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| − | == Company profile == | + | == Unternehmensprofil == |
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| − | * January 1, 1948 (Other sources say 1949).
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| − | Hans Gerhard Hennel and his family found the "Firma Hennel" in Schmitten/Taunus. At first only tube radios are manufactured.
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| − | * In the 50s
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| − | "Firma Hennel" is renamed "[[Heco]]", which stands for HEnnel and CO.
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| − | * 1965
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| − | The first [[Heco]] HIFI speakers, the B310 model are produced. They were developed by the then still young engineer Wolfgang Seikritt.
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| − | * 1972
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| − | Heco is sold together with factories in Remscheid and Schmitten and including the rights to the name to the British [[Rank]]-Radio. However, a small part of the family business, the factory in Berlin, remains in the family as it belongs to Hans G. Hennel's wife Suse Hennel.
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| − | * October 17, 1972
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| − | Three employees leave [[Heco]] and found [[Canton]]. The founding partners were Hubert Milbers (managing director), Otfried Sandig (marketing, sales), Günther Seitz (engineering) and Wolfgang Seikritt (development).
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| − | * 1975
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| − | Heco Hennel & Co KG, Berlin, owned by Suse Hennel, starts production. The company belongs to the holding H. Dahl KG, Hamburg. Also belonging to it are Dahl Elektronik KG and CEC Europa GmbH. [[Visonik]] became known for its compact [[Visonik_Loudspeakers#David-Series|David loudspeakers]].
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| − | * [[Circa 1975
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| − | Several loudspeaker developers from [[Braun]] move to [[Heco]] and [[Canton]].
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| − | * From approx. 1975
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| − | Loudspeakers under the company name [[Hans_G._Hennel_Lautsprecher#Tochtermarke_.22SUMMIT.22|Summit]] with reference to "A product of Hans G. Hennel GmbH + Co KG" are produced. The place of production is Usingen. (However, there are also mentions of Summit/Wehrheim.) Summit is a start-up of the son of Suse Hennel.
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| − | * Sometime in the 70s:
| + | == Produkte == |
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| − | Loudspeakers with the brand names: "Planet" and "MR Service" and loudspeakers without further brand names (e.g.: TS 7007, GTS 1020) carry the same designation.
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| − | * 1979
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| − | The Bruns group takes over the company Heco Hennel GmbH & Co. KG Berlin
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| − | == Products == | |
| − | * [[Hans G. Hennel Loudspeaker|Loudspeaker]]
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| | == Weblinks == | | == Weblinks == |
| | + | * Links hier |
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| − | http://www.summit-museum.de.tl/
| + | [[Kategorie:Lautsprecherersteller]] |
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| − | Currently the only site that provides extensive material on old Summit boxes.
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