title: D&b audiotechnik
text: # D&b audiotechnik
  
  d&b audiotechnik is a German loudspeaker and amplifier manufacturer, founded in 1981, located in Backnang, north of Stuttgart. d&b is an international company with subsidiaries in Europe, America and Asia. Their products are produced in Germany. d&b equipment is mainly used in the rental and installation markets.
  
  Amnon Harman has been CEO since 2014.
  
  ## Milestones
  
  ### 1981-1990
  
  April 18, 1981 - d&b audiotechnik is registered as a business in Korb near Stuttgart by Jürgen Daubert and Rolf Belz
  
  1985 - The first complete product line
  
  1988 - The 1220 system is d&b's entry into the installation market.
  
  1989 - The company moves to Backnang. Their first overseas offices are opened in Great Britain and Scandinavia.
  
  ### 1991-2000
  
  1996 - The company opens its first office in Italy
  
  1997 - d&b audiotechnik begins using digital signal processing technology
  
  1998 - An office in United States is opened
  
  1999 and 2000 - Offices in Japan, France and Spain are opened, construction begins on a second factory on the same premises.
  
  ### 2001-2011
  
  2003 - d&b launch the Q-Series and the D12 amplifier.
  
  2004 - d&b audiotechnik launches the Cardioid Subwoofer Array and the ROPE C software to provide central control and monitoring of the systems.
  
  2006 - The launch of the J-Series
  
  2007 - Launch of the R1 Remote control software
  
  2008 - A new office building and factory opens
  
  2010 - Launch of the T-Series
  
  ### 2011-Present
  
  2014 - d&b launches its first column loudspeakers, xC-Series
  
  2015 - d&b launches ArrayCalc V8 simulation software, featuring ArrayProcessing software
  
  2017 - d&b Soundscape [DS100 Signal Engine + En-Scene and En-Space software] launched
  
  2018 - The GSL line-array system from the SL-Series launched
  
  2019 - The A-Series launched
  
  2020 - d&b audiotechnik launched the KSLi system
  
  2021 - d&b announce d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG, and the acquisition of UK AV provider, SFL Group.
  
  2021 - d&b announce d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG, acquires UK lighting rental company, Whitelight.
  
  