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- Professional Mobile RadioAll products are especially adapted to industrial, governmental and traffic conditions
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- Acoustic measurementsIndividual conception, analysis, consulting, measurings and evaluation of automotive acoustics
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- GSM & UMTSNext generation technologies: GSM and UMTS modules at peiker
- Bluetooth and WLANBluetooth® technology and integration of WLAN interfaces into the vehicle
- Vehicle networkEmbedded soft- and hardware development for CAN- and MOST bus systems
- Microphone technologyMicrophone technology at peiker: capability in the area of vehicle acoustics
- Radio technologyAnalog and digital broadcast radio along with Web-based radio on demand.
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Our History
Founding
1946
- Heinrich Peiker and his father-in-law, Paul Beerwald, establish the factory “Beerwald & Co.” for the manufacture and sale of piezoelectric and acoustic devices and equipment; company headquarters are located in Bad Homburg, Germany
- Production of a crystal microphone as a milestone in the product range
1950 - 1959
1950
- Development of cardiac microphones for use in medical instrumentation
1951
- Heinrich Peiker becomes the sole owner of the company
- Production range consists primarily of various types of crystal microphones
1952
- Development of Type TM24 dynamic microphones for home studio technology
1957
- American balloonist Major David G. Simons is the first person to rise to the edge of space, at over 30,000 m (18.6 mi) in altitude; he does so with a special microphone from peiker in his helmet
1960 – 1969
1961
- peiker hand microphone TM70 is used with audiotape devices made under the UHER-Report brand. It is the first microphone used on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas
- peiker is the sole supplier of the hand microphone TM67/TTF for the German federal air traffic control authorities, military, Eurocontrol, and civilian use
1962
- peiker relocates to new headquarters, gaining its own production space for the first time, in the Ober-Eschbach urban district of Bad Homburg
1963
- The TM40 studio microphone is rated “very good”, the highest possible score, by German consumer goods testing body Stiftung Warentest
1965
- Development of the built-in microphone Intercept DN125 for official applications
1967
- Development of the TM110/TF hand microphones for mobile radio use
- Company is restructured as a limited partnership under the name Peiker acustic, Fabrik elektroakustischer Geräte Heinrich Peiker
1969
- Heinrich Peiker is awarded the newly endowed German federal award “Gute Form” by then-Federal Minister of Economics Professor Karl Schiller, in Berlin, for the TM102 microphone from peiker
1970 - 1979
1972
- Market launch of combined audio and speech sets for government security radio, firefighters, and other emergency responders
1973
- Introduction of the KL1 small loudspeaker for mobile radio; it continues to set standards in this field today
1975
- Development of the pressure chamber loudspeaker Type DHL1, with dual folding horn
- Founding of peiker Consulting GmbH, focusing on worldwide acquisition, licensing, and administration of patents, copyrights, and related rights
1977
- The Minister of Economics of the German state of Hesse, Heinz-Herbert Karry, awards Heinrich Peiker the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in acknowledgement of his entrepreneurial and social accomplishments
1980 - 1989
1981
- Andreas Peiker appointed Managing Director
1983
- Development of the ME350 conference microphone with light ring display
- Andreas Peiker takes over the partnership shares in the company following the death of his father, Heinrich
1984
- Presentation of the first operating handset HA1/A10 for mobile radio
1985
- H13 operating handset for mobile phones is No. 1 seller in Europe
- Development of the first peiker passenger car hands-free kit, for Siemens
- Conceptualization of the first digital phone answering machine, for Alcatel
1988
- Development of the ME7 hands-free microphone, with low-noise technology, for in-car mobile radio
1990 - 1999
1991
- Founding of pei tel Communications GmbH in Berlin (Teltow district), focusing on sales and distribution in the newly reunified states of Germany
1992
- Relocation to the new corporate headquarters in Friedrichsdorf, in the Taunus region; name changed to peiker acustic GmbH & Co. KG
1993
- First foreign subsidiary, peiker France S.a.r.l. (now peiker France SAS), founded
1996
- Expansion of activities in North America through founding of peiker acustic, Inc. in Auburn, California, USA
1998
- Advance into the innovative business segment of traffic telematics with the peiker product “Pole Star”
1999
- Testing victories in the trade publications Newcom and autoConnect with the new peiker cell phone hands-free kit
- Relocation of peiker acustic, Inc., from Auburn, California to Dallas, Texas
2000 - present
2000
- Development of vehicle integration for a new off-board navigation system, together with Compaq and Tegaron
- Market launch by peiker of one of the world’s first Bluetooth™ hands-free kits for vehicles
2001
- Presentation of the CupPhone™ at the CeBIT
- Presentation of the VW Golf “e-generation” with the first in-car Internet access, in which peiker implemented the vehicle integration of the HP PDA
2002
- Introduction of the universal hands-free kit with interchangeable cradle (CKII), initially for Nokia, Siemens, and Motorola
2003
- Improvement of the Bluetooth™ hands-free kit with speaker-independent speech recognition
- Together with DaimlerChrysler, peiker receives U.S. “Telematics Update Award 2003” for the Bluetooth™ hands-free kit as the best telematics solution and best consumer vehicle application
2004
- Introduction of the CKIII with built-in GSM module and Bluetooth® rSAP
- Development of a built-in telephone with CAN connection for commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN
- Establishment of additional production site, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- Opening of a center of competency for speech input systems and vehicle bus connections, in Böblingen, Germany
2005
- First-ever complete integration of the Apple™ iPod® into a vehicle, using the iPod® Interface Kit developed by peiker for Mercedes Benz Accessories GmbH
- With a product portfolio including hi-fi car kits and modular hands-free kits, peiker acquires important mobile radio manufacturers as clients
2006
- peiker launches its new handset with Bluetooth® technology (rSAP); specifically designed as a series solution for Audi AG, the feature-packed new handset can compete with a cell phone
- Dedication ceremony for the new logistics center on the grounds of the headquarters in Friedrichsdorf in June 2006
2007
- Development of BLUETOUCHmusic® multimedia car kit in cooperation with ALAC GmbH as a two-in-one aftermarket solution: Bluetooth® hands-free kit and music station with intuitive touchscreen user interface
2008
- Market launch of the Universal Media Interface (UMI), an in-car combination of navigation and multimedia, for MBA as the customer as well as the cell phone cradle Car Kit IV for the iPhone® 3G
2009
- Development of the NAD (Net Access Device) module as the basis for future eCall applications
- First prototype of peiker radio technology with automatic shift between time segment and RDS synchronous reception
2010
- USB enabled desktop microphones released for the PMR market for use in the emerging market of VoIP and RoIP digital consoles
- The PTCarphone3 fixed mobile phone is released for use in government and commercial vehicle fleet applications
