Wilk Elektronik is a Polish manufacturer of

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under the brand name "GOODRAM" based in

Łaziska Górne Łaziska Górne (german: Ober Lazisk, szl, Gōrne Łaziska) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highland ...

. After the bankruptcy of

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it remains the only European producer of RAM modules.

History

The company was established in

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

in 1991 as a RAM distributor. In 1996 it became the leader in the Polish memory distribution market. In 2003 the company moved to Łaziska Górne where it has been manufacturing its own products under the brand name "GOODRAM" ever since. Another brand, "Gooddrive", under which

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and

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had been sold, was replaced in 2011 with the unified "GOODRAM" brand. Since 2008 WE has been the official distributor of

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flash products for Central and Eastern Europe as well as Middle East and Africa. It also cooperates with Elpida,

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and

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. In 2009 Wilk Elektronik's revenues reached above 100 mil. USD. W.E. was ranked 43rd in a 2009 ranking of 200 Polish IT-companies compiled by

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Products

* RAM modules *

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References

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