Sennheiser electronics
ул. Набережная Ленина 10, Днепропетровск 49070, Украина
Phone: +38 (0562) 34-07-41,
+38 (056) 370-31-05
Fax: +38 (0562) 34-01-07
Email: music@indigo.dp.ua

History

http://sennheiser.com.ua/about/history/
1945

Dr. Fritz Sennheiser founds ‘Laboratorium Wennebostel’ or ‘Labor W’ (Lab W) for short. The young company manufactures tube voltmeters.

1946

Start of microphone production with the DM 1.

1947

Lab W develops its first microphone, the DM 2 (MD 2).

1948

The measuring equipment portfolio is extended significantly.

1949

Manufacturing of geophysical equipment and geophones.

1949

The ‘invisible’ DM 3 (MD 3) micro-phone and the first noisecompen-sated microphone, the DM 4 (MD 4).

1950

Lab W manufactures microphone transformers.

1950

Labor W shows its first mixing amplifiers and pre-amplifiers at the 1950 Consumer Electronics Fair Funkausstellung.

1952

Lab W adds magnetic miniature headphones (HM 11, HM 21) to its portfolio. Miniaturization becomes key in all areas.

1953

Lab W introduces miniature transformers as used in hearing aids.

1953

Lab W shows the first interference tube microphone for the movie and TV industry. Its successor model, the MD 82 «telemicro-phone», results in a major breakthrough in 1956.

1953

The classic MD 21 microphone sees the light of day.

1955

Ten years after its founding, Lab W employs a staff of 250. The foundation to a new building complex is laid.