Manufacturer · Denmark · Struer · est. 1925
Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen (est. 1925) – Danish manufacturer of radio and audiovisual equipment from Struer, known for Jacob Jensen's designs.
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About the manufacturer
- Years active
- est. 1925
- Country
- Denmark
- Location
- Struer
The company was founded in Struer in autumn 1925 by engineers Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen; the first workshop was located in the attic of the Quistrup estate, and a factory was established in Gimsing in 1927. In the 1930s, the company adopted a Bauhaus-inspired logo, still used today, and turned to new materials – the Hyperbo receiver (1934) used steel tubing, while the Beolit 39 (1938) had a Bakelite casing.
On the night of 14–15 January 1945, the factory was destroyed in the Schalburg action; full production resumed in 1947. In 1957, B&O presented the world's first stereo turntable, and in 1967 the Beolab 5000 receiver and its first colour television, Beovision. The company's designs were shaped, among others, by Ib Fabiansen (the modular system, 1959), Henning Moldenhawer (Beomaster 900, 1964), David Lewis (who worked with the company from 1961, and designed, among other things, the MX television of 1986) and Jacob Jensen – the designer of the Beolab 5000, Beomaster 3000 (1969) and Beogram 4000 turntable. Jensen's designs combined anodised aluminium with wood.
In 1977, the company went public, issuing series A and B shares. In 1990, Philips acquired a 25% stake, bought back in 1997, and in 2016 Sparkle Roll acquired 20.2% of the shares.
