Sales of Car Entertainment, Home Entertainment, amateur and professional radio products in DACH
JVCKENWOOD Deutschland GmbH
Bad Vilbel, Germany · Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan (parent company)New on Amplifa
About KENWOOD Deutschland
JVCKENWOOD Deutschland GmbH is the German subsidiary of Japan's Kenwood Corporation and is responsible for sales and marketing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The portfolio includes Car Entertainment and navigation systems, Home Entertainment and Smart HiFi, amateur radio devices, professional mobile radio (NEXEDGE, DMR, analog, ATEX) as well as licence-free PMR446 and Freenet radios. In addition, the company manages the OEM business in the automotive sector for Europe and handles product support, service and warranty processing through a network of contracted workshops and authorised service centres. No manufacturing takes place in Bad Vilbel; production is carried out internationally within the JVCKENWOOD Group. The roots of the parent company go back to the founding of Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. in 1946 in Nagano, Japan. The German subsidiary was founded in 1973.
- Site
- Bad Vilbel
- Processes
- Sales and marketing Car Entertainment, Sales of car navigation systems, Sales Home Entertainment, Sales of amateur radio products, Sales of professional mobile radio products, Sales of licence-free radio products, OEM business in the automotive sector for Europe, Product support, service, warranty processing
- Materials
- Digital Mobile Radio / KAIROS, Software Defined Radio, NEXEDGE Radio Devices, ATEX Radio, Licence-Free Radio, DAB+ Reception Technology
- Certificates
- 24-month manufacturer's warranty
- Founded
- 1946 (pare
- Industries
- Automotive (Car Entertainment/Navigation OEM), Consumer Electronics (Audio), Professional Mobile Radio (PMR/DMR), Amateur Radio, ATEX Radio
- 01
Product development (parent company JVCKENWOOD)
- 02
Manufacturing at Group production sites (among others Malaysia)
- 03
Sales and marketing DACH (Bad Vilbel)
- 04
Automotive OEM business for Europe
- 05
Product support, service and warranty processing via contracted workshops
Product Areas and Technologies
Digital Mobile Radio / KAIROS
Digital professional mobile radio systems with base stations and repeaters, including simulcast radio networks of Radio Activity (Milan), acquired in 2018.
Software Defined Radio
KAIROS transceivers perform modulation, demodulation and filtering entirely via DSP software and enable multi-protocol operation (analog and digital).
NEXEDGE Radio Devices
Digital handheld and mobile devices as well as repeaters for professional mobile radio.
ATEX Radio
Analog and digital handheld radios for use in explosion-hazard areas.
Licence-Free Radio
Duty-free handheld radios for PMR446 and Freenet without licensing requirements.
DAB+ Reception Technology
Car and Home Entertainment products with digital broadcast reception, since 1997 with the first car DAB receiver from a Japanese manufacturer.
Locations
Bad Vilbel
DESales, marketing, OEM support and service coordination (company headquarters)
Hachioji, Tokyo
JPHead Office of the parent company JVCKENWOOD Corporation
Product Groups
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Service
Service and warranty processing is handled via contracted workshops and authorised service centres in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; in addition to the statutory warranty, Kenwood grants a 24-month manufacturer's warranty for Home Entertainment and Car Audio/Car Navigation.
| Evidence | Bad Vilbel |
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| 24-month manufacturer's warranty |