Zalman to be allowed to restructure
Earlier this month news spread like fire that the mother company behind Zalman, Moneaul, faced bankruptcy after the funding ended bringing Zalman into a severe and dangerous situation facing bankruptcy. The South Korean courthouse now has decided that Zalman was not involved in the fraud and has no responsibility for the actions of the parent company.
The Korean courthouse decided that Zalman should be severed from Moneaul and continue to operate under their oversight and jurisdiction. As a result Zalman has been allowed to restructure the company, doing so under the supervision of the Korean justice system.
What does that mean for Zalman's customers? Zalman will not need to file for bankruptcy nor liquefy any of their assets. The company will continue to operate normally and all post-purchase support and warranties remain valid. In some ways the company hasn't even skipped a beat, recently announcing the release of a new product, the Z11 Neo case.
With that said, Zalman may not be out of the woods just yet. The company was hit very hard by this scandal, causing their stock to essentially be destroyed and pulled from trading. We are unaware of the company's current capital, but rumors indicate that Moneaul might have spent a very large portion of it already, and Zalman will certainly consume some more until they get back on their own two feet. Finally, the company now operates under courthouse supervision for the time being.
Nevertheless, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for Zalman after all, and we are hopeful that the experience and hard work of the honest employees will help them reach it - via Anandtech
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Sounds like good news to me.
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I like Zalman products. Very innovative. Used pleanty of the in the past. Yesterday I purchased one more of them.
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I'm glad Zalman will survive this. Hopefully they'll start releasing products that are actually unique and "innovative" now. Their line of cases is about the furthest thing from "innovative" being mostly entry-level and budget cases and unappealing prices. That Z11 Neo is no different. Another budget "me too" case....
Good for them.
And a not so bad looking case. Some internal photos would be nice.
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..perhaps ill stop being lazy and google them myself.
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/zalman-z11-neo-mid-tower-chassis.html
Hilbert posts a short article a month ago with an internal shot. It's just a standard ATX mid-tower case with different exterior.... There's really nothing special or even "innovative" about it. Just more of the same.
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South Korea is the most corrupt Nation on earth, not a surprise.
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good news, i used zalman coolers back in the day for athlon x2 and 8800gt, hope they get back in the game again