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
Turnover: €385.8 million
Number of employees: 2,117 people worldwide (2008 average), 1,176 of whom are employed in Germany
 

Other companies of the Sennheiser Group include:
  • Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones, since 1991)
  • 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, studio monitors, installed sound 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 Controlling and Finance)
  • 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 2008 by region:

Americas:

€91.7 million

EMEA:

 €253.7 million
Asia & Australia: €40.4 million


Turnover by product group:
Headphones: €110.9 million
Wireless Microphones: €101.0 million
Microphones: €35.6 million €35.6 million
Conference Systems: €26.4 million
Sennheiser Communications: €28.2 million
Audiology: €25.2 million
Georg Neumann: €16.7 million
Aviation: €8.6 million
Other Products: €30.1 million

 
         
 

 
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