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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:	€468.2 million (2010)
Number of employees:	2.117 people worldwide (2010 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. sc. techn. Jörg Sennheiser

Executive Management Board:

Volker Bartels (President, Corporate Services, Spokesperson of the Executive Management Board) Peter Callan (President, Consumer Electronics Division) Peter Claussen (President, Installed Sound Division) Dr. Heinrich Esser (President, Professional Systems Division) Dr. sc. techn. Andreas Sennheiser (President, Supply Chain Division) Daniel Sennheiser (President, Strategy and Finance) Paul Whiting (President, Global Sales Division)

2010 turnover by region:
Americas:	€125.6 million
EMEA:	€282.9 million
Asia and Australia:	€35.6 million

2010 turnover by product group:
Headphones:	€163.4 million
Wireless microphones:	€119.6 million
Wired microphones:	€34.8 million
Conference and information technology:	€15.6 million
Sennheiser Communications:	€37.7 million
Audiology:	€30.9 million
Georg Neumann:	€16.7 million
Professional Headsets	€20.9 million