SENNHEISER
FOUNDER Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG IN SHORT Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG Type Private Industry Audio electronics Founded 1945 (as Labor W) Headquarters Wedemark, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany Key people Fritz Sennheiser, founder Jörg Sennheiser, chairman of the supervisory board Chipper Stempkowski, CEO Products Audio electronics for consumer, professional, and business uses Owners Sennheiser family Employees 2,542 (2013) Website sennheiser.com
COMPANY Founded as Labor W and family-owned since 1945, Sennheiser has 2,542 (2013) employees, 51% of them working in Germany. Other companies of the Sennheiser Group include Georg Neumann, which builds studio microphones, and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PSs, offices and call centres; since 2003). In 2013, turnover of Sennheiser totalled €590.5 million.
LOCATION 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 Wennebostel (Wedemark, near Hanover); Tullamore, Ireland (since 1990); and Albuquerque, New Mexico (since 2000). Sennheiser's R&D facilities are located in Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Singapore and San Francisco, California. Sennheiser has sales branches in France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
PRODUCTS Headphones Microphones Aviation headsets Multimedia headsets Business headsets Micro-Hifi Systems Surround Sound Amplifiers Conference and Information Systems Electronic sound-based components Speakers Amplifiers