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Freecom Technologies GmbH
Freecom FSG-3
TypePrivate
IndustryElectronics
Founded1989 (1989)
Founder
  • Dick Hoogerdijk
  • Axel Lucassen
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsComputer hardware
OwnerVerbatim (100%)
ParentVerbatim
Websitewww.freecom.de

Freecom Technologies GmbH 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[1] and Managing Director is Axel Lucassen.[2] It is the first company to release an external hard drive to USB 3.02 standards.[3]

The company was founded in 1989 and sold to Verbatim in 2009.[4]

In 2009 the company announced one of the first commercially available USB 3.0 external hard drives.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "itsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Freecom B.V." Businesswire. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive". pcworld. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Laurent, Alexandre (2009-09-28). "Un premier disque dur externe USB 3.0 chez Freecom". Clubic.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. ↑ Dunn, John E. (2009-09-03). "Freecom bought out by Verbatim". Network World. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Freecom Outs World's Smallest 3.5" Ext. HDD Case". HotHardware. HotHardware. 2009-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2025-09-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ Patrick Goss (2009-09-24). "Freecom unveils first USB 3.0 External HDD". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-09-20.

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