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]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 in the Netherlands |
| Founder | William B. Beierwaltes |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
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
edit- ^ "OnStream bankrupt again, leaving MEMS projects homeless". Small Times. 2003-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Mueller, Scott (2003). Upgrading and Repairing PCs. Que Publishing. p. 685. ISBN 978-0-7897-2974-3.
- ^ 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 (eds.). Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology VIII. Vol. 4979. p. 178. doi:10.1117/12.478289.
- ^ "Fluxxion: 'Our value is basically our intellectual property'". Financial Times. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Suspension of payment Fluxxion B.V. in Eindhoven (S.01/11/16)". FaillissementsDossier.nl. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "OnStream, Inc. Positioned to Capitalize on Growing Demand for Affordable, High-Capacity Removable Storage". prnewswire.com. 1998-11-05. Archived from the original on 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
External links
edit- "Onstream, Tape Drives & Tape Backup". OnStream Data. Archived from the original on 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
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