verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message loewe technologies gmbh type incorporation industry consumer electronics founded 1923 headquarters kronach germany key people mark h sges ceo dr. boris levin michael pedersen cto christoph schuelner cfo products tvs blu ray players audio equipment and multiroom solutions website loewe.tv loewe ag loewe technologies gmbh pronounced l v is the parent company of the german loewe group . the loewe group develops manufactures and sells a wide variety of electronic electrical and mechanical products and systems and specialises in the field of consumer and communication technology . the company was founded in berlin in 1923 by brothers siegmund and david l. loewe . the company has its headquarters and sole production facilities in kronach franconia . today the range has expanded to include televisions blu ray players dvd recorders hard disk recorders multiroom systems speakers and racks . the trend is shifting from individual products to complete home entertainment systems . loewe is also represented internationally by sales partners and subsidiaries . these include subsidiaries in the benelux countries france italy and the uk . there are exclusive loewe galeries acting as flagship stores in many cities around the world including amsterdam copenhagen hong kong amman london madrid moscow paris rome and vienna . contents 1 company history 2 literature 3 references 4 external links company history edit it all began in 1923 in berlin when dr siegmund loewe and his brother david ludwig loewe established a radio manufacturing company called radiofrequenz gmbh . their work with the young physicist manfred von ardenne in 1926 led to the development of the triple tube which was first used in the loewe oe333 radio receiver . this tube prompted loewe s multi tube production and is today lauded as the world s first integrated circuit . television development began at loewe in 1929 . the company worked together with british television pioneer john logie baird . in 1931 manfred von ardenne presented the world s first fully electronic television to the public on the loewe stand at the 8th berlin radio show . when hitler came to power in germany siegmund loewe had to emigrate to the usa in 1938 where he developed friendship with yet another forced emigrant albert einstein . citation needed in 1949 siegmund loewe regained possession of company property and took over as chairman of the supervisory board . in the 1950s loewe began producing the optaphon the first citation needed cassette tape recorder and manufacturing televisions in kronach . 1961 saw the first citation needed european video recorder the optacord 500 enter mass production . in 1962 the family company tradition ended with the death of siegmund loewe . subsidiaries of the philips group took over the majority of shares . under this management which continued until 1985 the company increasingly specialised in the development and production of televisions . in 1963 the first citation needed portable television loewe optaport was launched . it had a 25 cm screen and built in fm radio . the first loewe colour televisions were launched along with the introduction of colour television in germany . in 1979 loewe introduced a fully integrated chassis everything on a single board television production . the first citation needed european stereo television followed in 1981 . in 1985 management made loewe a privately owned company again after philips sold its shares . in the same year loewe created the art 1 a new generation of tvs with a focus on design . the cs1 represented another international first citation needed in 1995 as the world s first fully recyclable television . at this time the course was also set for systematic further development as a multimedia specialist . 1998 marked two more milestones in the company history the launch of the xelos media the first citation needed television with internet access and that of the spheros the first loewe flat screen television . in the following year loewe ag became a publicly listed company . with the individual the first citation needed flat screen tv with individual housing options set up solutions and inset colours loewe became a premium flat screen tv manufacturer . led technology was adopted at loewe in 2010 in the new individual . in the following year loewe introduced 3d picture display to its individual range . following financial hardships in july 2013 the company filed for bankruptcy protection but after subsequent severe financial losses on 1 october 2013 the loewe group declared bankruptcy and entered in a self administration insolvency process 1 the protective proceedings for loewe ag and loewe opta gmbh have transitioned into a self administration insolvency process german insolvenzverfahren in eigenverwaltung . the coburg insolvency court approved a request on this matter from loewe s management and confirmed self administration . the business will remain fully operational beyond 1 october 2013 . 2 on 17 january 2014 the company announced that loewe s management board reached an agreement with an investor group composed of german family run companies and former apple and bang & olufsen managers . 3 however their takeover of major assets from loewe ag failed . citation needed in march 2014 major assets from loewe ag were taken by the munich based investor stargate capital gmbh . 4 this secures the future of the traditional loewe brand in germany under german ownership . citation needed loewe head office in berlin 1923 siegmund loewe & manfred von ardenne loewe local receiver 1926 first loewe tv 1931 loewe optaphon 1950 loewe iris 1951 loewe optaport 1963 loewe art 1 1985 loewe spheros 1998 literature edit 75 jahre loewe 1923 1998 . und die zukunft geht weiter author s edition 1998 kilian j.l. steiner ortsempf nger volksfernseher und optaphon . die entwicklung der deutschen radio und fernsehindustrie und das unternehmen loewe 1923 1962 . klartext verlag essen 2005 isbn 978 3 89861 492 4 frank keuper j rgen kindervater heiko dertinger andreas heim hrsg . das diktat der markenf hrung . 11 thesen zur nachhaltigen markenf hrung und implementierung . mit einem umfassenden fallbeispiel der loewe ag gabler fachverlage wiesbaden 2009 isbn 978 3 8349 0852 0 references edit german technology manufacturer loewe declares bankruptcy loewe ag self administration insolvency a corporate press release investor consortium to rescue high end tv maker loewe . deutsche welle . retrieved 17 january 2014 . m nchener investor bernimmt loewe . handelsblatt . retrieved 6 january 2015 . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to loewe . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title loewe electronics & oldid 740667563 categories german 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