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Bang & Olufsen a/s, founded in 1925 and based in Struer, Denmark, develops audio, video, medical, and multimedia equipment. The firm, working with 1,400 retailers across 60 countries, provides consumers with televisions, music systems, loudspeakers, telephones, and other products. Half of the company's retail network is composed of B1 shops, which sell only Bang & Olufsen products. The firm is known for its BeoLab loudspeaker, BeoSound music and digital media, Serene cordless and mobile telephone, BeoLiving home entertainment, BeoLink home network, and Beo4 remote control hardware. The BeoLab loudspeakers employ the patented ICEpower amplifier units. Flat-screen televisions employ the VisionClear signal processing and picture optimization technology. Bang & Olufsen has formed partnerships with businesses across the automotive, hospitality, architecture, and yacht sectors. The company maintains additional manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic. The firm also encompasses the Bang & Olufsen Medicom and Bang & Olufsen ICEpower businesses. The Medicom unit designs patient drug treatment compliance systems. It is known for the E3000 Electronic Stethoscope, developed with 3M Littmann, and the Helping Hand pill dispenser products. The ICEpower unit develops audio power supply, amplifier, and transducer products built on the ICEpower technology platform.
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