peripheral consumer electronics computer hardware founded germany 1932 founder kurt lindenberg headquarters germany and uk number of locations 7 offices products connectivity website lindy.com lindy electronics produces computer and audiovisual connectivity products . it sells through its own online and mail order business and elsewhere . history edit in 1932 from a small apartment in breslau germany kurt lindenberg started a family business that was the beginning of the lindy group . 1 he closed the business during the second world war but reopened it in 1947 in his new hometown of mannheim . the business expanded from the petrol lamps and simple electrical appliances that it had sold in the early days to follow the consumer demand for radios and televisions with the introduction of kuba radio and tv furniture into the line . in the 1960s the company begin to sell self assembly radios and amplifiers from the danish manufacturer josty and by 1970 lindy sold mainly electronic components and equipment . the lindy logo which is still used in similar form today was created in the mid 1970s for the launch of a range of electronic games in conjunction with the japanese company gakken . 2 alongside these the lindy electronic station was the first product to be fully developed and designed in house . as the home computer market grew in the 1980s lindy expanded into computer connectivity equipment such as cables and kvm switches . the next decade saw a phase of international expansion with offices opened in the united kingdom france italy and switzerland . by 2000 the lindy branch in the united kingdom had outgrown its premises and work began on a new office and warehouse facility 3 in stockton on tees that later became its uk headquarters . 4 the group also opened offices in australia ireland and the united states . 5 references edit lindy company history picture of lindy gakken toy uk government report darlington and stockton times local newspaper report northern echo regional newspaper report external links edit lindy electronics lindy uk lindy computer connection technology inc. lindy australia guardian national newspaper review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lindy electronics & oldid 575567449 categories electronics companies of germanycompanies based in baden w rttembergelectronics companies of the united kingdom 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2013 at 11 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view