Solar Guppy
Red Cobra Guppy
Manual for MSTE's Sunny Island Charger 40 says, "© 2004 to 2008 SMA Solar Technology AG. All rights reserved"
That would make it 18 years.
Turns out the Sunnyboy was released in 2001
Trace was where most companies spawned off, Brain Faley Started Magnum, The Gudgel brothers started Outback ( years later Midnight ) in the 2002 time frame, just before I got involved with what was then Xantrex whom had purchased Trace some months earlier.
In a world where electronics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, the products of all these efforts still around is impressive.