Speck (company)

Infobox_Company
company_name = Speck
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2001
location = Palo Alto, California
industry = Consumer Electronics
homepage = [http://www.speckproducts.com/ www.speckproducts.com]

Speck is a privately-held U.S. company founded in Palo Alto, California in 2001 as the product division within Speck Design. Speck creates spirited cases for the mobile accessories market. At MacWorld in 2003, Speck released its first case for Apple's iPod. In addition to the iPod, Speck designs and manufactures cases for the iPhone, MacBook, iMac, cellular phones (Motorola, BlackBerry) and Garmin GPS products.

The company is noted for creating new case categories such as the ToughSkin ruggedized cases, SeeThru MacBook cases, and the playful case, iGuy.

Awards

Speck has been featured on Inc 500’s fastest growing private company’s list every year since 2006 and has been ranked as high as #41.

External links

* [http://www.speckproducts.com Speck's Homepage]
* [http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=2006041 Inc500 article]
* [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/speck-products-toughskin-ipod/ First ToughSkin case]
* [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/specks-seethru-hard-shell-protects-macbook-pro/ First MacBook Hardcases]
* [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/speck-products-iguy-ipod/ iGuy release]
* [http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1688 Macenstein.com Review of Speck ToughSkin case for iPhone 3G]