Rohde & Schwarz
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| Founded | 17. November 1933 |
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| Founder | Dr. Lothar Rohde & Dr. Hermann Schwarz |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
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Key people
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Christian Leicher, President & CEO, Peter Riedel, President & COO |
| Products | Test and measurement, broadcast and media, cybersecurity, secure communications, radiomonitoring and radiolocation |
| Revenue | €1.92 Billion (FY 2015/16) |
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Number of employees
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10,000 (FY 2015/16) |
| Website | www.rohde-schwarz.com |
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG (/ˈroʊdə ənd ˈʃwɔːrts/; German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːdə ʊnt ˈʃvaʁts]) is an international electronics group specialized in the fields of electronic test equipment, broadcast & media, cybersecurity, radiomonitoring and radiolocation, and radiocommunication. The company provides products for the wireless communications, broadcast & media, cybersecurity and electronics industry, aerospace and defense, homeland security and critical infrastructures.
The group has been developing, producing and marketing electronic products for the capital goods sector since 1933. In addition to the Munich headquarters, there are regional headquarters in the US (Columbia, Maryland) and in Asia (Singapore). Almost 6,000 of the company's employees work in Germany, including the around 2,000 employees at the Munich headquarters.
Worldwide the company has a total of around 10,000 employees in over 70 countries. It is family-owned and self-financing. Exports account for around 90 percent of revenues. The company invests around 16 percent of its annual net revenue into research and development.
Central R&D is located at company headquarters in Munich, Germany. Most products are manufactured in the Rohde & Schwarz plants in Memmingen (in Bavaria, Germany), Teisnach (in Bavaria, Germany) and Vimperk (Czech Republic). In 2005, Rohde & Schwarz acquired Hameg Instruments GmbH, a German test and measurement (T&M) equipment manufacturer.
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