Name

Man & Machine

Website

https://eu.man-machine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical-grade computer peripherals

akta.pro primary industry

Keyboards & Keypads (HDACAFAA)

Keywords

• Hygienic computer peripherals
• Medical grade keyboards
• Sealed silicone input devices
• Washable computer mice
• Disinfectable keyboards

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Keyboards: Man & Machine generates revenue through the sale of specialized hygienic keyboards, with product lines including Very Cool, Very Cool Flat (with optional MagFix magnets), Its Cool, Its Cool Flat, Really Cool, Really Cool Touch, Slim Cool, Slim Cool Plus, and So Cool. Keyboards range from compact formats without numeric keypads to generously sized models with integrated numeric keypads and touchpads.
2. Hardware Sales - Mice: Revenue is generated from the sale of hygienic and industrial mice including Mighty Mouse, Mighty O'Mouse (oil resistant), Petite Mouse, and C Mouse (with wireless variants). Mice are available in IP67/IP68 ratings with various form factors.
3. Accessories and Consumables: The company sells protective accessories including sterilisable silicone drapes (Very Cool Drape, Its Cool Clear Drape, Its Cool Drape, Cool Drape), Laptop Drape, Mouse Pad, and Really Cool Protective Cover. These serve as replacement parts and consumables for their keyboard product lines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Man & Machine designs, manufactures, and sells fully sealed silicone keyboards and mice built for medical, dental, laboratory, and industrial environments requiring rigorous hygiene control. The product portfolio includes IP67/IP68-rated waterproof keyboards, antimicrobial mice, oil-resistant variants for industrial use, backlit in-vehicle keyboards with VESA/AMPS mounting, and sterilisable silicone drapes and accessories compatible with autoclave sterilization up to 134°C.

Product overview

Man & Machine is a manufacturer of hygienic peripherals (keyboards and mice) designed primarily for medical and industrial environments. The product portfolio includes three main categories: (1) Input Devices (mice) - comprising the C Mouse line (standard and wireless variants in black and white), Mighty Mouse (classic format with IP68 rating), Mighty O'Mouse (oil-resistant industrial variant), and Petite Mouse (streamlined format); (2) Keyboards - ranging from compact models (Slim Cool, Its Cool) to full-size variants with numeric keypads (Really Cool, Very Cool) and specialized options including wireless versions, backlit in-vehicle models (So Cool), and versions with integrated touchpads (Really Cool Touch, Slim Cool Plus); (3) Accessories - including protective silicone drapes/covers for keyboards and sterilisable mouse pads. All products feature sealed/silicone construction enabling washability, disinfection, and often sterilisation, with IP ratings ranging from IP67 to IP68.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Very Cool Keyboard Generously sized washable keyboard for medical environments, designed to look and feel like a standard office keyboard while enabling full disinfection.
• Its Cool Keyboard Compact washable keyboard designed for medical environments, available in flat and wireless configurations with optional sterilisable silicone drapes.
• Really Cool Keyboard Fully sealed silicone keyboard with integrated numeric keypad, available with integrated touchpad and oil-resistant variants for industrial use.
• Slim Cool Keyboard Compact fully sealed silicone keyboard rated IP68, with a laptop-format variant (Slim Cool Plus) that includes an integrated touchpad.
• So Cool Keyboard Backlit in-vehicle keyboard with integrated touchpad, VESA and AMPS mounting compatibility, IP67 ingress protection, and oil-resistant construction for police and industrial vehicle installations.
• Mighty Mouse Fully sealed 5-button silicone mouse with IP68 waterproof and dustproof rating, designed for medical and industrial environments; available in an oil-resistant variant (Mighty O'Mouse).
• C Mouse Washable and wipe-disinfectable mouse with scroll wheel, available in wired and wireless (2.4 GHz and Bluetooth) variants for healthcare, cleanroom, and hygiene-critical environments.
• Petite Mouse Fully sealed 5-button silicone mouse in a streamlined format, waterproof and disinfectable for medical and laboratory use.
• Sterilisable Silicone Drapes and Protective Covers Latex-free silicone protective drapes and covers that can be sterilized in an autoclave up to 134°C (tested across 200 cycles), compatible with Very Cool, Its Cool, and Really Cool keyboards; plus a washable Mouse Pad and Laptop Drape accessory.

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DellcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2005Alliance partnership established as part of Man & Machine's strategy to strengthen market position in Europe. Dell serves as a channel partner distributing Man & Machine's hygienic keyboard and mouse products alongside Dell hardware solutions.
• HP (Hewlett-Packard)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2005Alliance partnership with HP to distribute Man & Machine's specialty hygienic input devices in the European market. Partnership supports HP's product ecosystem for medical and industrial computing environments.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Seal Shield: Seal Shield manufactures waterproof, washable, and antimicrobial keyboards and mice for healthcare and industrial environments with IP-rated sealing, overlapping directly with Man & Machine's medical-grade input device portfolio.
• iKey (Stealth Computer): iKey produces rugged, sealed, and backlit keyboards and pointing devices built for military, medical, and industrial use, directly competing with Man & Machine's silicone-sealed keyboards and mice in harsh-environment applications.
• WetKeys Washable Keyboards: WetKeys specializes in washable, antimicrobial, and spillproof computer keyboards and mice aimed at healthcare, industrial, and food-service customers, positioning it as a direct rival to Man & Machine's hygienic input device range.
• Purekeys: Purekeys makes infection-control flat-profile medical keyboards and mice designed for clinical disinfection between patients, closely overlapping with Man & Machine's Its Cool Flat and Very Cool Flat medical product lines.
• Accuratus: Accuratus designs and manufactures medical, industrial, and rugged keyboards and mice (including silicone-sealed models) for the UK and European markets, making it a comparable specialized input-device peer in the same geographies Man & Machine serves.
• Unotron: Unotron manufactures washable, antibacterial, and spillproof keyboards and mice with dishwasher-safe claims for healthcare and education, comparable in technology and target vertical to Man & Machine's sealed-silicone products.

Broad incumbents

• Logitech: Logitech is a global incumbent in computer peripherals with a broad healthcare- and enterprise-targeted portfolio that competes with Man & Machine primarily through volume and channel reach rather than medical-grade sealing specialization.
• Dell Technologies: Dell is a global PC and peripherals incumbent and an active channel partner of Man & Machine, competing indirectly through bundled commercial-PC-and-accessory offerings that include ruggedized input devices for healthcare and industrial buyers.
• HP (Hewlett-Packard): HP is both a channel partner of Man & Machine and a broad incumbent selling standard peripherals into enterprise and healthcare; its wider portfolio and OEM reach make it a benchmark competitor in the same end-markets.

Emerging players

• Cherry GmbH: Cherry is a long-standing keyboard and input-device maker (mechanical switches, enterprise peripherals) with growing industrial and medical adjacencies, making it a relevant emerging adjacent competitor in the European peripheral market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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