# Maxdata

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{{Short description|German information companies}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Maxdata
| logo = Maxdata logo.svg
| image = File:Marl Maxdata.jpg
| native_name = Maxdata Computer GmbH (1987-2003)<br/>
Maxdata AG (2003-2010)
| hq_location = [Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Marl%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia)
}}
'''Maxdata''' is the name of two German [information technology](/source/information_technology) companies. 

The original Maxdata was founded in 1987 by Holger Lampatz in [Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Marl%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia), as '''Maxdata Computer GmbH'''. It began selling personal computers in 1990. Maxdata used its own name for B2B products while selling notebooks and displays for the customer market under the Belinea brand.

In 1997, Maxdata was majority-owned by [Vobis](/source/Vobis), itself a fully owned subsidiary of the [Metro AG](/source/Metro_AG).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRh-AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|title=Attraktivität des Internetvertriebs von Apple Computern in Deutschland mit Blick auf Österreich und die Schweiz|last=Biberger|first=Volker|date=1999-03-28|isbn=978-3-8324-1505-1|pages=48|publisher=Diplom.de |language=de}}</ref> In 2003, the company was restructured as '''Maxdata AG''' and listed in the [Prime Standard](/source/Prime_Standard). Maxdata filed [insolvency](/source/insolvency) proceedings at the Local Court in [Essen](/source/Essen) on Wednesday, 25 June 2008. It had 1000 employees at the time of closure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/25/maxdata_files_for_involvency|title=Maxdata goes titsup|author=Libbenga|first=Jan|work=The Register|access-date=July 1, 2011}}</ref> The Belinea brand was sold to [Brunen IT Group](/source/Brunen_IT_GmbH) while the Maxdata name was sold to [S&T](/source/S%26T_(company)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.it-business.de/maxdata-zerschlagen-und-verkauft-a-146049/|title=Maxdata: Zerschlagen und verkauft|last=Jacob|first=Harry|date=25 September 2008|website=www.it-business.de|language=de|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>

'''Maxdata Computer AG''', a fully owned Swiss subsidiary of Maxdata AG, was taken over by Brunen IT as Belinea AG before being sold to S&T and re-named Maxdata (Schweiz) AG. In 2016, S&T stopped the production of desktop computers and notebooks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itreseller.ch/Artikel/82219/Maxdata_Schweiz_stellt_Betrieb_ein.html|title=IT Reseller - Maxdata Schweiz stellt Betrieb ein|date=6 May 2016|website=IT Reseller|language=de|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>

S&T founded a new '''Maxdata Deutschland GmbH''' in 2014 in [Mendig](/source/Mendig)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silicon.de/41599321/maxdata-kommt-zurueck-nach-deutschland|title=Maxdata kommt zurück nach Deutschland|last=Borbe|first=Andre|date=2014-06-02|website=silicon.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> as a fully owned subsidiary but in 2016 it was renamed to S&T Deutschland GmbH.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crn.de/server-clients/maxdata-deutschland-ist-geschichte.109977.html|title=S&T baut Systemhausgeschäft in Deutschland auf: Maxdata Deutschland ist Geschichte|last=Wurm|first=Michaela|website=CRN|language=de|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>

== Products ==
thumb|Maxdata Laptop
Its product lines included servers, desktop computers, notebooks and the Belinea series of monitors.

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Category:Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Defunct computer hardware companies
Category:Defunct computer systems companies
Category:German brands
Category:Defunct technology companies of Germany
Category:Technology companies disestablished in 2008

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