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Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG was a German manufacturer of mass market audio equipment.
In 1984 computers from the
History
The origins of the company trace to 1889 inTürkheim
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, Swabia, Germany, when Felix Schneider
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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
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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
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turntable line) and brand were acquired from Thomson Thomson may refer to:
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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
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for €8.2 million in 2002.
See also
*Schneider Computer Division
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* Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
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*Schneider (surname)
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* G. Schneider & Sohn, a Bavarian brewery company
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* Schneider Euro PC
The Schneider Euro PC was a PC compatible home computer, introduced in 1988 by the Schneider Computer Division.
A follow-up to the success of the Schneider CPC series, the Euro PC offered an inexpensive entry into the emerging market for home P ...
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