NEWS
June, 2008
January, 2008
October 2008,
The new 'Design & Installation Guide' V6 Edition is now on-line. A new fully featured version including all our latest products with installation guidelines is now available for download. Have a pleasant reading!
June 2008,
Genelec celebrated its 30th Anniversary in Iisalmi. Guests from all over the world gathered for the celebrations. The formal program featuring a long reception, speeches and recognition awards took place in the Iisalmi Cultural Centre. A large party with dinner buffet and live music was organised on the factory lakeside.
June 2008,
Perched almost precariously on the northern fringes of Europe, Finland is a small country whose technological mark on the world is much greater than one might initially suppose. In Iisalmi, which lies about 400 km from what some would consider 'civilisation', stands Genelec Oy's headquarters. Nestling amidst forests and lakes, it's where the company's acclaimed active monitoring systems are developed and manufactured. Ilpo Martikainen, co-founder of Genelec was born here and he began making loudspeakers to supplement his income at University.
June 2008,
Mr. Ilpo Martikainen, Chairman of the Board and founder of Genelec Oy, was conferred the title of Doctor of Science in Technology H.C. at the 20th Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees at Helsinki University of Technology April 2, 2008.
June 2008,
We are pleased to announce that Elite Marketing is our new representative in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Elite Marketing was established shortly after the 2005 CEDIA show to provide quality product representation to the dealers and manufacturers in the CE industry
May 2008,
Genelec has updated its smaller active 3-way models for Custom Install with a new rack mountable amplifier unit. The new RAM4 amplifier is included in the AOW312B and HT312B speaker systems. The RAM5 unit is dedicated to the HT315B and HT320BC models.
April 2008,
We are pleased to announce that effective April 1, 2008, InPro Custom will be our new representative in the Rocky Mountain territory.
February 2008,
Genelec is proud to win this year InAVation Award for its AOW312 Speaker System as 'Most InAVative Loudspeaker product for Residential use'. Thank you all for your votes and support! - The Genelec Team.
January 2008,
Genelec is proud to announce that the Play 6020 Active Speaker System – featuring 5x 6020A active speakers and a 5050A active subwoofer – has won the ‘2007 Editors' Choice Awards Audio’ of the Sound & Vision magazine. Here is the award announcement from Sound & Vision magazine.