Sennheiser

Facts and Figures

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 by Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser as “Laboratorium Wennebostel“ (Lab W)
Products: microphones, headphones, wireless microphone and monitoring systems, conference and information technology, products for assistive listening and aviation headsets
Number of employees: 1.976 people worldwide (2007 average), around 1.099 of whom are employed in Germany
 

Other companies of the Sennheiser Group include:
  • Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones, since 1991)
  • K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound, since 2005)
  • the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres, since 2003)
 
Production locations:
  • Germany (microphones, wireless microphone and monitoring systems, conference and information technology, headsets)
  • Ireland (headphones, K + H products)
  • USA (wireless microphone and monitoring systems)
 
Sales subsidiaries in:
France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA
 
Executive Team:
  • Volker Bartels (President, Global Manufacturing and Logistics, Speaker of the Executive Team)
  • Dr. Heinrich Esser (President, Global Research and Development)
  • Stefan Junker (President, Global Finance and Controlling)
  • Susanne Seidel (President, Global Marketing)
  • Paul Whiting (President, Global Sales)
 
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Jörg Sennheiser

Sennheiser Group turnover 2007:
Turnover: €395.3 million (2007, increase of 10.9 percent compared to 2006)
Turnover by region:

Americas:

€104.5 million

Western & Southern Europe and Africa:

 €95.6 million
Northern & Eastern Europe: €79.8 million
Central Europe: €77.7 million
Asia and Australia: €37.8 million
Overall, 83.3 percent of total sales were generated outside Germany.


Turnover by product group:
Headphones: €111.7 million
Wireless Microphones: €102.9 million
Microphones: €37,5 million
Conference Systems: €27.6 million
Audiology: €25,0 million
Aviation: €8,7 million
Sennheiser Communications: €26.3 million
Georg Neumann: €17,6 million
Klein + Hummel: €2,7 million

 
         
 

 
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