Passion
Since 1981, loudspeakers have been our life. As we want people to enjoy music on a higher level, with more atmosphere and in varying forms, ELAC is committed to the highest possible quality.
We are dedicated to the perfection of loudspeaker engineering for you to dive into maybe unknown spheres of sound without restrictions on living ambience. To be able to produce uncompromising, hard-wearing, and modern products, ELAC is one of the few loudspeaker companies who build and produce the drive units - the motors - in-house thus continually extending their know-how.
Principles
The Kiel manufacturers rely on the success factors 'Innovation' and 'Quality' and promote technical advancement in their own house. This includes room-acoustic research and the development of computer programs for loudspeaker design and set-up as well as a specialised and highly vertically integrated production.
Made in Germany
Most of our loudspeakers are handcrafted in Kiel. We only use driver units produced by or only for ELAC. ELAC's know-how is protected by many patents. Every process is based on 100% inspections and a zero-error strategy, in the best traditions of ´Made in Germany´.
The customer´s rule
ELAC is entirely directed by the customer´s satisfaction. Naturally, this also includes quality management management according to ISO 9001:2000. ELAC quality encompasses all production steps, but also the sales procedures and after sale service. Part of this is technical consult by specialists as well as warranty services.
Do-It-Yourself
Development and production under the same roof secure coordination of even the smallest detail. For this, the highly vertically integrated production at ELAC is a major prerequisite. Every working step, from punching the voicecoil formers and winding the voicecoils up to special treatments of membranes and the production of magnets, is executed within the strictest tolerances. Before the next step, the results are checked through adequate measurements.
Outline
The Schleswig-Holstein enterprise employs ca 50 colleagues in Kiel plus 12 salesmen in Germany and 5 saleamen in specific countries, besides the representatives in numerous foreign countries. About 40 % of the annual gross sales are covered by export. Apart from the ´ELAC traditional markets´, China, Taiwan, and Japan, the fastest growing export market is Russia, where quality ´Made in Kiel´ is highly appreciated.
Sale
In Germany, ELAC products are sold only by authorized dealers. A consistent European distribution system with EU contracts ratified in Brussels guarantees a clean marketing. ELAC is represented by various agents throughout the world, who follow the same distribution concept.
Wild West Electronics is proud to be an authorized online Elac dealer. More information is coming soon on our complete mix of Elac branded products. Please call 1-800-785-0399 for more information and pre-ordering! Elac products are due in-stock for shipping late January 2009.
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