Studer

Studer is a designer and manufacturer of advanced audio equipment for recording studios and broadcasters. The company was founded in Zürich, Switzerland in 1948 by Dr. Willi Studer. It initially became famous in the 1950s for its professional tape recorders. In the 1990s the company moved into the mixing console business.

Management, sales, engineering, R&D and customer service are based in Regensdorf, Switzerland while manufacturing and marketing are part of the Soundcraft facility in Potters Bar, England. Studer is now a subsidiary of Harman International Industries.

Dr. Studer started in 1948 making high-tension oscilloscopes. These products were in production until 1968. In March 1951 Studer introduced the Revox brand name subsidiary.

In 1990 Studer sold the Studer-Revox group to Motor-Columbus AG, including all subsidiary companies. In 1991 Motor-Columbus split the Studer-Revox Group into separate Studer, Revox and manufacturing-divisions. Motor-Columbus sold several subsidiaries and plants.

The extensive reorganization culminated in the sale of the Studer group to Harman International Industries in March 1994. The Revox group was excluded and sold to private investors. On March 17, 1994 Harman completed its acquisition and acquired from Motor-Columbus AG 100% of Studer-Revox AG.

Harman paid 100 Swiss Francs (approximately US $70.00) for all of the issued and outstanding stock in Studer-Revox. Harman assumed post-acquisition indebtedness of Studer-Revox of approximately 23 million Swiss Francs (approximately US $16 million). Harman later moved some of its Studer business operations to England and merged them with operations of its Soundcraft subsidiary.

Dr. Willi Studer died on March 1, 1996.

In 1949 Studer branched out into the audio business by modifying imported tape recorders from the United States. By 1950 they had developed their own line of tape recorders, named the Dynavox series.

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