Company:OnStream
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Founded | 1998 in the Netherlands |
| Founder | William B. Beierwaltes |
| Defunct | 2003 |
OnStream Holdings, Inc., was a Dutch computer hardware company that manufactured magnetic tape data storage products. The company was a spin-off of Philips established in 1998 and went bankrupt in both 2001 and 2003.[1]
As a result of its first bankruptcy in 2001, the company was split into two parts, OnStream Data and OnStream MST. The "Data" division manufactured magnetic tape products[2] and the "MST" division produced the thin film tape heads.[3] MST also produced microsieves and microelectromechanical systems products. After the second OnStream bankruptcy in 2003, the MST division was reborn as fluXXion, a maker of high-tech filtering products.[4] fluXXion had some success in filtering beer and other food products but went bankrupt in 2011.[5]
Prior to the first bankruptcy, the CEO was William B. Beierwaltes, a tape systems pioneer and founder of Colorado Memory Systems.[6]
The company's magnetic tape data storage technology was called Advanced Digital Recording (ADR). Tape drives based on this technology were relatively high in data capacity and low in price.
References
- ↑ "OnStream bankrupt again, leaving MEMS projects homeless". 2003-05-23. http://www.smalltimes.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ARCHI&C=Manuf&ARTICLE_ID=268733&p=109.
- ↑ Mueller, Scott (2003). Upgrading and Repairing PCs. Que Publishing. p. 685. ISBN 978-0-7897-2974-3. https://archive.org/details/upgradingrepair100muel.
- ↑ Van Heeren, Henne; Andringa, Toon; Attenborough, K.; Eisenberg, Martin; Meeuws, P. (2003). "Thin film metal surface micromachining: A new enabling foundry technology". in Yasaitis, John A; Perez-Maher, Mary Ann; Karam, Jean Michel. Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology VIII. 4979. pp. 178. doi:10.1117/12.478289.
- ↑ "Fluxxion: 'Our value is basically our intellectual property'". 2010-06-03. https://www.ft.com/content/641dffcc-6ddb-11df-b5c9-00144feabdc0.
- ↑ "Suspension of payment Fluxxion B.V. in Eindhoven (S.01/11/16)". https://www.faillissementsdossier.nl/en/suspensionofpayment/129952/fluxxion-b-v.aspx.
- ↑ "OnStream, Inc. Positioned to Capitalize on Growing Demand for Affordable, High-Capacity Removable Storage". 1998-11-05. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onstream-inc-positioned-to-capitalize-on-growing-demand-for-affordable-high-capacity-removable-storage-77283172.html.
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