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'''Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG''' is a private [[Germany|German]] company |
'''Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG''' ([[trade name|branded]] '''Sennheiser''') is a private [[Germany|German]] audio company specializing in the design and production of a wide range of both consumer and [[High fidelity|high fidelity]] products, including [[microphone]]s, [[headphone]]s, [[telephony]] accessories, and [[avionics]] headsets for consumer, [[Professional audio|professional]], and business applications. |
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Revision as of 06:54, 1 May 2010
| Sennheiser logo | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founded | 1945 (as Labor W) |
| Headquarters | Wedemark-Wennebostel, Germany |
Key people | Fritz Sennheiser, founder Jörg Sennheiser, CEO |
| Products | Audio electronics for consumer, professional, and business uses |
| Revenue | € 300 million (2006)[1] |
| Owner | Jörg Sennheiser |
Number of employees | 1,650 |
| Website | www.sennheiser.com |
Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG (branded Sennheiser) is a private German audio company specializing in the design and production of a wide range of both consumer and high fidelity products, including microphones, headphones, telephony accessories, and avionics headsets for consumer, professional, and business applications.
Company
Sennheiser is privately owned by the Sennheiser family. It has 1,650 employees, 60% of them working in Germany. Major subsidiaries of the company are Georg Neumann GmbH, which builds studio microphones, and Klein + Hummel, a producer of high-quality studio monitors. In 2003 Sennheiser Communications A/S, Denmark was announced, a joint venture between Sennheiser electronic and William Demant Holding Group, to develop and produce telecommunications products. In 2006, revenues of Sennheiser totaled € 300 million [2].
Products
- Headphones
- Microphones
- Aviation headsets
- Multimedia headsets
- Business headsets
- Conference and Information Systems
- Electronic sound-based components
- Speakers
Background
Sennheiser is headquartered in the municipality of Wedemark, Germany (near Hannover). Its United States headquarters is located in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The company has factories in Burgdorf, Germany; Tullamore, Ireland (since 1990); and Albuquerque, New Mexico (since 2000). Sennheiser's R&D facilities are located in Germany and Palo Alto, California. Sennheiser has sales branches in France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, India, Singapore, Canada, Mexico and the USA.
History
The company was founded in 1945, just a few weeks after World War II, by Fritz Sennheiser and seven fellow engineers of the University of Hannover in a laboratory called Laboratorium Wennebostel. The laboratory was named after the village of Wennebostel, where it had been moved to due to the war. Its first product was a voltmeter. Labor W began building microphones in 1946.
By 1955, the company had 250 employees. Labor W was renamed 'Sennheiser electronic' in 1958. Sennheiser was transformed into a limited partnership (KG) in 1973. In 1980, the company entered the aviation market, supplying Lufthansa with headsets.[3] The company began producing modern wireless microphones in 1982, the same year when founder Fritz Sennheiser handed the management of the company over to his son, Jörg Sennheiser.
References
- ^ Sennheiser-Annual Report 2005
- ^ Sennheiser-Annual Report 2005
- ^ "Sennheiser's success".
External links
- Official Sennheiser Links
- Sennheiser UK (English UK)
- Sennheiser USA (English USA)
- Sennheiser Worldwide (English )
- Sennheiser Korea (Korean )
- Sennheiser Reviews & News