Targus

The Targus Corporation is a United States-based manufacturer of accessories mostly related to mobile computing. The company has 45 offices worldwide and distribution points in 145 counties. It is headquartered in Anaheim, California, USA. They are a private company owned by private equity firm Fenway Partners. Targus' line of products includes a variety of backpacks, messenger bags, briefcases and attaché cases, all designed to store notebook computers and other manifestations of mobile computing, such as the Palm Pilot line of PDAs and the iPod, and their various accessories. Targus formed partnerships with HP/Compaq, Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer, Fujitsu, Dell, HCL, Wipro, IBM, Samsung, Asus, Apple Inc., Sony and many more OEM's making notebook/Laptop/Portable Computers to be the exclusive provider of carrying cases for mobile computers made by those companies; the computer, sold new, comes with the carrying case. Apart from Notebook Cases, Targus produces a wide range of computer peripherals, including, but not limited to USB/FireWire hubs and cables, Bluetooth accessories, replacement power cords and bricks for notebook computers, locking mechanisms for notebook computers, keyboards and mice, portable hard disk drives, optical drives and memory card readers, cooling enclosures for notebook computers, PDA accessories, and tablet PC cases. Unrelated to their computer accessories line, Targus also makes a wide variety of optical disc storage devices (DVD cases, CD folders, and the like).