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== History == |
== History == |
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Co-founded in [[Apples, Vaud]], [[Switzerland]] in 1981 |
Co-founded in [[Apples, Vaud]], [[Switzerland]] in 1981 by two former Stanford graduate students, [[Daniel Borel]] and [[Pierluigi Zappacosta]], and [[Giacomo Marini]], formerly a manager at [[Olivetti]]. |
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Logitech is a [[spin-off]] of the [[École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne]] (EPFL), more precisely of the LAMI, where Professor [[Jean-Daniel_Nicoud|Jean-Daniel Nicoud]] invented the modern [[Computer mouse|computer mouse]]. |
Logitech is a [[spin-off]] of the [[École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne]] (EPFL), more precisely of the LAMI, where Professor [[Jean-Daniel_Nicoud|Jean-Daniel Nicoud]] invented the modern [[Computer mouse|computer mouse]]. |
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Revision as of 15:03, 28 November 2005
| Logitech logo | |
| Company type | Public (NASDAQ: LOGI) (SWX: LOGN) |
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| Industry | Peripherals |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Daniel Borel Giacomo Marini Pierluigi Zappacosta  |
| Headquarters | Fremont, California |
Key people | Guerrino De Luca, President and CEO |
| Products | Peripherals |
| Revenue |  $1.268 billion USD (2004) |
| 587,336,000 United States dollar (2024) | |
| 612,143,000 (2024) | |
| Total assets | 3,604,704,000 United States dollar (2024) |
Number of employees | 6,900 |
| Website | www.logitech.com |
Logitech Nasdaq: LOGI (SWX: LOGN), headquartered in Fremont, California, is an industry leader in the personal peripheral market. Logitech produces a wide range of peripheral devices for a variety of platforms including PCs, gaming consoles, portable music players, mobile phones, and home entertainment systems, but currently focuses primarily on the computer peripheral market. Logitech’s chief competitor in the computer peripheral market is Microsoft.
Outside the PC sector, Logitech manufactures a variety of cordless controllers, wheels, and headsets for Xbox and PlayStation 2. In the most recent move the company entered the digital home area by acquiring Canada-based Intrique Technology, which manufactures the Harmony remote. On the Japanese market, Logitech uses the brand name Logicool.
History
Co-founded in Apples, Vaud, Switzerland in 1981 by two former Stanford graduate students, Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta, and Giacomo Marini, formerly a manager at Olivetti.
Logitech is a spin-off of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), more precisely of the LAMI, where Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud invented the modern computer mouse.
At one point during its formative years, Logitech's Silicon Valley offices occupied space at 165 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California, home to a number of noted technology startups.
Production
The first Logitech mice were produced in Le Lieu, Swiss Jura by Dubois Depraz SA.
The production facility was then established in the US, Taiwan, Ireland and moved subsequently to China.
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