PNY Technologies, Inc.,

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PNY, is an American manufacturer of

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cards,

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, memory upgrade modules, portable battery chargers, computer locks, cables, chargers, adapters, and consumer and professional graphics cards. The company is headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. PNY stands for "Paris, New York", as they used to trade memory modules between Paris and New York.

History

PNY Electronics, Inc. originated out of

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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

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, and served Europe from a third facility in

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. 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;

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; Bordeaux, France, and Taiwan. In 2009, the

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sold the naming rights of their practice jerseys to PNY. In 2010, New Jersey Governor

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spoke to PNY CEO Gadi Cohen about staying in New Jersey after Cohen was reportedly considering a move to Pennsylvania. In 2011, PNY moved their global headquarters and main manufacturing facility to a 40+ acre location on Jefferson Road in Parsippany, NJ. Lt. Governor

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toured the company and called it "a real good business news story for New Jersey."

Products

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 Legacy products: * CD-R discs PNY has introduced water-cooled video cards and themed USB flash drives that include full films.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pny Technologies Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey American companies established in 1985 Computer companies established in 1985 1985 establishments in New York City Computer companies of the United States Computer memory companies Computer hardware companies Graphics hardware companies Manufacturing companies based in New Jersey Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey Privately held companies based in New Jersey