Elac
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| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Studio monitors, Loudspeakers, Loudspeaker Drivers Subwoofers |
| Owner | Legend Holdings |
| Website | www |
ELAC is a German loudspeaker manufacturer. It was founded in 1926 as 'Electroacustic GmbH'.
During World War II, it built electracoustic devices for the Kriegsmarine and other nautical applications, and the company reached a peak of 5,000 staff.[1]
After the war, the company transitioned to mainly producing consumer goods, initially building sewing machines and later transitioning into consumer electronics, though it maintained its nautical division.[1][2][3] It also distributed goods from foreign firms such as Sony, Fisher Electronics, and Nakamichi within Germany.[4]
In 1978, the firm filed for bankruptcy and the nautical division was sold to the American firm Honeywell and renamed to 'Honeywell-ELAC'. The nautical side of the business would be sold again to L3 Technologies in 1998, Wärtsilä in 2015, and Cohort PLC in 2019.[3][5]
In 2016, ELAC acquired the American audio company Audio Alchemy.[6]
References
- ^ a b "ELAC – Klang lebt – ELAC history". ftp.elac.com.
- ^ "HIGH Fidelity". www.highfidelity.pl.
- ^ a b "Wärtsilä verkauft Kieler Elac Nautik". KN - Kieler Nachrichten.
- ^ "ELAC: A Scandinavian Visits a German Speaker Company". Soundstage! Scandinavia.
- ^ "Wärtsilä übernimmt L-3 Elac Nautik". KN - Kieler Nachrichten.
- ^ Staff. "ELAC to Acquire Audio Alchemy". Technology Integrator. Retrieved 25 July 2017.