Saitek
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| Type | PC gaming peripherals |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Torrence, CA |
| Products | Joysticks, Keyboards |
| Employees | 2,500+ |
| Website | www.saitek.com |
Saitek is a designer and manufacturer of electronics. Its products are noted for their aesthetic and functional design, features, and product quality. They are best known for their Eclipse series of gaming computer keyboards, targeted specifically for gamers.
[edit] History
Saitek was founded in 1979 as a manufacturer of electronic chess games. By the 1990s the company had distribution and design offices in the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, as well as its own wholly owned factory in China. Saitek diversified into PC peripherals, focusing on game controllers for flight simulation, driving and first-person gaming. Saitek has also expanded into mobile computing, with an emphasis on input, connectivity and multimedia. In 2005, Saitek launched a high fidelity audio product line.
In 1997 the company began Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS), designing and building electronic products for OEM customers world-wide from its facility in China. Still under Swiss ownership, it now employs some two and a half thousand people, including one hundred technologists in design and development, and is punctilious in complying with international employment and environmental standards.
