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Gemini company history timeline

1969

In 1969, he sold his tape business and formed Gemini Speaker Systems, operating initially out of a 4,000-square-foot location in Brooklyn.

1970

Originally born in England, Tony started his career in 1970 building a Telstar trimaran.

1973

Hunter Marine Corporation (Hunter), founded by Warren and John Luhrs, began building monohull sailing yachts in 1973 as a separate division of The Luhrs Group, which up until that time had concentrated on building powerboats.

1974

Recruiting Alan to design the first mixer, in 1974 Cabasso created a new division, Gemini Sound Products, and a month later entered the DJ market with the company's first mixer, the DJ-1, which retailed for $149.

1974: DJ division is formed.

1977

The 1977 film Saturday Night Fever helped to make disco popular and also introduced the concept of DJ-ing to a worldwide mass audience.

1981

In 1981 the very first Gemini Catamaran was launched and at the time no one knew it would start a legacy.

1984

To strengthen its ties to the music store channel, Gemini began in 1984 to participate in the annual tradeshow of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM).

1984: The company attends its first National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) tradeshow.

1989

In 1989, recognizing that vinyl records were rapidly being superceded by the compact disc, Gemini launched an effort to develop a professional-quality dual CD player for the DJ market.

The Catamaran Company was started in 1989 and grew to become the world's largest New catamaran dealer as well as the world's largest retailer of used catamarans, achieving annual sales of more than 100 new and used catamarans on an annualized basis for the previous 10 years.

1993

The company launched a wireless division in 1993.

1994

1994: The company's first international office is opened in France.

The Nine Planets has been online since 1994 and was one of the first multimedia websites that appeared on the World Wide Web.

1996

In 1996, with the prompting of the next generation of the Smith family, (daughter Laura and son Neil had both joined the company aŌer graduating college), Tony began work on a brand new Gemini.

1998

In 1998, looking to strengthen its line of lighting products, Gemini acquired Ness Imports Inc., a 21-year-old special effects lighting manufacturer based in Hackensack, New Jersey.

2002

As of 2002, the Sun appears in the constellation of Gemini from June 21 to July 20.

2006

In 2006, an exoplanet designated as Pollux b, has been confirmed to orbit the giant star.

2008

Laura had originally approached Hunter Marine in 2008 with a view to having them manufacture the Gemini 105Mc but no agreement had been reached.

2010

The initial result of this new manufacturing arrangement was a new “hybrid” Gemini, which was introduced at the US Sailboat show in Annapolis, MD in October 2010.

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