industry consumer electronics founded 2001 headquarters san mateo california website www.speckproducts.com speck products is subsidiary of samsonite based in san mateo california . the company makes protective cases for portable electronic devices including ipad iphone macbook android devices windows phone devices tablets and ereaders . speck claims to make cases that are both functional and fun to carry . the company is noted 1 2 3 4 for its candyshell cases for smartphones and tablets seethru macbook cases and iguy standing case . contents 1 history 2 products 3 patents 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit speck was founded in 2001 by ryan mongan david law and tony lillios as an offshoot of speck design . in 2006 irene baran joined speck as ceo . prior to speck baran was coo of monster cable products for 16 years . she is a member of the women in ce hall of fame . 5 in may 2014 samsonite purchased speck products for 85 million from vmg partners . 6 products edit all of speck s products are designed by an in house design group . the company is known for making functional cases such as the smartflex card phone case 7 and the handyshell tablet case . 8 other speck cases include its candyshell line pixelskin hd and fabshell for smartphones ; fitfolio and smartshell for tablets and ereaders ; and seethru and smartshell lines for macbook . speck s products are sold in apple store locations worldwide . in the u.s. they are also sold at best buy target at & t verizon t mobile toys r us and other retailers . speck opened a retail store in 2011 in palo alto california . all of the company s products are on display there as it is a laboratory for the company . 9 patents edit the united states patent and trademark office granted speck a patent for the co molded design used in their candyshell cases . 10 the company was also awarded a patent for a case enclosing an electronic device and a card as used in their smartflex card and candyshell card cases . 11 awards edit speck was featured on the inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies list in 2006 12 2007 13 and 2008 14 and has been ranked as high as 41 . speck cases were chosen as ilounge s iphone case of the year in 2009 candyshell for iphone 3gs and iphone 3g 15 2010 pixelskin hd for iphone 4 16 2011 candyshell flip for iphone 4s and iphone 4 17 and 2012 candyshell flip for iphone 5 . 18 candyshell wrap for ipad 2 was named ilounge ipad case of the year for 2011 . 17 this case was also selected as an international ces innovations 2012 design and engineering awards nominee . speckproducts.com was named as a webby awards 2012 honoree in the best practices category . 19 references edit 1 gregory schmidt sweet options for the iphone 5 nytimes.com 24 october 2012 2 alice truong rapid review 5 popular macbook air cases forbes.com 3 december 2012 3 nick guy speck iguy standing cover for ipad ipad 2 ilounge 2011 june 30 4 jackie dove four speck cases for the iphone 5 macworld 22 february 2013 5 business wire article http www.marketwatch.com story samsonite enters market for protective mobile device cases with acquisition of us based company speck products 2014 05 29 6 alice truong searching for the best iphone wallet case speck s got it forbes.com 15 august 2012 7 eugene kim speck handyshell for ipad 2 and new ipad pcmag.com 27 july 2012 8 daniel terdiman in silicon valley a retail store as product laboratory cnet 18 august 2011 9 one piece co formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner for mobile electronic devices uspto patent full text and image database retrieved 18 march 2013 10 case for enclosing a personal electronic device and a card uspto patent full text and image database retrieved 18 march 2013 11 inc. 2006 inc. 5000 list retrieved 3 12 2013 12 inc. 2007 inc. 5000 list retrieved 3 12 2013 13 inc. 2008 inc. 5000 list retrieved 3 12 2013 14 ilounge the ilounge 2010 ipod iphone buyers guide 15 ilounge 2011 ilounge ipod iphone ipad buyers guide a b 16 ilounge 2012 iphone ipod buyers guide 17 ilounge 2013 iphone ipod buyers guide 18 2012 webby award honorees external links edit speck products official web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title speck products & oldid 708161038 categories companies established in 2001companies based in mountain view california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 march 2016 at 00 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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