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{{Infobox company|
company_name = Belkin International, Inc. |
company_logo = Image:Belkin.svg|center|188px|The Belkin logo |
company_type = Private company|Private |
foundation = 1983 |
location = Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California |
key_people = Chet Pipkin, Chairman, Founder |; Mark Reynoso, CEO, President |
industry = Computer hardware |
revenue =
| num_employees = 1000+<ref></ref>
| products = Computer hardware
| homepage = [http://www.belkin.com/ www.belkin.com]
}}
'''Belkin International, Inc.''', is a Californian manufacturer of computer hardware that specializes in :wikt:connectivity|connectivity devices, headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California.<ref>"[http://www.belkin.com/contactus/index.asp Contact Us]." Belkin. Retrieved on July 9, 2010.</ref> Belkin sells in both the consumer and the commercial business-to-business (B2B) market, with various product lines including router (computing)|routers, iPod and iPhone accessories, mobile computing accessories, surge protectors, switch (network)|switches, hubs (Universal Serial Bus|USB and computer network), cables, KVM switches, racks and enclosures, and other peripherals.
History
The company was founded in 1983 in Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne, California, by Founder and Chairman Chet Pipkin.
The company
It has twice made the ''Inc. (magazine)|Inc.'' magazine's list of 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. Belkin, previously headquartered in Compton, California, moved </ref>
Product range
*Networking: routers
*iPhone, iPad, and iPod accessories: cases, FM transmitters, chargers
*Energy-saving accessories for the home
*Notebook and netbook accessories: cases, cushions, cooling pads, power adapters
*Data center accessories: racks and enclosures, KVM switches
*Surge protectors
*USB hubs and other connectivity peripherals, like the Easy Transfer Cable
*Copper and Fiber Optic Cables
Criticism
In 2003, Belkin released a home use 802.11|wireless router (computing)|router which would occasionally replace users' HyperText Transfer Protocol|HTTP requests with an advertisement for Belkin's filtering software. Belkin received some intense criticism for this from technically literate customers and others who described it as a man-in-the-middle attack or a form of session hijacking. Belkin initially treated this as a public relations problem rather than a highly inappropriate action on their part, but later relented and issued a firmware update deleting this functionality from the product.<ref>{{cite web|title=Help! my Belkin router is spamming me | The Register|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/help_my_belkin_router/
|date=7 November 2003|accessdate=2005-08-02
|publisher=The Register}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Belkin Routers Route Users to Censorware Ad|url=http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/07/1740205
|publisher=Slashdot|accessdate=2005-08-02}}</ref><ref> 080205 merit.edu</ref>
In early 2009, a Belkin 'online sales representative' was discovered paying Amazon.com, Newegg and Buy.com users to manipulate reviews of a notoriously buggy Belkin router. Belkin's President, Mark Reynoso, responded to criticism, saying that the company does not engage in unethical practices, noting however that 'one of our employees' may have been responsible.<ref></ref>
Awards
Belkin was in the "Inner City Top 100" list for six consecutive years and the ''Los Angeles Business Journal'''s "Fastest Growing Private Companies" list for five years.<ref>http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/about/?sid=36 Belkin. Retrieved on 18 Jan 2009.</ref>
For 2007, Belkin was awarded iLounge's Accessory Maker of the Year Award and its TuneFM was awarded iLounge's FM Transmitter of the Year Award.<ref name="2007 iPod Buyer's Guide">[http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/library/download/2007-ipod-buyers-guide/2007 iPod Buyer's Guide], iLounge October 31, 2006, ilounge.com</ref>
Belkin's TuneBaseFM was awarded iLounge's Car Accessory of the Year Award 2008.<ref name="2008 iPod + iPhone Buyer's Guide">[http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ilounge-debuts-the-2008-ipod-iphone-buyers-guide/11791/ 2008 iPod + iPhone Buyer's Guide], iLounge October 31, 2007, ilounge.com</ref>
*CES Innovations Awards:
**2009 "Best of" in Multi-Room Audio/Video Category: FlyWire<ref>CES. [http://www.cesweb.org/awards/innovations/2009honorees.asp 2009 Innovations Honorees.] Retrieved on December 11, 2009.</ref>
**2008 "Best of" in Portable Media Accessories Category: TuneStudio<ref>CES. [http://www.cesweb.org/awards/innovations/2008honorees.asp 2008 Innovations Honorees.] Retrieved on December 11, 2009.</ref>
**2006 "Best of" in Video Category: Nostromo n52<ref>CES. [http://www.cesweb.org/awards/innovations/2006honorees.asp 2006 Innovations Honorees.] Retrieved on December 11, 2009.</ref>
*IDSA Design Awards Ranking – Belkin ranked in top list of corporations<ref name="5 Years of IDEA Winners">[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_30/b4093044742729.htm 5 Years of IDEA Winners], BusinessWeek, July 17, 2008.</ref>
** 2010 IDEA Award in Packaging & Graphics category: SILVER - Belkin Conserve Surge with Timer <ref>[http://www.idsa.org/content/panel/idea-2010-packaging-and-graphics-gallery 2010 IDEA Award - Silver], IDSA</ref>
** 2010 IDEA Award Commercial & Industrial Products category: BRONZE - Belkin Conserve Surge with Timer <ref>[http://www.idsa.org/content/content1/belkin-conserve-surge-timer 2010 IDEA Award - Bronze], IDSA</ref>
** 2009 IDEA Award: BRONZE – Belkin Powerline AV+<ref name="2009 IDEA Award - Bronze">[http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2009/gallery/award_details.asp?ID=45 IDEA Award], IDSA</ref>
** 2002 IDEA / BusinessWeek Award: GOLD – Belkin OmniView SoHo Series KVM<ref name="IDEA / BusinessWeek Awards, Complete List of Winners">[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_27/b3790100.htm IDEA / BusinessWeek Awards, Complete List of Winners], BusinessWeek, July 8, 2002.</ref>
* Multiple iF Design Awards; in 2009, Belkin placed in the Top 50 of all company rankings for the number of IF awards won.<ref name="iF Rankings 2009">[http://www.ifdesign.de/ranking_tabellen_e iF Rankings 2009], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
**2008 TuneStudio and SportCommand<ref name="iF Design Awards 2008">[http://www.ifdesign.de/exhibition_index_e?pagemode=awards&sprache=1&award_id=142&award_name=iF+product+design+award&award_jahr=&search=belkin iF Design Awards 2008], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
**2007 Clamp-On Surge Protector, Compact Surge Protector, Conceal Surge Protector, Flip KVM<ref name="iF Design Awards 2007">[http://www.ifdesign.de/exhibition_index_e?pagemode=awards&sprache=1&award_id=121&award_name=iF+product+design+award&award_jahr=&search=belkin iF Design Awards 2007], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
**2006 TuneBase and TuneBaseFM, MediaPilot<ref name="iF Design Awards 2006">[http://www.ifdesign.de/exhibition_index_e?pagemode=awards&sprache=1&award_id=103&award_name=iF+product+design+award&award_jahr=&search=belkin iF Design Awards 2006], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
**2005 USB 7-Port Hub, PureAV Home Theater Power Consoles, PureAV Home Theater Power Conditioner<ref name="iF Design Awards 2005">[http://www.ifdesign.de/exhibition_index_e?pagemode=awards&sprache=1&award_id=103&award_name=iF+product+design+award&award_jahr=&search=belkin iF Design Awards 2005], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
**2003 USB Media Reader Writer<ref name="iF Design Awards 2003">[http://www.ifdesign.de/exhibition_index_e?pagemode=awards&sprache=1&award_id=26&award_name=iF+product+design+award&award_jahr=&search=belkin iF Design Awards 2003], International Forum Design, ifdesign.de</ref>
*2005 Business 2.0 Bottom Line Design Awards – Belkin PureAV Power Console<ref name="Bottom Line Design Awards">[https://www.bottomlinedesignawards.com/2005/belkin.html iF Design Awards 2005], Bottom Line Design Awards 2005,</ref>
Community work
Belkin is involved in the local Compton community through the [http://www.comptonasap.com/ ASAP] (Advanced Surveillance and Protection Plan) program with the LA County Sheriff’s Department and the [http://www.everybodywinsla.org/donors.html Everybody Wins] reading program. Belkin supports Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fight breast cancer through its pink ribbon iPod cases that have helped raise $350,000 for the organization.<ref name="Belkin Accessorizes for a Good Cause">[http://www.popgadget.net/2009/09/belkin_acessori.php Belkin Accessorizes for a Good Cause], Popgadget September 30, 2009,</ref> In 2007, Belkin made a holiday donation to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative.<ref name="Belkin gifts OLPC in my name — thanks!">[http://ryanblock.com/2008/01/belkin-gifts-olpc-in-my-name-thanks/ Belkin gifts OLPC in my name — thanks!], Ryan Block blog January 19, 2008,</ref> In late 2009, Belkin became a partner of the World Resources Institute.<ref>[http://www.wri.org/about/donors WRI Donors], WRI</ref> Belkin is also one of 60 corporations to begin measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and supply chains via WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative.<ref>[http://www.wri.org/press/2010/01/sixty-corporations-begin-measuring-emissions-products-and-supply-chains Sixty Corporations Begin Measuring Emissions from Products and Supply Chains], WRI January 10, 2010</ref>
References
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External links
*[http://www.belkin.com/ Belkin (US)]
*[http://www.belkin.co.uk/ Belkin (UK)]
*[http://www.belkin.com.au/ Belkin (ANZ)]
*[http://adslgeek.com/dslmodem/belkin/ Belkin DSL Modem resources]
Category:Networking companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Companies established in 1983
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