Sangean Electronics, Inc. () is a Taiwanese electronics company headquartered in
Zhonghe District
Zhonghe District (, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Khu), also spelled Chūwa and Jhonghe, is an inner city district in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan.
Geography and climate
Zhonghe lies just south-west of Taipei City and shares borders with Banqia ...
,
New Taipei
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...
,
Taiwan
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, with a factory located in
Dongguan
Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the ...
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China. The organisation is globally active with business units in
Venlo, Netherlands
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, for Europe and
Santa Fe Springs, California
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, for the Americas. The business units are directly in contact with distributors in relevant areas. It is noted for its
shortwave radio receiver
A shortwave radio receiver is a radio receiver that can receive one or more shortwave bands, between 1.6 and 30 MHz. A shortwave radio receiver often receives other broadcast bands, such as FM radio, Longwave and Mediumwave. Shortwave radio receiv ...
s and digital radio (
HD and
DAB) receivers.
Products
Sangean produces
DAB / DAB plus (DAB+) radios,
HD Radio tuner radios (with international tuning support), internet radios, work site radios, shower radios, portable radios and handheld radios.
The brand is distinctive for its designed products. Several products have won awards, which include and the Taiwan Symbol of Excellence.
Products
Apart from products sold under its own brand names, which include
Lextronix,
Sangean also produces on behalf of other companies: Many of the shortwave radios marketed by
Siemens,
Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb ...
,
Braun
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,
Grundig
Grundig (; ) is a German consumer electronics manufacturer owned by the Turkish Arçelik A.Ş., the white goods (major appliance) manufacturer of Turkish conglomerate Koç Holding. The company made domestic appliances and personal-care prod ...
,
C.Crane, and
Roberts have been and are being developed and produced by Sangean.
''The UNDOK app''
Most of the internet radios Sangean produces are compatible with the UNDOK app. The app can be used to connect a mobile device to the radio and select an input (DAB, FM, Bluetooth) or radio station.
Image:ATS_909_worldband_receiver.jpg, Sangean ATS 909
Image:Sangean_WR-12.jpg, Sangean WR-12
Image:Sangean_WR-11.jpg, Sangean WR-11
Image:SANGEAN_WR-1.jpg, Sangean WR-1
Image:Sangean_DPR215.jpg, Sangean DPR-215
File:Sonos radio.jpg, Sangean ATS 505 (top right)
See also
*
List of electronics companies
*
List of companies of Taiwan
Sources
External links
{{commons category, Sangean
Sangean Official WebsiteSangean FacebookSangean InstagramSangean YoutubeSangean EuropeSangean Australia
1974 establishments in Taiwan
Electronics companies established in 1974
Digital radio
Electronics companies of Taiwan
Manufacturing companies based in New Taipei
Taiwanese brands
Zhonghe District
Radio manufacturers
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