Freecom

Freecom Technologies GmbH
	Freecom FSG-3
Company type	Private
Industry	Electronics
Founded	1989; 36 years ago
Founder	Dick Hoogerdijk; Axel Lucassen;
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Computer hardware
Owner	Verbatim (100%)
Parent	Verbatim
Website	www.freecom.de

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^[1] and Managing Director is Axel Lucassen.^[2] It is the first company to release an external hard drive to USB 3.02 standards.^[3]

The company was founded in 1989 and sold to Verbatim in 2009.^[4]

In 2009 the company announced one of the first commercially available USB 3.0 external hard drives.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "itsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Freecom B.V." Businesswire. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive". pcworld. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ Laurent, Alexandre (2009-09-28). "Un premier disque dur externe USB 3.0 chez Freecom". Clubic.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ Dunn, John E. (2009-09-03). "Freecom bought out by Verbatim". Network World. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
^ "Freecom Outs World's Smallest 3.5" Ext. HDD Case". HotHardware. HotHardware. 2009-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2025-09-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Patrick Goss (2009-09-24). "Freecom unveils first USB 3.0 External HDD". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-09-20.

External links

Official website

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[1] "itsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Freecom B.V." Businesswire. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[2] "Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive". pcworld. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[3] Laurent, Alexandre (2009-09-28). "Un premier disque dur externe USB 3.0 chez Freecom". Clubic.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[4] Dunn, John E. (2009-09-03). "Freecom bought out by Verbatim". Network World. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

[5] "Freecom Outs World's Smallest 3.5" Ext. HDD Case". HotHardware. HotHardware. 2009-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2025-09-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[6] Patrick Goss (2009-09-24). "Freecom unveils first USB 3.0 External HDD". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-09-20.

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