1923 headquarters hildesheim germany key people lars placke ceo number of employees 8 700 2007 parent aurelius ag website www.blaupunkt.com blaupunkt help info gmbh is a german manufacturer of electronics equipment noted for its home and car audio equipment . it was a 100 % subsidiary of robert bosch gmbh until 1 march 2009 when its aftermarket and accessories branch including the brand name were sold to aurelius ag of germany for an undisclosed amount . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 rockford fosgate alliance 4 gallery 5 notes 6 references 7 external links history edit founded in 1923 in berlin as ideal 2 the company was acquired by robert bosch ag in 1933 . 3 in 1938 it changed its name to blaupunkt german for blue point or blue dot after the blue dot painted onto its headphones that had passed quality control . after the second world war blaupunkt moved its headquarters and production to the city of hildesheim . more recently the majority of blaupunkt products are manufactured overseas with large manufacturing centres in tunisia speakers and malaysia speakers and electronics . since 2011 however the entire lineup is chinese sourced . by the 1960 and 1970s blaupunkt had become one of the leading german manufacturer for car radios and car audio equipment . the 2011 take over effectively left blaupunkt as a managed brand name with all production outsourced to china with virtually no bosch era products still under production . the original blaupunkt factories within the eu are now owned and operated by bosch used exclusively to produce 24v av equipment for coach . products edit blaupunkt was involved in the development of the autofahrer rundfunk informationssystem traffic information system for car radios and provided this feature on their german market car radios from the late 1970s . the company attempted to have ari used in the usa but had only a few radio stations per major city involved . citation needed for many years blaupunkt car audio equipment models often carried the name of a city somewhere in the world e.g. london rdm126 . in blaupunkt model nomenclature this can be translated as an rds cd player capable of controlling a multichanger rated at 4 30 w rms 4 30 120 from model year 1996 . high end models typically had german place names . citation needed blaupunkt also used the brand velocity to sell products aimed at the top audiophile end of the market . audi volkswagen porsche mercedes proton vauxhall pontiac holden and bmw all fit blaupunkt now simply bosch products into their cars often branded with the car manufacturer s own mark e.g. the vw gamma or audi symphony lines with fiat using them occasionally unbranded but generally unmodified . some later holden astra models are fitted with blaupunkt systems with others being produced by delphi automotive . blaupunkt also specialised in coach installations selling tvs multiple speaker setups and pa equipment to that industry . that part of the business has remained with robert bosch car multimedia gmbh a 100 % subsidiary of robert bosch gmbh and the blaupunkt branding is no longer used even on hidden stickers . rockford fosgate alliance edit on 12 july 2012 blaupunkt signed an agreement with rockford fosgate granting the rockford corporation exclusive distribution rights for the company s car multimedia and headphone range for the north american market . rockford fosgate will begin selling blaupunkt products beginning in q3 and early q4 through distributors and has begun signing up distributors that will carry car radios navigation amplifiers loudspeakers rear seat entertainment and connectivity as well as electronics for the oem market . 4 5 gallery edit hamburg mp57 head unit pa2150 class t amplifier blaupunkt stockholm radio 1963 blaupunkt radio 1954 blaupunkt berlin radio iqr 88 blaupunkt radio receiver radio blaupunkt k ln 1958 blaupunkt bremen mp74 blaupunkt buenos aires 200 head unit car radio nb 1 notes edit why blaupunkt references edit aurelius ag acquires blaupunkt . aurelius ag press release . 18 december 2008 . sethi anand kumar 2013 . the business of electronics a concise history . new york palgrave macmillan . p. 33 . isbn 9781137330420 . robert bosch gmbh . answers.com . retrieved 31 may 2013 . http www.ceoutlook.com 2012 07 11 rockford announces details on blaupunkt deal http www.aureliusinvest.com press news press 2012 blaupunkt big in the usa.html blaupunkt company profile bosch blaupunkt history tv 1950 radio 1963 radio 1938 external links edit blaupunkt v t e bosch divisions and subsidiaries current bsh bosch and siemens home appliances gaggenau neff bosch rexroth bosch security systems bosch sensortec bosch solar energy dremel skil worcester zexel former and defunct blaupunkt fernseh indramat midas consoles siba elektrik telex communications joint ventures and shareholdings former and defunct broadcast television systems japan electronic control system sb limotive 50 % products bosch 1886 digifant engine management system jetronic motronic people robert bosch robert bosch jr. franz fehrenbach gottlob honold places bosch halle gerlingen robert bosch hospital other robert bosch foundation fellowship program bosch process robert bosch stiftung now integrated into other bosch divisions or business groupings sold category commons v t e automotive industry in germany automotive industry economy of germany transport in germany companies active vehicle producers bmw bmw i bmw motorrad borgward daimler mercedes benz setra evobus smart maybach gumpert krauss maffei rheinmetall rmmv volkswagen group audi man rmmv porsche volkswagen volkswagen commercial vehicles foreign owned ford of europe ford werke iveco magirus opel hyundai europe defunct vehicle producers auto union dkw horch nsu wanderer trabant hansa goliath north german automobile and engine artega automobile fuldamobil goggomobil components atr behr bosch blaupunkt etas group bbs b hler motor continental dr xlmaier group d rr ag getrag hella hermann peters kspg l we automobil mahle mann hummel petri schaeffler voith zf friedrichshafen zf sachs motorsport and tuners abt sportsline ac schnitzer alpina amg bitter brabus bmw m carlsson g power gemballa hartge je design koenig specials mansory opel performance center ppi automotive design quattro rieger tuning ruf automobile steinmetz opel tuning services daimler financial services mercedes benz bank sixt related topics adac ami leipzig asam dtm frankfurt motor show german association of the automotive industry n rburgring defunct companies and marques above are shown in italics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blaupunkt & oldid 733658183 categories electronics companies of germanygerman brandsaudio equipment manufacturersloudspeaker manufacturersin car entertainmentrobert bosch gmbheconomy of hildesheimcompanies of germanycompanies based in lower saxonycompanies established in 19231923 establishments in germanyhidden categories use dmy dates from january 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