Private company

Freecom

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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 and Managing Director is Axel Lucassen.2 It was founded in 1989 in Berlin.1 It is headquartered in Berlin.1 It is part of Verbatim.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1
  • Industryelectronics industry1
  • HeadquartersBerlin1
  • Founded inBerlin1
  • Websitewww.freecom.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
Freecom FSG-3 Storage Gateway 160GB
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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 and Managing Director is Axel Lucassen. It is the first company to release an external hard drive to USB 3.02 standards.2

Corporate structure

Freecom is part of a group headed by CMC Magnetics. 5 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • computer hardware

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 2009Acquired Acquired by Verbatim1
  2. 1989Founded Founded in Berlin1

Sources

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