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Codan

Codan Limited is a manufacturer and supplier of communications, metal detection, and mining technology, headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia with revenue of A$348.0 million (2020). Codan Limited is the communications business unit and the parent company of the Codan group, which is engaged in business through its operating segment Radio Communications. This product range is sold to customers in more than 150 countries. In addition to its global service and support network, the Codan group has regional sales offices in Perth (Western Australia), Washington D.C., and Chicago (United States), Victoria, BC, (Canada), Farnham (UK), Cork (Ireland), Florianópolis (Brazil), Penang (Malaysia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The company maintains quality assurance systems approved to the ISO 9001:2000 standard. The company was established in 1959 by three friends from the University of Adelaide: Alastair Wood, Ian Wall and Jim Bettison. The company was established as Electronics, Instrument and Lighting Company Limited (EILCO), renaming as Codan in 1970. Codan was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2003 and expanded into military technology in 2006. In 2005, CEO Mike Heard denied that Codan had knowingly supplied technology to an Al-Qaeda operative in 2001. Mike Heard acted as the company's CEO during the 1990s, and held the position until his retirement in 2010.…

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Codan Limited is a manufacturer and supplier of communications, metal detection, and mining technology, headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia with revenue of A$348.0 million (2020). Codan Limited is the communications business unit and the parent company of the Codan group, which is engaged in business through its operating segment Radio Communications. This product range is sold to customers in more than 150 countries. In addition to its global service and support network, the Codan group has regional sales offices in Perth (Western Australia), Washington D.C., and Chicago (United States), Victoria, BC, (Canada), Farnham (UK), Cork (Ireland), Florianópolis (Brazil), Penang (Malaysia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The company maintains quality assurance systems approved to the ISO 9001:2000 standard. The company was established in 1959 by three friends from the University of Adelaide: Alastair Wood, Ian Wall and Jim Bettison. The company was established as Electronics, Instrument and Lighting Company Limited (EILCO), renaming as Codan in 1970. Codan was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2003 and expanded into military technology in 2006. In 2005, CEO Mike Heard denied that Codan had knowingly supplied technology to an Al-Qaeda operative in 2001. Mike Heard acted as the company's CEO during the 1990s, and held the position until his retirement in 2010.…

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1959 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of establishment: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1959". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375105473

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