founder karl hartmann headquarters mainhausen germany key people andre vander stichelen holger asmussen products test & measurement equipment net income 15 million fy 2011 12 number of employees 80 fy 2011 12 1 website www.hameg.com hameg instruments gmbh is a german enterprise specialized in the development and production of laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes . the company is located in mainhausen near frankfurt germany and owned by rohde & schwarz . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit hameg product logo since 2012 the business was established in 1957 by karl hartmann in frankfurt main under the name hameg kg . the company name is derived from hartmann messger te . the first product was a 5 mhz one channel oscilloscope . in 2005 the company founder retired and the business was acquired by the electronics company rohde & schwarz with headquarters in munich . 2 during that time the name was changed to hameg instruments gmbh . hameg maintained subsidiaries in chemnitz product development and m nchenbernsdorf pcb assembly as well as a distribution subsidiary in france hameg instruments france s.a.r.l. . at the end of 2010 hameg abandoned the manufacturing locations mainhausen and m nchenbernsdorf 3 and since then has moved production to the rohde & schwarz plant at vimperk in the czech republic . 4 in the wake of this transition approximately 80 jobs were cut at hameg . other company divisions such as development mainhausen and chemnitz product management sales customer service and quality assurance have remained independent . at the end of 2011 rohde & schwarz announced that the company would offer the entire hameg product portfolio through its own european distribution network . 5 only a few months later in february 2012 hameg launched a new product logo . this was the first time that the hameg affiliation with rohde & schwarz became visible on hameg products thanks to the dual name label . 6 as of march 2013 hameg products have been made available virtually all over the world through the rohde & schwarz distribution network . 7 in june 2014 rohde & schwarz announced that in the future all new products from hameg will be marketed under the name rohde & schwarz . 8 products edit 200mhz mixed signal combiscope hm2008 350mhz mixed signal oscilloscope hmo3524 the range of products offered by hameg includes analog oscilloscopes mixed signal oscilloscopes mso spectrum analyzers function generators rf generators laboratory power supply units programmable power supplies and modular laboratory measuring components . the company primarily serves the entry level segment of the market and is particularly used at electronics laboratories production supervision as well as at schools and universities . for a very long time hameg was convinced of the benefits of analog technology in the context of the oscilloscope market . in 2004 when hameg introduced a new series of so called combiscopes instruments which include both an analog and a digital operating mode the company stated that dsos in principle can not replace analog oscilloscopes . 9 in 2007 hameg produced the hm2008 oscilloscope as shown in the picture which includes an analog and a digital element as well as mixed signal functions 4 digital channels . in late 2008 hameg introduced the first purely digital oscilloscope with tft monitor at the electronica electronics trade fair in munich germany . 10 as all subsequently introduced instruments these oscilloscopes include mixed signal functions 8 or 16 digital channels and the option to decode serial buses such as i2c spi can and lin . for instruments with tft monitors hameg skipped the entire generation of the classical purely digital storage oscilloscopes dso without mso functions . by 2012 hameg had developed a product range of 11 mso instruments and one analog oscilloscope . in autumn of 2012 hameg announced intentions to soon discontinue production of analog oscilloscopes . allegedly this decision was partly due to obstacles in sourcing cathode ray tubes . 11 in february 2013 hameg introduced a new series of mixed signal oscilloscopes with up to 500 mhz bandwidth . references edit official hameg corporate blog rohde & schwarz buys hameg april 7 2005 production within rohde & schwarz s compound of plants rohde & schwarz facts & figures r & s adds hameg to european sales network microwavejournal.com november 21 2011 new hameg logo microwavejournal.com february 6 2012 http webstore.rohde schwarz.com country selection page of r & s s webstore http www.elektroniknet.de messen testen analysatoren artikel 109530 interview in german tech weekly markt & technik with head of test & measurement division of rohde & schwarz in german hameg.com press archive october 29 2004 analog meets digital electroninet.de in german november 5 2008 an era is coming to an end hameg corporate blog october 25 2012 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hameg . 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