Immediately after Alexander Graham Bell carried out the first transmission of stereo sound in 1933, Mr. N. C. Madsen founded Vifa. Before long, his strong technical knowledge and creative ability propelled Vifa engineering to the top of the emerging Hi-Fi industry. A skilled engineer, N. C. Madsen also expressed a profound love of music, which he gladly shared with his customers.
From the beginning, Vifa has endeavoured to develop and manufacture products capable of delivering accurate musical sound reproduction. Throughout its 70-year history, Vifa has held true to its promise of offering high quality, advanced audio solutions to the Hi-Fi industry. Still today, pure sound is the company’s ultimate goal.
Vifa technology is utilized by more than 300 of today’s leading companies, and Vifa sound reproduction can be experienced in every corner of the world. In fact, chances are that you have experienced Vifa sound quality without having been aware of it.
1933:
Vifa established by N. C. Madsen
1947:
Vifa supplies OEM drive units to Danish companies
1965:
Manufacturing facility doubles in size
1972:
Manufacturing expands from producing only drive units to complete loudspeaker systems
1977:
Export of Vifa drive units initiated
1982:
Vifa USA, Inc. established
1990:
Vifa acquires Scan-Speak and establishes Scan-Speak USA
1995:
Vifa acquires shares in Peerless Fabrikkerne A/S, Denmark
1996:
Regional sales office in Bangkok established (Vifa Asia Ltd.)
1999:
Vifa and Scan-Speak merge to form Vifa/Scan-Speak A/S
2000:
Danish Sound Technology A/S merges Vifa, Peerless and Scan-Speak activities
