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SABA

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German consumer electronics company

SABA (Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt lit. "Black Forest Apparatus Construction Institution") is a German electronics company founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), present-day Baden-Württemberg. SABA started as a clock-making company, then became a radio manufacturer, and a few years later a record label.2 It ceased to exist in 1986.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1835Founded1
  • HeadquartersVillingen-Schwenningen1
  • Founded inTriberg im Schwarzwald1
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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SABA
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SABA (Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt lit. "Black Forest Apparatus Construction Institution") is a German electronics company founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), present-day Baden-Württemberg. SABA started as a clock-making company, then became a radio manufacturer, and a few years later a record label. In 1968, SABA sold the majority of the company to GTE, an American telephone company. In 1980, the company was purchased by Thomson SA and integrated as a separate business unit.2

The story

SABA began as a clock-maker in Triberg (Black Forest), founded in 1835 by Joseph Benedikt Schwer. In 1918 it moved to Villingen. Herman Schwer, the founder's grandson, started the manufacturing of headphones, radio parts, and a variety of products from radio components to receivers.

In 1931, SABA produced more than 100,000 units of the SABA Radio Type S-35. It introduced for the first time on the market dynamic loudspeakers which soon became a bestseller. The company developed the first radio receiver with search and automatic fine tuning in all bandwidths. In 1951, IFA, a consumer industry electronics show in Berlin allowed SABA to show their first TV receiver. SABA successes enabled the company to manufacture tape recorders. It introduced the large TV screen projector 'Telerama' on the market, and it launched the first color TV with wireless remote control.

From Wikipedia’s article on SABA (electronics manufacturer), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • television

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Divisions

  • SABA

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Timeline

  1. 1986Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1835Founded Founded in Triberg im Schwarzwald1

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