The story
1981-1990
April 18, 1981 - d&b audiotechnik is registered as a business in Korb near Stuttgart by Jürgen Daubert and Rolf Belz
1985 - The first complete product line
1988 - The 1220 system is d&b's entry into the installation market.
1989 - The company moves to Backnang. Their first overseas offices are opened in Great Britain and Scandinavia.
1991-2000
1996 - The company opens its first office in Italy
1997 - d&b audiotechnik begins using digital signal processing technology
1998 - An office in United States is opened
1999 and 2000 - Offices in Japan, France and Spain are opened, construction begins on a second factory on the same premises.
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2001-2011
2003 - d&b launch the Q-Series and the D12 amplifier.
2004 - d&b audiotechnik launches the Cardioid Subwoofer Array and the ROPE C software to provide central control and monitoring of the systems.
2006 - The launch of the J-Series
2007 - Launch of the R1 Remote control software
2008 - A new office building and factory opens
2010 - Launch of the T-Series
2011-Present
2014 - d&b launches its first column loudspeakers, xC-Series
2015 - d&b launches ArrayCalc V8 simulation software, featuring ArrayProcessing software
2017 - d&b Soundscape [DS100 Signal Engine + En-Scene and En-Space software] was launched
2018 - The GSL line-array system from the SL-Series was launched
2019 - The A-Series was launched
2020 - d&b audiotechnik launches the KSLi system
2021 - d&b announces d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG, and the acquisition of UK AV provider, SFL Group.
2021 - d&b announces d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG, acquires UK lighting rental company, Whitelight.
2025 - d&b introduces CCL (Compact Cardioid Line Array) in January, followed by the CCLi for installed applications in fall
2025 - In December 2025, it was announced that d&b audiotechnik would acquire the ARVA Group, a Nordic supplier of professional audio equipment with operations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.
2026 - January marked the introduction of U-Series, a family of point source loudspeakers, available as passive and networked variants.
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