Blaupunkt

Blaupunkt Origins

Blaupunkt GmbH was a German manufacturer, producing mostly car-audio gear and other electronic equipment. Owned by Robert Bosch GmbH from 1933 until 1 March 2009, it was sold to Aurelius AG of Germany. It filed for bankruptcy in late 2015 with liquidation proceedings completed in early 2016. The brand, now managed by GIP Development SARL of Luxembourg, is licensed for use by various product groups worldwide.

Blaupunkt was originally known as Ideal Radiotelefon- & Apparatefabrik GmbH, and it was founded in 1923 in Berlin, Germany. The company changed its name to Blaupunkt in 1938, which translates to “blue point” or “blue dot” in German, after the blue dot painted onto its headphones that had passed quality control. Blaupunkt became well-known for manufacturing radios and headphones, and it specialized in car audio equipment from the 1960s and 1970s onwards. The production of turntables was limited to a handful of models.