Hama - Perfect accessory for digital camera, camcorder, mobile phone, notebook, pc, mp3, home cinema, classical photo, cable and SAT, picture frames and school bags. Hama GmbH & Company KG manufactures consumer electronic items. The Company offers products including cameras, camcorders, personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, smartphones, and household. A subsidiary of Hama Holding for Financial Investments, Hama For Food Industries (formerly Hygienic) was founded in 2005 with the mission of becoming a lead exporter of food industries to the European, Asian, Middle Eastern and North American markets. The company's 145,000 m2 plant is a Private Free Zone in New Salihiya City. Hama - the success story of a future-oriented family business, which has developed from a one-man business to an internationally renowned company with countless subsidiaries, trading partners and production facilities on all continents.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Genre | photo and electronics technology |
| Founded | Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 1923; 98 years ago |
| Founder | Martin Hanke |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
| 12 Subsidiaries (2011) | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Christoph Thomas, Rudolph Hanke CEO | |
| Revenue | €532.2 million (2009)[1] |
Number of employees | 2500 (2011) |
| Subsidiaries | Hama Technics Handels GmbH (Austria) Agami NV (Belgium Hama spol. s.r.o. (Czech Republic) HAMA EURL. France Hama (UK) Ltd. (Great Britain) HAMA Kereskedelmi-Kft. (Hungary) Hama Group Holst BV (Netherlands) Hama Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland) Companhia Hama Portugal LDA (Portugal) Hama Slovakia spol. s.r.o. (Slovakia) Hama Technics, S.L. (Spain) Hama Technics AG (Switzerland) |
Hama GmbH & Co KG is a German distributor of accessories specialising in a number of areas including photo, video, audio, multimedia, computer and telecommunications. The company also acts as a distributor of various product ranges. Hama employs around 2,500 people worldwide, 1,500 employees work at the headquarters in Monheim, Bavaria, Germany. Hama is represented by 17 subsidiaries and numerous commercial agencies in Europe and beyond.
Hama Gmbh & Co Kg D-86652
Among the products Hama manufacture are:
- Camera bags
- Headphones
- Flash and studio accessories
- AV cables (coaxial and SCART)
along with various computer accessories including peripherals and USB, FireWire, and Ethernet cables and other miscellaneous items.
History[edit]
Formation[edit]
In 1923, the 18-year-old photographer Martin Hanke founded the Hamaphot KG (limited partnership) in Dresden which specialized in photo accessories. When Dresden was bombarded in the Second World War, the company was destroyed. It was rebuilt in Monheim in 1945. In 1958, the first synchronized flash powder device was presented, in 1972 the world's first automatic film splicer. Three years later, the 'Hamafix' slide mounting system came onto the market. In 1990, Hama established their UK branch Hama PVAC Ltd. (Hama Photo, Video, Audio, Communications) and are UK distributor for Celestron, Tasco, Sandisk, Vivitar and Koss products. In 1991, Hama launched the 'Videocut 200' which - according to company representatives – was the most frequently sold video editing device in Europe at that time. In 1993, the company name changed from Hamaphot to Hama. Two years later, the 'MobileSafe' mobile phone holder was put on the market. In 1998, the company celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary.
Today, the product range does not only comprise articles for photo and video applications, but also accessories from the areas of audiovisual, multimedia, game console, telecommunications and from a number of more areas.
Scandals[edit]
Golden driver download. In early 2008, over 30000 flash drives built by a fraudulent chinese supplier were distributed by Hama. The flash drives were manipulated to overreport their capacity to the computer, possibly leading to data loss upon attempted writing to physically nonexistent sectors, which usually initially is unnoticed by users.[2] Upon discovery, a product recall was launched.[3][4][5][6]
Well-known Hama products[edit]
Automated Film Splicer Cinepress (1972)
Slide Mounting Device 'HamaFix' (1975)
Video Cutting Device 'Videocut 200' (1991)
Mobile Phone Holder/Fixing System 'MobilSafe' (1995) Epiphan video driver.
References[edit]
- ^Hama Hamaphot Hanke & Thomas GmbH & Co KG, Monheim, consolidated accounts per 31 December 2009 on [1]
- ^Zeit Online (2020-02-12). 'Speicherkarten sind Datenschredder'. www.zeit.de (in German).
- ^'Vorsicht, Datenverlust!'. stern.de (in German). 2008-01-16.
- ^Warentest, Stiftung (2008-02-28). 'USB-Speicher - Gefälschte USB-Sticks - Stiftung Warentest'. www.test.de (in German). Stiftung Warentest.
- ^'USB-Stick-Betrug greift um sich - speicherguide.de'. www.speicherguide.de (in German). 2008-01-19.
- ^Plischke, Sascha (2008-01-15). 'Hama ruft 'Mogelsticks' zurück'. www.t-online.de (in German).
External links[edit]
Hama Gmbh & Co Kg