Sangean

Sangean Electronics, Inc.
Native name
 Chinese: 山進電子; pinyin: Shān Jìn diànzi
Industry Manufacturing
Founded 1974 (1974)
Headquarters Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Area served
 Global
Products Electronics, including radios
Website sangean.com.tw

Sangean Electronics, Inc. (Chinese: 山進電子; pinyin: Shān Jìn diànzi) is a globally active Taiwanese electronics company specialised in radios.

It is noted for its shortwave radios and digital-radio receivers.

History and operations

The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, with a factory located in Dongguan, China.

In Europe, Sangean is a 50/50 joint-venture between Sangean/Taiwan and the STL group in the Netherlands.[1]

Products

Apart from products sold under its own brand names, which include Lextronix,[2] Sangean also produces on behalf of other companies: Many of the shortwave radios marketed by Siemens, Panasonic, Braun and Grundig have been and are being developed and produced by Sangean. It has manufactured millions of its more than 500 radio models.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Company profile on STL website (pdf)
  2. ↑ http://www.thiecom.de/index.php?sid=9fbbcc664a59abd8eb2a49bf6a728ba8&cl=details&anid=123457c15c849d516.27668463&listtype=search&searchparam=grundig%2Bsangean

External links

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