La Cie - Timeline

Timeline

  • 1987 Joel Kamerman, Robert Kamerman, Tudy Kamerman, and Roger Bates found La Cie, Ltd. in Tigard, Oregon, USA. It introduces the Cirrus Drive, the first external drive to win an industrial design award.
  • 1989 Pierre Fournier (32) and Philippe Spruch (26) found électronique d2 in Paris.
  • 1990 Plus Development, a Quantum Corp. subsidiary, acquires La Cie, Ltd.
  • 1990 d2 expands and moves to new premises in rue Watt, Paris.
  • 1991 Establishment of the first subsidiary in London (UK); development of the first d2 SCSI card for PC environment.
  • 1992 Belgian offices open in Brussels and Danish offices in Copenhagen; Philippe Starck and Neil Poulton design new drive models.
  • 1993 German subsidiary established in Düsseldorf; d2 moves its HQ to larger premises in Massy (southern suburbs of Paris).
  • 1994 Subsidiaries opened in Rotterdam and Basel.
  • 1995 Subsidiaries opened in Madrid and Milan; électronique d2 buys LaCie, a subsidiary of Quantum; d2 gains a foothold in the North American market.
  • 1996 Offices open in Stockholm and the Canadian subsidiary of LaCie is opened in Toronto. électronique d2 is listed at the Nouveau Marché in Paris.
  • 1997 Transfer of LaCie US to new premises in Portland; électronique d2 acquires NATI, a repair and maintenance company; LaCie launches range of high-end 21" monitors and colour management devices.
  • 1998 the name "LaCie" replaces " électronique d2" as the worldwide brand name of the group.
  • 1999 LaCie disposes of NATI.
  • 2000 Establishment of the Australian subsidiary; launch of the PocketDrive, a 2.5" peripheral disk drive.
  • 2001 Creation of the Japanese subsidiary; launch of the first 18-inch flat panel monitor and DVD players.
  • 2002 Launch of the Fusion CD-RW and the first DVD rewritable drives.
  • 2003 Launch of first 500 GB external Hard Drive: LaCie Big Disk; portable drives designed by F.A. Porsche line of storage solutions; first Triple Interface Hard Drives.
  • 2004 First 1 TB external Hard Drive the LaCie Bigger Disk.
  • 2009 LaCie acquires Caleido, a Peer to peer storage start-up, with their product named Wuala.
  • 2012 Seagate announces plans to purchase LaCie for $186 million US Dollars, pending regulatory review.

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