About: Escom AG

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Escom AG (stylized in uppercase; previously Schmitt Computer Systems) was a German computer company, best known in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States as the successful purchaser of Commodore International and the Amiga trademarks in 1995. Escom was founded by Manfred Schmitt of Darmstadt, Germany as the computer division of his music company in 1986. It became a separate company in 1991. In 1993, it became a publicly traded company, and it grew rapidly, controlling 11.2% of the market of German PCs by 1994.

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  • Escom (Eigenschreibweise ESCOM; vormals Schmitt Computersysteme GmbH) war ein Unternehmen, das sich mit dem Handel und der Herstellung von Computern und Computerzubehör befasste. (de)
  • Escom AG (stylized in uppercase; previously Schmitt Computer Systems) was a German computer company, best known in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States as the successful purchaser of Commodore International and the Amiga trademarks in 1995. Escom was founded by Manfred Schmitt of Darmstadt, Germany as the computer division of his music company in 1986. It became a separate company in 1991. In 1993, it became a publicly traded company, and it grew rapidly, controlling 11.2% of the market of German PCs by 1994. During 1992 and 1993, a British operation was set up with a distribution and assembly base in Irvine, North Ayrshire and a small number of retail stores. These followed the model established in Germany, with small town centre shops which would customise PCs to order, rather than the out of town superstores and mail order businesses which dominated the market in the United Kingdom. In February 1995, Escom's retail presence on the high streets of the United Kingdom suddenly expanded massively, when it took over many branches of the Rumbelows electrical chain, which were being sold off by Rumbelows owner Thorn EMI. Also in April 1995, Escom bought Commodore International for US$14 million, primarily to get the Commodore and Amiga brand names. Escom was one of two companies to bid for the Commodore and Amiga Brand names and assets. They won the bidding process against Dell and Creative Electronics International. Many other companies were involved in the buyout but did not bid such as Commodore Uk and Samsung. It started using the Commodore name on computers sold in Europe, and established a separate division for Amiga related technologies. The company grew too quickly, however, and lost 185 million German Mark that year. With no bailout from its shareholders, the company declared bankruptcy on 15 July 1996, and was liquidated. The Commodore trademarks were purchased the following year by Tulip Computers, while the remaining trademarks, together with the full set of patents, copyrights and other intellectual property, were acquired by Gateway 2000. (en)
  • Escom was een Duitse keten van computerwinkels, met vestigingen in Nederland, Duitsland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Mede door overname van bestaande ketens groeide Escom begin jaren negentig snel. Er kwamen vestigingen in alle grote steden in Nederland. De snelle groei speelde Escom parten. Er was gebrekkig management en er ontstond negatieve naamsbekendheid doordat de service te wensen over liet. Over 1995 leed het beursgenoteerde bedrijf een verlies van 185 miljoen Duitse mark. Omdat er geen reddingsactie op gang kwam, werd de keten op 15 juli 1996 failliet verklaard. Er werd echter wel tijdelijk een doorstart gemaakt onder de naam Escom 2001. Escom betaalde in het voorjaar van 1995 nog 14 miljoen dollar voor de overname van de bezittingen van het failliete Commodore International, bekend van de Commodore 64 en Amiga-computers. Daarbij was Escom vooral op de merknaam Commodore uit. Er werd meteen begonnen met de verkoop van computersystemen onder die merknaam. Voor Amiga-gerelateerde artikelen werd een aparte divisie opgezet. Na het faillissement van Escom werd de merknaam Commodore overgenomen door Tulip en het merk Amiga door Gateway. (nl)
  • ESCOM — немецкая компания наиболее известная, как один из ведущих производителей IBM PC-совместимых компьютеров в Европе на 1994 г. (объём продаж составлял 2 млрд. долларов). Также являлась покупателем и преемником бизнеса Commodore в 1995 г., что уже через год привело компанию к финансовому краху. (ru)
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  • Bankruptcy (en)
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  • 1986-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Bankruptcy (en)
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  • Computers (en)
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  • Manfred Schmitt, Founder (en)
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  • Escom AG (en)
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  • https://web.archive.org/web/19961104081305/http://www.escom.de/|title=Official website (en)
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  • Escom (Eigenschreibweise ESCOM; vormals Schmitt Computersysteme GmbH) war ein Unternehmen, das sich mit dem Handel und der Herstellung von Computern und Computerzubehör befasste. (de)
  • ESCOM — немецкая компания наиболее известная, как один из ведущих производителей IBM PC-совместимых компьютеров в Европе на 1994 г. (объём продаж составлял 2 млрд. долларов). Также являлась покупателем и преемником бизнеса Commodore в 1995 г., что уже через год привело компанию к финансовому краху. (ru)
  • Escom AG (stylized in uppercase; previously Schmitt Computer Systems) was a German computer company, best known in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States as the successful purchaser of Commodore International and the Amiga trademarks in 1995. Escom was founded by Manfred Schmitt of Darmstadt, Germany as the computer division of his music company in 1986. It became a separate company in 1991. In 1993, it became a publicly traded company, and it grew rapidly, controlling 11.2% of the market of German PCs by 1994. (en)
  • Escom was een Duitse keten van computerwinkels, met vestigingen in Nederland, Duitsland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Mede door overname van bestaande ketens groeide Escom begin jaren negentig snel. Er kwamen vestigingen in alle grote steden in Nederland. De snelle groei speelde Escom parten. Er was gebrekkig management en er ontstond negatieve naamsbekendheid doordat de service te wensen over liet. Over 1995 leed het beursgenoteerde bedrijf een verlies van 185 miljoen Duitse mark. Omdat er geen reddingsactie op gang kwam, werd de keten op 15 juli 1996 failliet verklaard. Er werd echter wel tijdelijk een doorstart gemaakt onder de naam Escom 2001. (nl)
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