PNY Technologies

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PNY Technologies, Inc.
Number of employees
500+
Websitewww.pny.com

PNY Technologies, Inc.,

Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
.

PNY stands for "Paris, New York", as they used to trade memory modules between Paris and New York.[1]

A 128MB PNY Attaché USB flash drive (2004)

History

PNY Electronics, Inc. originated out of

Brooklyn, New York
in 1985 as a company that bought and sold memory chips.

In 1996, the company was headquartered in

Bordeaux, France.[2]

To emphasize its expansion into manufacturing new forms of memory and complementary products, the company changed its name in 1997 to PNY Technologies, Inc. The company now has main offices in

Miami, Florida
; Bordeaux, France, and Taiwan.

In 2009, the New Jersey Nets sold the naming rights of their practice jerseys to PNY.[3] In 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke to PNY CEO Gadi Cohen about staying in New Jersey after Cohen was reportedly considering a move to Pennsylvania.[4] In 2011, PNY moved their global headquarters and main manufacturing facility to a 40+ acre location on Jefferson Road in Parsippany, NJ. Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno toured the company and called it "a real good business news story for New Jersey."[5]

Products

PNY is a memory and graphics technology company and manufacturer of computer peripherals, including the following products:

  • Flash memory cards
  • USB flash drives
  • Solid state drives
  • Memory upgrades
  • NVIDIA GeForce and Quadro graphics cards
  • HDMI cables
  • DRAM modules
  • Portable battery chargers
  • HP Pendrive & MicroSD Cards[6]

Legacy products:

  • CD-R discs

PNY has introduced water-cooled video cards[7] and themed USB flash drives that include full films.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Our Story". PNY Technologies Inc. Retrieved 2022-01-03. The first memory modules were traded between Paris and New York, thus forming the acronym PNY.
  2. ^ "PNY ELECTRONICS, INC. 1996 COMPANY PROFILE". PNY.com. Archived from the original on 1997-02-08. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ^ Garcia, Julian (2009-11-08). "Nets sell practice jersey rights to PNY". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  4. The Record
    . Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  5. Patch.com
    . Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. ^ "HP Authorized Products | pny.com".
  7. ^ Lilly, Paul (2011-06-06). "PNY Partners with Asetek to Ship Liquid Cooled Videocards". Maximum PC. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  8. ^ Franklin, Eric (2008-09-03). "Insert 'Ghostbusters' song reference here: PNY offers movie on USB". CNET. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

External links

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