Cirque Corporation

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Cirque Corporation

Logo used since 2019
Industry	Touchpad, Touchscreen, Secure touchscreen
Genre	Capacitive Touch Solutions
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah , USA
Area served	Worldwide
Products	GlidePoint, GlideTouch, GlidePath
Owner	Alps Electric
Website	www.cirque.com

Cirque Corporation is an American company which developed and commercialized the first successful capacitive touchpad, now widely used in notebook computers. Cirque develops and sells a variety of touch input products, both in original equipment manufacturer and end-user retail form. Cirque was founded in 1991 by George E. Gerpheide, PhD, and James L. O'Callaghan, to commercialize the GlidePoint technology invented in the 1980s by Gerpheide.