Organization:Kensington Products Group

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The Kensington Technology Group is a technology division of ACCO Brands. The company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, a district of Redwood City, California . The German branch is located in the town of Schorndorf.[1]

Products

Kensington Technology Group sells computer accessories and peripherals such as mice, keyboards, cases for laptops and consumer electronics ( iPods, MP3 players ), power supplies and anti-theft systems for computers and electronic devices. iPad accessories are also part of the range, such as the protective KeyFolio Expert tablet case with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard.[2] The use of the accessories is aimed at both fixed and mobile workstations. Nowadays, Kensington is a leader in the field of locking systems for IT security solutions owned and marketed with the brand name MicroSaver®.[3]

History of the company

The Kensington company was founded in 1981. The first product was the so-called "System Saver", which included a fan and a mains filter for Apple, which was quite successful. Since 2005 offers the Kensington Lock, a anti-theft system for laptops and other peripherals designed in the mid-1980s[4] and patented by Kryptonite in 1999–2000,[5] later assigned to Schlage in 2002, together with a range of individual locking systems with various options to secure computing devices such as laptops, desktops, projectors, TFTs and external hard drives. It is currently a division of ACCO Brands.[6][7]

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