History

The origins of the company trace to 1889 in Türkheim

Türkheim

Türkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen, Wiedergeltingen and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen....

, Swabia, Germany when Felix Schneider founded a company manufacturing industrial woodworking tools. In 1965 the business entered the audio electronics market through the manufacture of radio cabinets

During the 1970s and 1980s the Schneider name became associated with audio systems; the company was unusual for a German audio systems manufacturer in that it focused on low cost products rather than the luxury sector.

In 1984 computers from the Amstrad

Amstrad

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 company were marketed under the Schneider brand in Germany and central Europe. In 1987 the association with Amstrad ended, and the company produced PC compatible machines from 1988.

The Gebrüder Steidinger company, (maker of the Dual

Dual (brand)

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 turnntable line) and brand were acquired from Thomson

Thomson

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 in 1988, in part to obtain a saleable brand name in France where the large and long established company Schneider SA was already present. In the 1990s the company's name was changed to Schneider Electronics

In 2002 the company was bankrupt. It was acquired by the TCL Corporation

TCL Corporation

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for €8.2 million in 2002.