WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND history

1952 The company Allgaier moves into a test site near Schnittlingen on the Swabian Alb to test its wind turbines.

1953 Renewal of Doctor Hütter's teaching assignment.

1957 The original model of modern wind turbines is Hütters StGW-34 turbine, 34m rotor diameter, 100 kW power, equipped with rotor blades made of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFK), blade angle adjustment, pendulum hub, el. wind tracking.

1965 Doctor Hütter is appointed professor of aircraft construction at the Technical University of Stuttgart.

The “Mouse Years” lasted a little over two decades, beginning in the late 1970’s.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the State of New Mexico on March 22, 1971 to found a new manufacturing company in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 1975, the first wireless microphone was added to the product line.

The spirit of the Lectrosonics family during the 1980’s continued to grow along with the product line and sales in general.

With new management in August of 1981 under the leadership of John Arasim, an emphasis on mechanical engineering and manufacturing capabilities ushered in the beginning of a new era in wireless microphone development.

1983 As part of a German-Brazilian research agreement with DFVLR Stuttgart (now DLR), a 25-metre plant with an output of 100 kW, the DEBRA-25, is being developed.

1987 Spin-off of the engineering company Aerodynamik Consult (ADC) by former aerospace students and Akaflieger of the TH Stuttgart.

1992 DLR is partially withdrawing from wind energy research.

The wireless IFB system was introduced in 1998 and became a workhorse product in broadcast and film markets.

In 2002 the fruits of several years of engineering effort began to appear.

The SWE is the first university chair for wind energy in Germany, was founded in 2004 and is based on a foundation by Dipl.-Ing.

A significant engineering effort developed the ASPEN family of advanced digital audio processors that were introduced in 2009.