Rotel

Rotel

Rotel

Japanese audio equipment manufacturer

For the brand of canned sauces, see Ro-Tel. For the German travel company, see Rotel Tours.

Rotel is a family-owned Japanese manufacturer of hi-fi audio and video equipment: home theater, amplifiers, compact disc players, etc. Rotel was started by Tomoki Tachikawa in Tokyo Japan in 1957 as a hi-fi electronics manufacturer. It is currently run by the nephew, Peter Kao.[1]

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In the early 1980s Rotel joined the B&W Group forming a strategic alliance with Bowers & Wilkins and established exclusive distribution networks in North America and several European markets. Classé Audio later joined the group. Over the next 20 years, Rotel appointed virtually all Bowers & Wilkins distributors globally. In 2000 the B&W Group established Rotel Europe in the UK to consolidate all Rotel sales and support activities outside North America.[2]

The Classé brand was acquired by Sound United in 2018. In October 2020 Sound United LLC also acquired Bowers & Wilkins.[3]

Rotel maintains an exclusive network of specialist hi-fi dealers around the world.

References

  1. [1]
    "Kevro Int'l becomes the Distributor of Rotel in Canada".
  2. [2]
    rotel_admin (2016-05-18). "Our Story". Rotel. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  3. [3]
    "Sound United Finalizes Acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins". 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-11-24.


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