Who We Are
Knowles is an application-based technology company, collaborating on the development of new products and components for hearing instrumentation and the broader electronic devices market. Depending on your application, Knowles' design-development teams are assigned and managed by either the Knowles Hearing Instruments Group or the Knowles Electronic Devices Group.
Knowles Milestones
| 2011 – | Virtual Back Volume technology N’Bass™ for sound enhancement |
| 2007 – | World's smallest rectangular dynamic speaker |
| 2007 – | Balanced armature technology for premium earphones |
| 2006 – | Third-generation digital SiSonic microphones |
| 2005 – | World's first rectangular dynamic speaker |
| 2003 – | Second-generation SiSonic for breakthrough cell phone designs |
| 2002 – | First silicon surface mount microphone – SiSonic™ series |
| 2002 – | World's smallest dynamic speaker design |
| 2001 – | CMOS/MEMS technology platform launched |
| 2000 – | Expansion of high-volume global production facilities |
| 1998 – | Condenser technology platform yields to world's smallest ECM |
| 1996 – | Micro electro-mechanical controls established |
| 1994 – | Acoustic devices for global electronic business |
| 1994 – | World's flattest dynamic speaker design for cell phones |
| 1991 – | First Improved EM microphone |
| 1990 – | Sound Solutions: Strategic decision to entirely focus on telecom market |
| 1989 – | Hugh Knowles Center for Hearing Research at Northwestern U. |
| 1987 – | Introduced Class-D amplified receivers |
| 1982 – | First ultra high power miniature receiver |
| 1980 – | Sound Solutions: Focus on small speakers for cassettes recorders, dicatphones and telecom applications |
| 1971 – | First subminiature electret condenser microphone |
| 1956 – | Sound Solutions starts manufacturing dynamic speakers for TV-sets |
| 1954 – | First miniature microphone and receiver for hearing aids |
| 1947 – | First transistor-based miniature microphone |
| 1947 – | Sound Solutions starts manufacturing dynamic speakers for dictaphones and audio tapes |
| 1929 – | Sound Solutions radio speaker manufacturing founded in Vienna |