Company:Elac
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| Type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
| Products | Studio monitors, Loudspeakers, Loudspeaker Drivers Subwoofers |
| Website | www |
ELAC is a German loudspeaker manufacturer. It was founded in 1926 as "Electroacustic GmbH".
During World War II, it built electroacoustic devices for the Kriegsmarine and other nautical applications, and the company reached a peak of 5,000 staff.[1]
After the war, the company transitioned to mainly producing consumer goods, initially building sewing machines and later transitioning into consumer electronics, though it maintained its nautical division.[1][2][3] It also distributed goods from foreign firms such as Sony, Fisher Electronics, and Nakamichi within Germany.[4]
In 1978, the firm filed for bankruptcy and the nautical division was sold to the American firm Honeywell and renamed to 'Honeywell-ELAC'. The nautical side of the business would be sold again to L3 Technologies in 1998, Wärtsilä in 2015, and Cohort PLC in 2019.[3][5]
In 2016, ELAC acquired the American audio company Audio Alchemy.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ELAC – Klang lebt – ELAC history". http://ftp.elac.com/en/elac/history.php.
- ↑ "HIGH Fidelity". http://www.highfidelity.pl/!ev/artykuly/19_10_2008/elac.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wärtsilä verkauft Kieler Elac Nautik". https://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Kiel-Cohort-uebernimmt-Elac-Nautik-von-Waertsilae.
- ↑ "ELAC: A Scandinavian Visits a German Speaker Company". https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/international/soundstage-scandinavia/709-elac-a-scandinavian-visits-a-german-speaker-company.
- ↑ "Wärtsilä übernimmt L-3 Elac Nautik". https://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Kiel-Waertsilae-uebernimmt-L-3-Elac-Nautik.
- ↑ Staff. "ELAC to Acquire Audio Alchemy". http://www.technologyintegrator.net/article/elac-acquire-audio-alchemy/. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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