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d&b audiotechnik
Company typeProfessional Audio Manufacturer
IndustryProfessional audio
Founded1981
Headquarters
Key people
Amnon Harman, CEO[1]
ProductsLoudspeakers, amplifier/signal processing
Number of employees
500[2]
Websitewww.dbaudio.com


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

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1981-1990

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Management
  2. ^ a b About d&b
  3. ^ "Management | d&b audiotechnik". www.dbaudio.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ "d&b debuts new A-Series augmented array". ProSoundNetwork.com. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  5. ^ "d&b audiotechnik's KSLi System". Sound & Communications. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ December 2021, AV Magazine. "d&b boosts solutions business with White Light acquisition".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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