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 | 1948 | More than 50 years ago, Dr. Willi Studer founded the Revox company in Switzerland. Right from the start, our products have been made to the highest quality standards and the recording and play back qualities of those early tape machines has not been bettered, even today. Will Studer sets up his eponymously named "Factory for Electronic Equipment" in Herisau. | ||||||||
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 | 1949 | Willi Studer develops his first tape recorder, the "Dynavox". Staff headcount: 6 | ||||||||
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 | 1950 | Based on the Dynavox product, Willi Studer starts the development of an initial professional tape recorder. Employee headcount: 15 | ||||||||
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 | 1951 | For legal reasons, Willi Studer changes the name of his tape recorder to "Revox". Willi Studer and Hans Winzeler set up the ELA AG company to market and sell electronic equipment. The Studer 27, the prototype of the first professional studio quality tape recorder was produced. The first live recordings on Swiss radio were made using a Studer 27. | ||||||||
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 | 1952 | Studer 27 goes into production. The Peter Dijk company in Amsterdam takes on the first overseas Revox agency. Employee headcount: 32 | ||||||||
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 | 1953 | The Revox T26 is produced for the first time as a combination unit with integrated radio component. The Revox A36 is developed. It is the first 3 motor tape recorder with press button control, dual tape speeds and direct drive capstans. Employee headcount: 45 | ||||||||
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 | 1955 | The company that is later to become Elfa Studio AB take on the agency for Studer and Revox equipment in Sweden. Development continues on the Studer A37 and B37 studio quality tape recorders. They form the basis for a globally successful series of professional tape recorders. Das The A36 tape recorder replaces the T26. | ||||||||
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 | 1956 | The Magneta Sonoral company in Buenos Aires takes on the agency for Studer and Revox equipment in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela. | ||||||||
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 | 1957 | The B30 transportable studio quality tape recorder comes onto the market. Further agencies open up in France, Belgium, Holland, USA, South Africa and Italy. | ||||||||
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 | 1958 | The Revox C36 tape recorder comes onto the market. Revox GmbH is set up in Giessen to market and sell the company's products in Germany. Employee headcount: 120 | ||||||||
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 | 1959 | Head office building starts in Regensdorf. | ||||||||
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 | 1960 | Move into new factory and administration building. Further agencies set up in England and Spain. The C37 studio quality tape machine goes into production. The Revox D36, the first stereo tape recorder for 2 or 4 track recording. | ||||||||
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 | 1961 | The Revox E35 stereo tape recorder comes onto the market. C. E. Hammond of London takes on the exclusive agency for Revox equipment in Great Britain. Employee headcount 145 | ||||||||
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 | 1962 | The Revox F36 tape recorder comes onto the market. Ferdinand Richter and Hans Winzeler resign from the board of the German Revox GmbH. | ||||||||
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 | 1963 | Willi Studer relocates the offices of Revox GmbH to Freiburg in Breisgau. Hans Winzeler resigns from ELA AG. The company Laboratoire des Langues Revox S.A. is set up in Lausanne to build language teaching systems. | ||||||||
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 | 1964 | Subsidiary is set up in Löffingen. The Studer J37, the first 4 channel studio quality tape recorder goes into production. First agency in Malaysia. | ||||||||
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 | 1965 | The 50,000th Revox tape recorder is produced. Revox GmbH relocates from Freiburg to Löffingen. | ||||||||
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 | 1967 | The new Revox A77 tape recorder goes into production in Löffingen. The Beatles record "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at the Abbey Road studios, using a Studer J37 studio quality tape recorder. | ||||||||
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 | 1968 | The annual consolidated turnover for the Studer Revox Group reaches 29 million Swiss Francs. Over 60% of production is exported to 50 countries around the world. The group now employees 560 people. | ||||||||
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 | 1969 | The Willi Studer GmbH company manufactures tape drive motors for the first time. Studer-Revox Group employee headcount: 700 | ||||||||
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 | 1970 | Revox presents the first multi-program language teaching system at the Didacta exhibition in Basel. The 8 channel version of the Studer A80 studio quality tape recorder comes onto the market. | ||||||||
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 | 1971 | The staff headcount of the Studer Revox group climbs above 1000. Studer Franz AG in Wettingen is set up. Subsidiary is set up in South Africa. | ||||||||
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 | 1972 | Inauguration of the new plant in Bonndorf, Germany. Subsidiary is set up in France. | ||||||||
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 | 1973 | Subsidiaries set up in Montreal Canada and Buffalo, New York. The 24 channel Studer A80 and I89 mixer consoles come onto the market. ELA AG converts to Revox ELA AG. Studer-Revox Group employee headcount: 1390. | ||||||||
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 | 1974 | Studer Franz AG is renamed to Studer International AG and is responsible for the export of Studer products. | ||||||||
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 | 1975 | Digital technology is used for the first time in the Studer TLS 2000 synchronisation system. Revox-Rink GmbH is set up in Hannover to manufacture and market language teaching systems. | ||||||||
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 | 1978 | Willi Studer is granted an honorary Doctorate of Technical Science from the Eidgenössischen Technical University | ||||||||
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 | 1979 | The Studer 269 and 369 compact mixer consoles come onto the market. Subsidiaries are set up in Paris and Hong Kong. | ||||||||
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 | 1982 | The Studer A710, the first professional cassette recorder appears on the market. The Studer 900 director console and the Revox series PR99 are introduced. Acquisition of the new factory and administration building in Regensdorf. The A810 studio quality tape recorder is presented. The Willi Studer company converts to a Joint Stock Company (AG). | ||||||||
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 | 1983 | In the digital range, the Studer SFC-16 and DAT-16 are introduced. New studio system with digital control. The Revox 251 and the Revox B261 also come onto the market. Subsidiaries are set up in Japan and Singapore. Willi Studer AG takes a financial interest in the Dectroswiss Electronic Design AG company | ||||||||
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 | 1985 | Market introduction of the new generation of tape recorders, the Studer A820 and the compact mixer console, the Studer 961/962. | ||||||||
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 | 1986 | Studer & Philips CD Systems AG in Regensdorf is born out of the joint venture between Studer AG and the N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. | ||||||||
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 | 1989 | Willi Studer, now 77, announces his intention to retire from an active working life and to sell his company. The consolidated return of the Studer-Revox Group climbs above 215 million Swiss francs in the fiscal year 1988/89 and the group's staff headcount reached 1576. | ||||||||
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 | 1990 | The Revox Series H products were developed. The reasoning behind the project was to bring a new hi-fi system onto the market, which, with its simply handling, truly was a new product. The number of operational elements on the devices was kept down to a bare minimum. | ||||||||
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 | 1991 | Motor-Columbus AG decides to divide the Studer-Revox Group up into the following Business units: Studer, Revox and Modules & Components. Willi Studer buys the factory in Bonndorf back and sets up Studer Elektronik, to manufacture printed circuit boards. 130 employees are laid off from the Studer Revox AG headquarters during the year. | ||||||||
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| 1992 | Around 1000 of the 1600 jobs within the Studer-Revox Group are lost following the take-over of the company by SAEG Refindus Holding AG. | |||||||||
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| 1993 | Studer Revox AG is divided up into separate Revox and Studer divisions. SEAG AG reports a loss of 24 million francs. | |||||||||
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| 1994 | Motor Columbus sells the Studer division to the American holding company Harman Kardon. Revox is sold to private investors and today, institutions and private Swiss investors own the bulk of the company. | |||||||||
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 | 1996 | In March, Willi Studer dies in Zürich at the age of 83. | ||||||||
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 | 1999 | Increasingly, Revox extends their purely audio range with video, Multiroom and multimedia products. Revox develops the world's flattest plasma screen. | ||||||||
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