Elac

For other uses, see ELAC (disambiguation).

ELAC Electroacustic

Company type	GmbH
Industry	Electronics
Founded	1926
Headquarters	Kiel , Germany
Products	Studio monitors, Loudspeakers, Loudspeaker Drivers Subwoofers
Website	www.elac.com

ELAC MM-cartridge

ELAC 310 with JET-tweeter

ELAC is a German loudspeaker manufacturer. It was founded in 1926 as "Electroacustic GmbH".

During World War II, it built electroacoustic devices for the Kriegsmarine and other nautical applications, and the company reached a peak of 5,000 staff. ^[1]

After the war, the company transitioned to mainly producing consumer goods, initially building sewing machines and later transitioning into consumer electronics, though it maintained its nautical division. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It also distributed goods from foreign firms such as Sony, Fisher Electronics, and Nakamichi within Germany. ^[4]

In 1978, the firm filed for bankruptcy and the nautical division was sold to the American firm Honeywell and renamed to 'Honeywell-ELAC'. The nautical side of the business would be sold again to L3 Technologies in 1998, Wärtsilä in 2015, and Cohort PLC in 2019. ^{[3] [5]}

In 2016, ELAC acquired the American audio company Audio Alchemy. ^[6]

References

1. "ELAC – Klang lebt – ELAC history". ftp.elac.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
2. "HIGH Fidelity". www.highfidelity.pl.
3. "Wärtsilä verkauft Kieler Elac Nautik". KN - Kieler Nachrichten.
4. "ELAC: A Scandinavian Visits a German Speaker Company". Soundstage! Scandinavia.
5. "Wärtsilä übernimmt L-3 Elac Nautik". KN - Kieler Nachrichten. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
6. Staff. "ELAC to Acquire Audio Alchemy". Technology Integrator. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2017.