91 years ago 1925 headquarters london united kingdom parent harvard international website www.goodmans.co.uk goodmans is a british consumer electronics company which is part of harvard international . 1 founded in london in 1925 2 the company started as a manufacturer of loudspeakers for public address systems . production and engineering was based in wembley and latterly in havant hampshire . they developed a wide range of high performance drivers and electrical components introducing a number of innovative products such as the axiom audiomax range 3 and m range maxims 4 which were stated at the time as being the world s first true high fidelity bookshelf loudspeaker . from the 1960s goodmans extended their product into amplifiers with the introduction of the maxamp30 the first british made solid state amplifier . throughout the 70s and 80s goodmans continued to develop loudspeakers amplifiers tuners and receivers . vintage goodmans of england speakers are renowned for their warm rich detailed sound . from the late 1980s goodmans diversified into wider consumer electronics and were market leaders in various product categories including in car entertainment personal cd digital tv and freeview and freesat digital tv receivers and recorders . goodmans was the shirt sponsor of the english football team portsmouth f.c. from 1989 to 1995 . in 2015 goodmans modernised their logo and introduced a squirrel icon within their branding . contents 1 product range 2 stockists 3 references 4 external links product range edit goodmans industries ltd markets a wide range of consumer electronics predominantly focused in audio including soundbars digital radios and connected audio speakers . goodmans launched their first digital radio gps280 in 2003 . goodmans launched their first hd ready tv on 27 july 2007 . goodmans was a launch partner of freesat releasing their first high definition freesat set top box in 2008 . goodmans launched the world s first talking set top box goodmans smarttalk gdb20tts as part of a collaboration with rnib in 2010 . stockists edit goodmans products are stocked by a wide variety of both online and high street stores as well as their ecommerce website . references edit goodmans . harvard international . 2013 . retrieved 9 february 2013 . goodmans industries . www.gracesguide.co.uk . retrieved 2016 03 11 . aj audio . maxims june 2002 east marine drive check url value help . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title goodmans industries & oldid 719982681 categories electronics companies of the united kingdombritish brandsmanufacturing companies of the united kingdomhidden categories pages with url errors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 13 may 2016 at 00 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view