Widex

Widex A/S

Type	Family-owned Aktieselskab
Industry	Health care
Founded	1956
Headquarters	Lynge, Denmark
Key people	Jan Tøpholm (CEO)
Products	Hearing aids
Employees	3,000 (2011)[1]
Website	widex.dk

Widex A/S is the world’s sixth largest hearing aid manufacturer. In close collaboration with international audiological researchers and specialists, the company has developed a wide range of digital hearing aids, including the world's first 100% digital in-the-ear hearing aid in 1995.

The Danish company was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, who still own and run the company. Widex hearing aids are sold in almost 100 countries and the company employs approximately 3,400 people around the world.

Widex’ new headquarters are located in Allerød Municipality, Denmark, north of Copenhagen. The new headquarters use groundwater for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Widex also placed an energy-generating wind turbine beside the building.

See also

Hearing aid
Hearing impairment

References

(1) http://www.energy-business-review.com/news/widex_builds_new_environmentally_friendly_headquarters_in_denmark_090707
(2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6320799.stm
(3) http://www.airah.org.au/Ecolibrium/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?Section=Ecolibrium&ContentID=8082
(4) http://www.widex.com/en/aboutwidex/aboutwidex/ourheadquarters/

External links

Official website: www.widex.com
Website about new building: www.widexbyggeri.dk