D&b audiotechnik
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d&b audiotechnik is a German
loudspeaker
and amplifier
manufacturer, founded in 1981, located in Backnang
, north of Stuttgart
. Although d&b is an international company with subsidiaries in Europe, America and Asia they take pride in the fact that their products are engineered and produced only in Germany. d&b loudspeakers are used globally in rental and installation markets for events, multimedia, musicals, concert halls, theatres, opera houses, broadcast and everything from the small conference rooms to the large scale stadiums.
near Stuttgart by Jürgen Daubert and Rolf Belz.
1985 - The first complete product line is put on the market, F1/F2/B1.
1988 - The 1220 system acts as a reference for sound systems in the world of theatre and opera which also mark d&b's entry into the installation market.
1989 - The company moves to Backnang
. Their first office is opened abroad in Great Britain
and Scandinavia
.
.
1997 - d&b audiotechnik begins using digital signal processing
technology.
1998 - An office in USA is opened.
1999 and 2000 - Offices in Japan
, France
and Spain
are opened, construction begins on a second factory on the same premises.
Antonio Martinez Benita takes on the d&b mantle, Sebastian Song opens an office in Singapore
and in Korea
Hak Kwon Kim takes on d&b's interests.
2004 - d&b audiotechnik launches the Cardioid Subwoofer Array and ROPE C, a graphical drag and drop software that along with the d&b Remote network provides central control and monitoring of the systems. Looking to the east d&b audiotechnik China
is established by Mr Freddie To.
2006 - The year of d&b's 25th birthday also sees the launch of the J-Series to infiltrate the large scale vertical array market.
2007 - The d&b Remote network experiences serious updates in the form of the R1 Remote control software
2008 - A new office building and new production halls open after a comprehensive construction process. Having started with a mere 500 sqm the d&b buildings now cover more than 6,000 sqm.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
and amplifier
Audio amplifier
An audio amplifier is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low-power audio signals to a level suitable for driving loudspeakers and is the final stage in a typical audio playback chain.The preceding stages in such a chain are low power audio amplifiers which perform tasks like pre-amplification,...
manufacturer, founded in 1981, located in Backnang
Backnang
Backnang is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly 30 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 35,761 in 2005....
, north of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. Although d&b is an international company with subsidiaries in Europe, America and Asia they take pride in the fact that their products are engineered and produced only in Germany. d&b loudspeakers are used globally in rental and installation markets for events, multimedia, musicals, concert halls, theatres, opera houses, broadcast and everything from the small conference rooms to the large scale stadiums.
1981-1993
April 18, 1981 - After being founded in a garage d&b audiotechnik is registered as a business in KorbKorb
Korb is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 3 km east of Waiblingen, and 15 km northeast of Stuttgart. Korb is known for the wines produced in the area....
near Stuttgart by Jürgen Daubert and Rolf Belz.
1985 - The first complete product line is put on the market, F1/F2/B1.
1988 - The 1220 system acts as a reference for sound systems in the world of theatre and opera which also mark d&b's entry into the installation market.
1989 - The company moves to Backnang
Backnang
Backnang is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly 30 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 35,761 in 2005....
. Their first office is opened abroad in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
.
1994-2000
1996 - The company opens its first office in Ferrara, ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
1997 - d&b audiotechnik begins using digital signal processing
Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
technology.
1998 - An office in USA is opened.
1999 and 2000 - Offices in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
are opened, construction begins on a second factory on the same premises.
2001 and beyond
2003 - d&b launch the Q-Series, which takes the industry by storm. Alongside this is the D12, the first d&b amplifier to drive all their loudspeakers. Continuing the international market development, in MexicoMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Antonio Martinez Benita takes on the d&b mantle, Sebastian Song opens an office in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
Hak Kwon Kim takes on d&b's interests.
2004 - d&b audiotechnik launches the Cardioid Subwoofer Array and ROPE C, a graphical drag and drop software that along with the d&b Remote network provides central control and monitoring of the systems. Looking to the east d&b audiotechnik China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
is established by Mr Freddie To.
2006 - The year of d&b's 25th birthday also sees the launch of the J-Series to infiltrate the large scale vertical array market.
2007 - The d&b Remote network experiences serious updates in the form of the R1 Remote control software
2008 - A new office building and new production halls open after a comprehensive construction process. Having started with a mere 500 sqm the d&b buildings now cover more than 6,000 sqm.