Freecom

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Freecom is a German manufacturer of computer peripherals. Its products include USB hard disks (where the actual hard drive is manufactured by Samsung and others), USB flash drives, USB DVB-T television receivers and a data recovery service. The original President and CEO was Dick C. Hoogerdijk{{cite web |title=itsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Freecom B.V. |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090903005048/en/Mitsubishi-Kagaku-Media-Ltd.-Announces-Acquisition-Freecom |website=Businesswire. |publisher=Businesswire. |accessdate=29 May 2020}} and Managing Director is Axel Lucassen.{{cite web |title=Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive |url=https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/320007/freecom_outs_first_ever_usb_3_0_hard_drive/ |website=pcworld |publisher=pcworld |accessdate=29 May 2020}} It is the first company to release an external hard drive to USB 3.02 standards.{{Cite web |last=Laurent |first=Alexandre |date=2009-09-28 |title=Un premier disque dur externe USB 3.0 chez Freecom |url=https://www.clubic.com/actualite-302224-premier-disque-dur-externe-usb-freecom.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Clubic.com |language=fr}}

The company was founded in 1989 and sold to Mitsubishi Chemical / Verbatim in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2248747/freecom-bought-out-by-verbatim.html|title=Freecom bought out by Verbatim|last=Dunn|first=John E.|date=2009-09-03|website=Network World|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}