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=Acquisitions=
Saitek continued the [[Mephisto]] trademark after the acquisition of [[Hegener & Glaser]] in 1994 <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]</ref> and its entire business operations in 2000. At the H&G [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_General_Meeting Extraordinary General Meeting] in December 2000, it was decided to change the company's name from Hegener + Glaser AG to [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG] realizing 100% of the shares of the ''Broadway Musical Management GmbH'' (BMM), while Winkler concurrently resigned as member of the supervisory board. Stella became insolvent in 2002, partly acquired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Entertainment Stage Entertainment] - the German ''Mantelaktien-Report'' by Undervalued-Shares broached the issue <ref>[httphttps://coldipo.com/Undervalued-Shares-MAR-D-200712.pdf Der große Mantelaktien-Report] (pdf) Sonderreport, December 2007 (German), from [http://www.undervalued-shares.com/ Undervalued-Shares.com], pp 103. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG i. L] (ehem. Hegener + Glaser AG), from [https://www.undervalued-shares.com/ Undervalued-Shares.com]</ref>.
In 2007, Saitek's Branded Products division was acquired at a price of 30 million Dollar by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Catz Mad Catz] <ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182902.html Mad Catz buys Saitek - News at GameSpot]</ref>, while Winkler continued with his own company, electronics manufacturer ''Ryder Industries Ltd., Hong Kong'', no longer in the dedicated chess computer business <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
