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Introduction
be quiet! is a brand owned by German company Listan GmbH & Co. KG, who manufacture Power Supply Units, CPU Coolers, PC Cases and Case Fans. The main target groups for products in the be quiet! range are PC enthusiasts and gamers as well as smaller and larger PC integrators. The company’s headquarters is in Glinde, close to Hamburg. At present the firm also has branches in Poland, Taiwan and China. The products of be quiet! are directly sold from Glinde to distributors and resellers worldwide. However, the major market of the be quiet! brand is Europe.

History
The be quiet! brand was registered in 2002 as a trademark of Listan GmbH & Co. KG. Initially only PC power supplies equipped with noise-minimizing technology were marketed under the brand name. From 2008, it was decided to add products for the cooling of PCs (CPU coolers and case fans ) to the be quiet! range in addition to power supplies.

Annual readership polls of renowned trade magazines also corroborate the leading position of the brand. The readers of the leading German computer print magazine PC Games Hardware elected be quiet! as "Manufacturer of the Year" in the PSU category. Also in the election of the leading German Online magazines Hardwareluxx be quiet! was chosen by the readers as "Manufacturer of the Year" in the PSU category.

Products
All the organizational, administrative and logistics work as well as technical development of be quiet! products are performed at the headquarters in Germany. This includes all the necessary inspiration, product conception and design in addition to the final quality control.

In tune with the imperative in the brand name, a great deal of attention is paid in the development of all products in the be quiet! range to minimize noise. As a consequence the company has developed its own advanced technology and registered patents.

Power Supply Units The main focus of be quiet! PC power supply products is the ATX format. However, the brand now also produces power supplies for SFX and TFX systems. The power supplies manufactured cover a spectrum of power classes from 300W to 1200W.

Cases The market introduction of the first PC case by be quiet! is officially scheduled to the end of the year 2014.

CPU Cooler and Case Fans In 2008, be quiet! extended its product palette with CPU coolers in tower, dual tower and top flow architectures. In addition, case fan models were produced with and without the PWM function in mounting sizes from 80 to 140 millimeters.

Patents & utility models
For the technology it developed itself between 2009 and 2011, the company has lodged several registered designs and patents in diverse regions and countries. These all share the aim: Reduction of noise in addition to optimizing the operation in cooling and power supply components.