Widex
Encyclopedia
Widex A/S is the world’s sixth largest hearing aid
manufacturer. In close collaboration with international audiological researchers and specialists, the company has developed a wide range of digital hearing aids, including the world's first 100% digital in-the-ear hearing aid in 1995.
The Danish company was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, who still own and run the company. Widex’ hearing aids are sold in almost 100 countries and the company employs approximately 2,000 people around the world.
Widex’ new headquarters are located in Allerød Municipality
, Denmark
, north of Copenhagen
. The new headquarters use groundwater for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Widex also placed an energy-generating wind turbine beside the building, despite the location being one of worst places for harnessing wind energy in Denmark.
Website about new building: www.widexbyggeri.dk
Hearing aid
A hearing aid is an electroacoustic device which typically fits in or behind the wearer's ear, and is designed to amplify and modulate sound for the wearer. Earlier devices, known as "ear trumpets" or "ear horns", were passive funnel-like amplification cones designed to gather sound energy and...
manufacturer. In close collaboration with international audiological researchers and specialists, the company has developed a wide range of digital hearing aids, including the world's first 100% digital in-the-ear hearing aid in 1995.
The Danish company was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, who still own and run the company. Widex’ hearing aids are sold in almost 100 countries and the company employs approximately 2,000 people around the world.
Widex’ new headquarters are located in Allerød Municipality
Allerød municipality
Allerød Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 67 km², and has a total population of 23,493...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, north of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. The new headquarters use groundwater for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Widex also placed an energy-generating wind turbine beside the building, despite the location being one of worst places for harnessing wind energy in Denmark.
External links
Official website: www.widex.comWebsite about new building: www.widexbyggeri.dk