Kingston Technology Company is an American producer of memory products. Its global headquarters is located in Fountain Valley, California. It has manufacturing and logistics facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Taiwan, Malaysia, and China.
It is the largest independent producer of DRAM memory modules, currently owning 27.5% of the third-party worldwide module market share, according to iSuppli. These figures do not include Kingston OEM revenues. Kingston is arguably the second largest supplier of flash memory.
In 2007, Kingston generated revenues of US $4.5 billion, growth of 21.6% over 2006. Kingston has been growing at a rate of over 20% for the past 9 years, except 2001 when it saw decline in revenues due to global slowdown. Forbes lists Kingston as #83 on its list of "The 500 Largest Private Companies in the U.S." and Inc. ranks Kingston as the #1 Fastest Growing Private Company By Revenue.
Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs.
Through its ownership of Kingston Technology Company Inc. and Advanced Validation Labs Inc. (AVL), Kingston Technology Corporation is one of the world’s leading memory module manufacturing, module validation, semiconductor packaging and test companies in the world.