LoJack history

1983-93: Fighting Crime, Developing and Testing a Prototype, Creating a Market

At the time, this commonwealth had the highest rate of car thefts in the country: 864.8 motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 population, according to John Swanson's quotation from Uniform Crime Reports for 1985.

In 1986, Massachusetts became the first state to adopt the LoJack System.

According to John Swanson, who became a consultant for the LoJack Corporation in 1987, Bill was preoccupied with the growth of car thefts throughout the nation in general and the greater Boston area in particular.

In spite of a 27 percent increase in revenues for 1991, LoJack Corporation's stock shrank from $100 million to less than $33 million.

1995: LoJack licenses its technology to selected international markets and develops the CarSearch Stolen Vehicle Recovery System, which operates independently of law enforcement networks.

According to Kevin Hall's story in the July 21, 1997 issue of Journal of Commerce, many of the cars stolen in Miami and Dade County were exported illegally through the Port of Miami to Haiti, as well as to Central and South America.

In June 1999, according to Heavy Equipment News, LoJack reported recoveries of a $300,000 Caterpillar front-end loader, a Cat combination front-end loader/backhoe and, for one company a 580L backhoe, trailer, and a flatbed truck.

2001: Motorola ships its two millionth LoJack Unit to LoJack Corporation.

The company planned to introduce this option in selected markets in 2002.