PNY Technologies
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PNY stands for "Paris, New York", as they used to trade memory modules between Paris and New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
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 Moonachie, New Jersey, and had a manufacturing production plant there, an additional plant in Santa Clara, California, and served Europe from a third facility in Bordeaux, France.<ref name="PNY1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 Parsippany, New Jersey; Santa Clara, California; Miami, Florida; Bordeaux, France, and Taiwan.
In 2009, the New Jersey Nets sold the naming rights of their practice jerseys to PNY.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
ProductsEdit
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 graphics cards
- HDMI cables
- DRAM modules
- Portable battery chargers
- HP Pendrive & MicroSD Cards<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Legacy products:
- CD-R discs
PNY has introduced water-cooled video cards<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and themed USB flash drives that include full films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>