Minuendo is a manufacturer of

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s in the form of

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s for the HSE and hearing

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market. The products typically address users that are reliant on sound fidelity and spatial awareness while exposed to stressful or

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levels of sound. Examples of user groups are Musicians, sound engineers,

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s and

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professionals.

History

SAE Hearing AS was established in June 2018 in

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and registered as Minuendo AS in March 2019. In addition to employees, the largest owners as of April 2019 are

AF Group The AF Group ASA () ( no, AF Gruppen) is the third largest civil engineering and construction company in Norway. The company headquarters is located in Oslo. The AF Group is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. History The AF Group was establis ...

and OBOS through Construct Venture,

SINTEF SINTEF ( no, Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning), headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is an independent research organization founded in 1950 that conducts contract research and development projects. SINTEF has 2000 employees from 7 ...

Venture V, StartupLab Founders and Halden Municipal Pension Fund. The company is a commercial spin-off from

, one of Europe's largest independent research organizations through their Technology Transfer Office (TTO). In part funded by the FORNY program from the

Research Council of Norway The Research Council (also the Research Council of Norway; no, Norges forskningsråd) is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 11,9 billion (2021) ...

, a new technology for

s was developed from 2015 to 2018 forming the core of Minuendo's IP. The acoustical science group at

has a history developing advanced hearing protection technologies, earlier commercialized through Nacre AS. Nacre was acquired by personal protection equipment supplier

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in 2007, which in turn was acquired by

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in 2010.

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