Codan’s Core Values

Can-Do

Show determination to take the right action to achieve sustained results
Demonstrate the courage to commit and follow through, no matter the situation

High Performing

Commit to defining and achieving ambitious goals
Drive continuous improvement and embrace change
Encourage our colleagues and teams to achieve their full potential

Customer Driven

Engage with target customers to build long-term relationships that will develop and enhance brand loyalty
Exceed customers’ and internal stakeholders’ expectations today and into the future with innovative and focused solutions

Openness & Integrity

Respect others’ views and willingly consider new ideas
Treat others with dignity
Speak and act honestly and ethically at all times
Provide and receive open and constructive feedback regularly

Founded in 1959 and headquartered in South Australia, Codan Limited is an international company that develops rugged and reliable electronics solutions for government, corporate, NGO and consumer markets across the globe. Codan’s technologies include metal detection and communications.

We have employees located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Mexico, Singapore, the UAE, UK and USA. Our products are sold in more than 150 countries, with a global network of dealers, distributors and agents that allow us to deliver our solutions anywhere in the world, whenever our customers need them.

We’re proud to be a company that continually challenges the status quo. Our values and culture drive an environment of constant innovation, creating long-term shareholder value and allowing us to deliver innovation to customers, wherever they are.

If you share our values then I invite you to join us as we continue to drive technology into the future.

Alf Ianniello
MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

Our History

Codan was founded by university friends Alastair Wood, Ian Wall and Jim Bettison in 1959 to tackle a range of challenges in electronics engineering.

Over the decades, we have made a name for ourselves in quality and innovation. In 1980, our equipment was chosen by the United Nations to support their relief efforts in Uganda, cementing us as the leading global supplier of HF communications to humanitarian organisations.

Publicly floated in 2003, Codan acquired Minelab Electronics in 2008, developer of the world’s best hand held metal detection technology.

This highly successful acquisition was followed by the additions of Daniels Electronics in 2012 and Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) and Zetron Inc. in 2021, cementing our world-class product offerings in Communications & Metal Detection.

Today we are an international company that develops rugged and reliable electronics solutions for government, corporate, NGO and consumer markets across the globe.