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Sennheiser at a glance: Selected facts and figures give you an overview about Sennheiser and everything you need to know about the development of our company.

Founded:	in 1945 as “Laboratorium Wennebostel” by Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
Products:	Microphones, headphones, wired microphone and monitoring systems, conference and information technology, products for assistive listening, and aviation headsets
Turnover:	€389.9 million (2009)
Number of employees:	2,132 people worldwide (2009 average)

 

Other companies of the Sennheiser Group include:

Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones and monitor loudspeakers; since 1991) the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres; since 2003)

Manufacturing plants:

Germany (microphones, headphones, wireless microphone and monitoring systems, conference and information systems, aviation headsets) Ireland (headphones, audiology products, monitor loudspeakers, Installed Sound products) USA (wireless microphone and monitoring systems)

Sales subsidiaries:

France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA

Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

Prof. Dr. Jörg Sennheiser

Executive Team:

Volker Bartels (President of Global Manufacturing and Logistics, Speaker of the Executive Team) Dr. Heinrich Esser (President of Global Research and Development) Stefan Junker (President of Global Controlling and Finance) Susanne Seidel (President of Global Marketing) Paul Whiting (President of Global Sales)

2009 turnover by region:
Americas:	€99.3 million
EMEA:	€246.5 million
Asia and Australia:	€44.0 million

2009 turnover by product group:
Headphones:	€131.7 million
Wireless microphones:	€94.8 million
Wired microphones:	€30.4 million
Conference and information technology:	€24.0 million
Sennheiser Communications:	€28.8 million
Audiology:	€26.4 million
Georg Neumann:	€12.6 million
Aviation:	€9.7 million
Other poducts:	€28.8 million