Rouchon Industries Inc., dba Swiftech® (OTC Pink symbol RCHN) is in the business of engineering, manufacturing, and distributing high performance thermal management devices for microprocessors and electronic components for the computer industry; this includes air, liquid, and thermoelectric cooling devices such as heatsinks, waterblocks, radiators, pumps, liquid cooling kits, and thermal tools. The Company was founded in 1994 by Gabriel Rouchon, and incorporated in the State of California in 2001; it became publicly traded in 2005.  Swiftech® Corporate headquarter is located in Long beach, California; the company also operates a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in Shenzhen, China.

According to a report published by Bcc research, the global market for thermal management hardware in the computer industry was approximately $3.8 billion in 2010 and will reach $5 billion by 2013, at a compound annual growth rate of 10.3%.

Consumer oriented products (1) account for approximately 70% of the company’s revenues, and industrial applications (2) account for the balance. Swiftech’s consumer market space is primarily composed of do-it-yourself computer enthusiasts, gamers and overclockers, whereas its industrial market space is composed of leading IT industry chip makers.  In the consumer products sector, retail and wholesale channels account for approximately 80% of Swiftech’s revenues and OEM channels account for the balance.

 

 

 

(1) Heatsinks, Waterblocks, Radiators, Pumps, Reservoirs, Fittings, Liquid Cooling Kits