| Type | Professional Audio Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional audio |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Amnon Harman, CEO[1] |
| Products | Loudspeakers, amplifier/signal processing |
Number of employees | 500[2] |
| Website | www |
d&b audiotechnik is a German loudspeaker and amplifier manufacturer, founded in 1981, located in Backnang, north of Stuttgart.[2] d&b is an international company with subsidiaries in Europe, America and Asia. Their products are produced in Germany. d&b equipment is mainly used in the rental and installation markets.
Amnon Harman has been CEO [3] since 2014.
Milestones
1981-1990
April 18, 1981 - d&b audiotechnik is registered as a business in Korb near Stuttgart by Jürgen Daubert and Rolf Belz
1985 - The first complete product line
1988 - The 1220 system is d&b's entry into the installation market.
1989 - The company moves to Backnang. Their first overseas offices are opened in Great Britain and Scandinavia.
1991-2000
1996 - The company opens its first office in Italy
1997 - d&b audiotechnik begins using digital signal processing technology
1998 - An office in United States is opened
1999 and 2000 - Offices in Japan, France and Spain are opened, construction begins on a second factory on the same premises.
2001-2011
2003 - d&b launch the Q-Series and the D12 amplifier.
2004 - d&b audiotechnik launches the Cardioid Subwoofer Array and the ROPE C software to provide central control and monitoring of the systems.
2006 - The launch of the J-Series
2007 - Launch of the R1 Remote control software
2008 - A new office building and factory opens
2010 - Launch of the T-Series
2011-Present
2014 - d&b launches its first column loudspeakers, xC-Series
2015 - d&b launches ArrayCalc V8 simulation software, featuring ArrayProcessing software
2017 - d&b Soundscape [DS100 Signal Engine + En-Scene and En-Space software] launched
2018 - The GSL line-array system from the SL-Series launched
2019 - The A-Series launched[4]
2020 - d&b audiotechnik launched the KSLi system[5]
2021 - d&b announce d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG,[6] and the acquisition of UK AV provider, SFL Group.
2021 - d&b announce d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG,[7] acquires UK lighting rental company, Whitelight.
References
- ↑ Management
- 1 2 About d&b
- ↑ "Management | d&b audiotechnik". www.dbaudio.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "d&b debuts new A-Series augmented array". ProSoundNetwork.com. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "d&b audiotechnik's KSLi System". Sound & Communications. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ May 2021, AVNetwork Staff04. "d&b Launches Solutions Business, Acquires SFL Group". systemscontractor. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ December 2021, AV Magazine. "d&b boosts solutions business with White Light acquisition".
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