PCH International
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| Private | |
| Founded | 1996 in Ireland |
| Founder | Liam Casey |
| Headquarters | Cork (city), Ireland |
| Revenue | US$ 1 billion (2014) |
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Number of employees
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2,800 |
| Website | pchintl.com |
PCH is an Irish custom design manufacturing company that works with Fortune 500s and hardware startups to develop, manufacture, package, and distribute products as well as manage supply chains. The company was founded in Ireland in 1996 by entrepreneur Liam Casey.
PCH's corporate headquarters are located in Cork, Ireland with operational headquarters in Shenzhen, China and U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, California. PCH has additional offices in Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. PCH employs 2,800 people.
PCH was founded in Cork, Ireland, by CEO Liam Casey in 1996. Corporate headquarters are located in Cork, operational headquarters are in Shenzhen, South China, and US headquarters are in San Francisco.
Liam Casey started working in fashion retail with Tricot Marine, moving to the United States to work for a trading company, before finally landing in Shenzhen, China. During his time in the United States, Casey worked for a trading company that imported from China. He visited China and started an outsourcing operation, matching Chinese suppliers with western companies seeking manufacturers for products. In 2007, Liam Casey was named Ernst & Young Irish Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2015, he was selected by Metropolis editors for their Game Changer award.
PCH offers product design engineering and development services as well as manufacturing, packaging and fulfillment, distribution and retail services. For startups, PCH has two divisions - Highway1 and PCH Access - that work with entrepreneurs to minimize the risk of market entrance and help them scale production.
PCH China Direct assists companies looking to export to China or expand existing operations.
In late 2015, PCH International laid off 1,500 workers in China, nearly its entire workforce, as it moved away from mass production of products into more niche markets.
PCH Access is a program designed to help small hardware companies scale through an integrated platform that brings products from concept to consumer and reduces the time it takes to bring products to market.
The program was launched at Techcrunch, a technology media event, in May 2011. Since then the program was involved in the launch of several products, including:
•November 2014: Podo Labs
•Fall 2014: Ringly
•April 2013: Lively
•April 2013: Zinc Software Limited
•August 2012: The MetaWatch Strata
•July 2012: littleBits
•May 2011: Lark
In June 2013 PCH launched Highway1 (www.highway1.io), a four-month accelerator program consisting of:
On 7 June 2011 the company announced that it had raised a new round of funding of $30 million. Two new investors, Northbrooks Investments and J. Christopher Burch, and existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, Cross Creek Capital, and Fung Capital participated in the round.
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