Kontron AG is a German-based multinational company that designs and manufactures embedded systems, modules and boards, and provides software products for Internet of Things and 5G technologies.

The corporate group was originally headquartered in Augsburg and consisted of the Kontron Europe GmbH, with its main sites in Ismaning, Augsburg, Deggendorf, and Saarbrücken (other locations included San Diego, Fremont, California, Montreal, Plzeň, Toulon, Bangalore, Taipei, Tokyo and Beijing).

At the 2007 Embedded World trade exhibition in Nuremberg, Kontron introduced a product called UGM-M72, a modular graphics card for Computer-on-Module systems, which was based on Universal Graphics Module (UGM) design specification standard published by XGI Technology and Kontron in June 2007.

[8][9] In 2022, Kontron announced the sale of its IT services business to Vinci SA in order to concentrate on its realignment as a provider of products and solutions for Internet of Things.

[10] In July and August 2023, Kontron acquired Comlab AG (a Swiss company manufacturing data communication repeaters for railways),[11] Hartmann and W-IE-NE-R group of companies from Phoenix Mecano,[12] and Cellular Automotive Module Unit from Telit Cinterion.