1. SENNHEISER

2. FOUNDER
Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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 ). 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.

6. 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