Company History

Electrosonic was founded in 1964. It currently employs over 300 people and has an annual turnover of $75 million. The company has always been among the first to apply new technology; and here are just some of the milestones in its history.

1964
One of the first to manufacture automatic thyristor dimmers.

1965
Among the first to develop electronic dissolve units for slide projection.

1968
The first to make all-electronic programming systems for mixed media shows using multiplexed data on magnetic audio-tape

1970 – 1976
Introduced AV Presentation Units, most notably the very popular ES3601 and ES3609 units.

1983
One of the first to develop electronic scene-setting systems for architectural lighting control.

1984
Among the first to achieve practical, solid-state, audio replay systems for museum and exhibition displays.

1986
The first to adapt the new memory architectures being developed for the computer and optical products markets to videowall image processing applications.

1988
Created the most practical, flexible videowall programming and image processing systems with the PicBloc product range.

1992
Built the world's biggest videowall with 850 monitors for EXPO 92 Seville – where Electrosonic equipment was used in 35 pavilions controlling over 2,000 video screens and 500 slide projection screens.

1995
Started developing customized MPEG compressed video systems. Delivered the compression and copying workstations for Steven Spielberg's "Survivors of the Shoah" project.

1998
Devised new algorithms for electronic image resizing that form the basis of Electrosonic's high-resolution VECTOR product range.

1999
Winner of AV Technology Awards for Systems Company of the Year and Excellence in the Use of Videowall.

2000
Introduced High Definition video servers for public display applications. First customers included the Kentucky Derby Museum, the American Museum of National History, NASA, Terra Mittica (Spain) and the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House (London).

2001
Launched Electrosonic Director meeting room processor to enhance the Smartroom complete room installations.

2002
Winner of AV Technology Awards for Installation of the Year (Thinktank at Millennium Point in Birmingham UK).

2003
Winner of Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence Use of Technology (for Imperial War Museum North, UK). Winner of three awards at the very first Archi-tech AV Awards, organized by the ICIA and Archi-tech magazine (for Imperial War Museum North and Thinktank). Winner of Service Company of the Year and Systems Company of the Year at the UK AV Awards ceremony.

2004
Electrosonic celebrates our 40th Anniversary year by winning no less than four top awards at the UK AV Awards ceremony - Systems Company of the Year, Service Company of the Year, Installation of the Year (for Space Park Bremen) and the coveted Grand Prix Award. Winner of another top award at the Archi-tech AV Awards for our installation at The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Audio Visual Consultants (AVC) of Edinburgh became a member of the Electrosonic Group. The UK Systems Division gains Silver Level Status as a Certified Audio-Visual Solutions Provider (CAVSP).

2005
Electrosonic UK achieves SAFEcontractor accreditation, a health and safety scheme for contractors. Christie Digital Systems of Cypress, California gives Electrosonic it's award Integrator of the Year for 2004. Electrosonic once again scoops four top awards at the UK AV Awards ceremony - Systems Company of the Year, Service Company of the Year, Business Installation of the Year (for Barclays) and Consumer Installation of the Year (for The Churchill Museum). The VN-QUANTUM and VN-MATRIX products are launched. Electrosonic launches Infonet, an intranet service developed especially for Electrosonic staff working on outsourced service sites. Electrosonic signed a joint venture agreement with Scharff Weisberg Systems Integration Inc. creating Electrosonic New York. A new regional office was opened in China, and Electrosonic Systems Inc. in Burbank acquires design company AME, creating a new centre of Systems Design excellence in California.

2006
Electrosonic once again wins four top awards at the UK AV Awards ceremony - Systems Company of the Year, Service Company of the Year, Business Installation of the Year (for the Highways Agency) and the prestigious Grand Prix Award for AV Company of the Year. A new Electrosonic subsiduary opens in Sweden and new Design Consulting and Managed Media Services Divisions are set up in the US.

2007
A new regional office opens in Dubai. Electrosonic wins an InAVate Award for its installation at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. At the UK AV Awards Electrosonic is announced as Service Company of the Year for the fifth year running and is also awarded Business Installation of the Year for the fourth year running.