Roccat GmbH is a German computer accessories manufacturer based in

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. It was also the titular sponsor of former German professional

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. Since 2019, the company belongs to

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History

Roccat GmbH was founded in 2006 by former

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Vice President of Europe Renê Korte in

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, Germany. Roccat also has offices in

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, Taiwan, and Cerritos,

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, United States. In 2019, the company was bought by

for 19.2 million US dollars. Today, Roccat represents Turtle Beach's PC branch. The company has a turnover in the double-digit million range, brings around 15 new products onto the market every year and consists of 110 employees.

Products

Roccat is dedicated to gaming hardware and offers various products like mice, keyboards, headsets, mouse pads and other PC accessories. The ''Vulcan'' line is Roccat's flagship series of keyboards. For the series, Roccat developed their own switches called ''Titan Switch Optical'' in cooperation with TTC. A beam of light that hits an optical signal when a button is pressed and thereby records an input replaces the conventional physical contact within a button. According to the manufacturer, the response time of keystrokes should be registered 40 times faster and instead of 50 million clicks, up to 100 million clicks should be possible compared to conventional mechanical keyboards.

External links

Official website

English website

References

{{Reflist 2006 establishments in Germany Manufacturing companies based in Hamburg German companies established in 2006