision of multi-disciplinary design and engineering services.
Telezygology, Inc.
Telezygology, Inc., is the leader in the development of infrastructure solutions that can protect and control valuable physical assets remotely at any time and from any where in the world.
The company has an extensive intellectual property portfolio across 39 patent families which protects its IP space. Within those those patent families, 49 patents are granted and a further 178 patent applications are pending. The company has developed a suite of state-of-the-art enabling technologies which include smart materials (SMA) actuation, proprietary SMA actuated mechanical fastening and locking devices, embedded intelligence, networking and communications protocols. Collectively, these technologies enable unique fastening and locking, sensing, switching, remote actuation and networking of intelligent objects under the control of an open software platform.
The company commercializes its technology through three business units dedicated to delivering compelling infrastructure hardware and software solutions to targeted market segments:
TZ Infrastructure Protection, Inc. provides extremely affordable and highly scalable micro-security and environmental monitoring solutions that deliver protection and control of IT and telecommunication assets.
TZ Packaged Asset Delivery, Inc. offers truly innovative logistics solutions that automate "last mile" parcel delivery for customers across a range of usage scenarios, including corporate mail management, management of parcel delivery for high density residential complexes and automated secure parcel pick-up at retail outlets.
TZ Aerospace Asset Maintainability, Inc. licenses IP and technology to aerospace and defense OEMs enabling the development of intelligent latching systems that provide for remote access control, audit and traceability of aerospace assets.
Product Development Technologies, Inc.
Acquired by TZ Limited in 2005, Product Development Technologies (PDT) is an integrated research-based industrial design and multi-disciplinary engineering company that provides one-stop service for the complete turn-key development of new products.
With over 100 professional design and engineering resources, PDT has operations spanning the USA, Europe and Asia with expertise in a vast range of product development disciplines, including design research, industrial design, user interface development, electrical and mechanical engineering, software development, rapid prototyping and production sourcing and management.
This multi-disciplinary capability and expertise allows PDT to create innovative products for their clients that drive demand in the marketplace. PDT is unique among product development firms in that the high creativity of the design team is balanced by an equal understanding and consideration for clients’ real-world production and marketing needs.
PDT's award winning product designs have been recognized by BusinessWeek, the Industrial Designers Society of America, The Consumer Electronics Association, Inc. Magazine, Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design, and Parametric Technologies Corporation.