GrapeCity has been in the software business for over 25 years. Its corporate headquarters are located in Sendai, Japan, with US headquarters in Kirkland, WA and operations spanning throughout the United States and Asia. GrapeCity is also the world's largest component vendor. Its award-winning tools benefit leading corporations, software companies and independent consultants around the world as a cost-effective solution for building distributed enterprise-wide applications for commercial or in-house use. From the CEO to our newest team member, our goals are the same: to provide you with the innovative tools and support you need to effectively compete in today's competitive development market. Along with Data Dynamics and FarPoint Technologies, both now part of GrapeCity, the company has over 500,000 users of its products and those of its Tools Partners. Very early into its existence, GrapeCity adopted the software components market as its key focus area. Starting with its own VBX components, to OCXs, ActiveX and now .NET, Java and Ajax components and developer tools, the company has developed deep, global expertise in the developer tools business for the last 25 years.