Help needed! Identify PS1 controller

I recently got hold of the following PlayStation 1 controller

Can anybody identify what company made this? It seems to be really early 3rd party controller, since it has support for NAMCO neGcon. Build quality is also really nice which would indicate that this is not made recently. The "wasp" logo seems oddly familiar, but I can't remember what company used it.

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