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Native name | Maxdata Computer GmbH (1987-2003) Maxdata AG (2003-2010) |
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| Headquarters | Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Maxdata is the name of two Germaninformation technology companies.
The original Maxdata was founded in 1987 by Holger Lampatz inMarl, North Rhine-Westphalia, asMaxdata Computer GmbH. It began selling personal computers in 1990. Maxdata used its own name for B2B products while selling notebooks and displays for the customer market under the Belinea brand.
In 1997, Maxdata was majority-owned byVobis, itself a fully owned subsidiary of theMetro AG.[1] In 2003, the company was restructured asMaxdata AG and listed in thePrime Standard. Maxdata filedinsolvency proceedings at the Local Court inEssen on Wednesday, 25 June 2008. It had 1000 employees at the time of closure.[2] The Belinea brand was sold toBrunen IT Group while the Maxdata name was sold toS&T.[3]
Maxdata Computer AG, a fully owned Swiss subsidiary of Maxdata AG, was taken over by Brunen IT as Belinea AG before being sold to S&T and re-named Maxdata (Schweiz) AG. In 2016, S&T stopped the production of desktop computers and notebooks.[4]
S&T founded a newMaxdata Deutschland GmbH in 2014 inMendig[5] as a fully owned subsidiary but in 2016 it was renamed to S&T Deutschland GmbH.[6]
Its product lines included servers, desktop computers, notebooks and the Belinea series of monitors.
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