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'''Logitech''' {{nasdaq|LOGI}} ([[SWX]]: '''[http://www.swx.com/market/quote_chart_en.html?id=CH0021655334CHF4 LOGN]'''), founded in [[Apples, Vaud]] in 1981 with company headquarters in [[Fremont, California]] is an industry leader in the personal peripheral market; designing, marketing, and manufacturing a wide range of peripheral devices for a variety of platforms including: PC’s, gaming consoles, portable music players, mobile phones, and home entertainment systems. Logitech focuses primarily on the computer peripheral market where it has had immense success with its line of keyboard and mice products and has also proven to be a key innovator in this area. One notable innovation; The World’s first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_mouse#Laser_mice laser mouse], was [http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/news/US/EN,contentid=9389,crid=34 introduced] on [[September 1]], [[2004]], with claims of being 20x more accurate than traditional optical mice. Logitech’s chief competitor in the computer peripheral market is [[Microsoft]]. |
'''Logitech''' {{nasdaq|LOGI}} ([[SWX]]: '''[http://www.swx.com/market/quote_chart_en.html?id=CH0021655334CHF4 LOGN]'''), founded in [[Apples, Vaud|Apples, Vaud, Switzerland]] in 1981 with company headquarters in [[Fremont, California]] is an industry leader in the personal peripheral market; designing, marketing, and manufacturing a wide range of peripheral devices for a variety of platforms including: PC’s, gaming consoles, portable music players, mobile phones, and home entertainment systems. Logitech focuses primarily on the computer peripheral market where it has had immense success with its line of keyboard and mice products and has also proven to be a key innovator in this area. One notable innovation; The World’s first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_mouse#Laser_mice laser mouse], was [http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/news/US/EN,contentid=9389,crid=34 introduced] on [[September 1]], [[2004]], with claims of being 20x more accurate than traditional optical mice. Logitech’s chief competitor in the computer peripheral market is [[Microsoft]]. |
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Outside the PC sector Logitech manufactures the [[PlayStation 2]] [[Eye Toy]] which is among an expanding line of cordless controllers, wheels, and headsets for Xbox and PS2. In the most recent move the company entered the digital home area by acquiring Canada-based Intrique Technology, which manufactures the Harmony remote. |
Outside the PC sector Logitech manufactures the [[PlayStation 2]] [[Eye Toy]] which is among an expanding line of cordless controllers, wheels, and headsets for Xbox and PS2. In the most recent move the company entered the digital home area by acquiring Canada-based Intrique Technology, which manufactures the Harmony remote. |
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Revision as of 07:02, 28 August 2005
| Logitech logo | |
| Company type | Public (NASDAQ: LOGI) (SWX: LOGN) |
|---|---|
| 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), founded in Apples, Vaud, Switzerland in 1981 with company headquarters in Fremont, California is an industry leader in the personal peripheral market; designing, marketing, and manufacturing a wide range of peripheral devices for a variety of platforms including: PC’s, gaming consoles, portable music players, mobile phones, and home entertainment systems. Logitech focuses primarily on the computer peripheral market where it has had immense success with its line of keyboard and mice products and has also proven to be a key innovator in this area. One notable innovation; The World’s first laser mouse, was introduced on September 1, 2004, with claims of being 20x more accurate than traditional optical mice. Logitech’s chief competitor in the computer peripheral market is Microsoft.
Outside the PC sector Logitech manufactures the PlayStation 2 Eye Toy which is among an expanding line of cordless controllers, wheels, and headsets for Xbox and PS2. In the most recent move the company entered the digital home area by acquiring Canada-based Intrique Technology, which manufactures the Harmony remote.
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.
On the Japanese market, Logitech uses the brand name Logicool.
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