Braun GmbH
Type	wholly owned subsidiary
Founded	1921
Headquarters	Kronberg, Germany
Industry	Small appliances
Products	Electric razors Electric toothbrushes Coffeemakers, toasters, blenders
Parent	Procter & Gamble
Website	www.braun.com

Braun in Kronberg

Braun (help· info) (German pronunciation "brown", English pronunciation "brawn") GmbH is a German consumer products company known for its clean industrial designs. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the company's design staff began producing household products with a functionalist design—radios, slide projectors, audio equipment, etc.—that are iconic of modern 20th century industrial production, and are prized today as collectors' items. Image File history File linksMetadata BRAUN_Logo_sw. ... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... There are communes and places that have the name Kronberg: In Switzerland Kronberg im Alpstein, a mountain with its elevation at 1,662 m or 1,663 m. ... Electric egg beater Small appliance refers to a class of home appliances that are semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms. ... Collection of Modern Safety Razors - Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette M3Power, Mach3 Turbo Champion, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3, Schick Xtreme SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables A razor is an edge tool primarily used in shaving. ... Electric toothbrush, made by Braun. ... A blue Alaska brand drip coffeemaker. ... A classicly-styled chrome two-slot toaster A toaster is a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast bread, an act also known as making toast. ... An electric blender. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 391 pixelsFull resolution (2585 × 1264 pixel, file size: 842 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Braun (company) Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 391 pixelsFull resolution (2585 × 1264 pixel, file size: 842 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Braun (company) Metadata This file contains... Image File history File links Braun. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

From 1984 through 2005, Braun was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Gillette Company, which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967. Braun is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, which acquired Gillette in 2005. In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... Global Gillette is a business unit of Procter & Gamble. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ...

Products

Braun's products include the following categories:

• Shaving and Grooming (electric shaving, hair trimming, beard trimming)
• Oral Care (now under the Oral-B brand)
• Beauty Care (hair care and epilation)
• Heath and Wellness (ear thermometers, blood pressure monitors)
• Food and Drink (coffee makers, coffee grinders, toasters, blenders, juicers)
• Irons
• Clocks and Calculators (clocks for arms, tables, walls; calculators)

Formerly a manufacturer of high-quality radios, slide projectors, optical equipment, and high-fidelity sound systems. Oral-B is a brand name of toothbrush and other dental care products (such as dental floss) manufactured by Procter and Gamble who acquired Gillette in 2005. ...

Braun washable cruZer3 razor

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History

Braun HF 1, Germany 1958

Max Braun, an engineer, established a small engineering shop in Frankfurt am Main in 1921. In 1923 he began producing components for radio sets. In 1928 the company had grown to such an extent, partly due to the use of certain plastic materials, that it moved to new premises on Idsteiner Strasse in Frankfurt. Download high resolution version (480x640, 18 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 18 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For the Technical Symposium of NITK Surathkal Engineer , see Engineer (Technical Fest). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Eight years after he started his shop, Max Braun began to manufacture entire radio sets in 1929. Soon after, Braun became one of Germany's leading radio manufacturers. This development continued with the launch of one of the first combined radio and record players in 1932. Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...

In 1935 the Braun brand was introduced, and the familiar logotype with the raised "A" took form. At the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, Max Braun received the award For special achievements in phonography. Three years later, the company had more than 1000 employees. A brand is a customer experience represented by a collection of images and ideas; often, it refers to a symbol such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... This article or section should include material from logo design, discuss it at Talk:Logo design A logotype, commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface/font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Shorthand is a writing method that can be done at speed because an abbreviated or symbolic form of language is used. ...

Braun continued to produce state-of-the art radios and audio equipment, and in 1956 introduced its now famous SK-4 record player. Braun soon became well known for its 'high-fidelity' audio and record players. High fidelity or hi-fi reproduction is a quality standard that means the reproduction of sound or images is very faithful to the original. ...

The 1950s also marked the beginning of the product that Braun is most known for today: the electric shaver. The S 50 was the first electric shaver from Braun. The shaver was designed in 1938, but World War II delayed its introduction until 1951.[1] It featured an oscillating cutter block with a very thin, yet very stable steel-foil mounted above it. This principle is still used in Braun's shavers of today. Collection of Modern Safety Razors - Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette M3Power, Mach3 Turbo Champion, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3, Schick Xtreme SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables A razor is an edge tool primarily used in shaving. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Oscillation is the variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. ...

From the mid-1950s, the Braun brand was closely linked with the concept of German modern industrial design and its combination of functionality and technology. The most influential designer at this time was Dieter Rams, a member of Braun's design staff. Rams was a key figure in the German design renaissance of the late 1950s and 1960s, and a former teacher at the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung. Eventually becoming head of Braun's design staff, Rams' influence was soon evidenced in many products. Braun's famous SK-4 record player and the high-quality 'D'-series (D45, D46, D47) of 35mm slide projectors are some of the better examples of Functionalist design. Another 'icon' of modern design, but less well known, is the electrostatic loudspeaker unit LE1, the electronics were licenced from QUAD For nearly 30 years Dieter Rams served as head of design for Braun A.G. until his retirement in 1997. Many of his designs - wonderfully sleek coffee makers, calculators, radios and razors - have found a permanent home at the Museum of Modern Art. Dieter Rams (born May 20 1932 in Wiesbaden) is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company Braun. ... The article is about functionalism in sociology; for other uses, see functionalism. ... Look up quad, quadri- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ...

In the 1970s, a design approach influenced by pop-art began to inspire Braun products, which by this time included many common household appliances and products. Contemporary Braun design of the period incorporated this new approach in bright colors and a lightness of touch, while still clean-lined in keeping with Functionalist philosophy.

A controlling interest in Braun AG was sold to The Gillette Company in 1967 by the heirs of Max Braun, complementing the razor offerings of that company. Braun became a wholly owned subsidiary of Gillette in 1984; Gillette was in turn acquired by Procter & Gamble in 2005. Collection of Modern Safety Razors - Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette M3Power, Mach3 Turbo Champion, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3, Schick Xtreme SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables A razor is an edge tool primarily used in shaving. ...

External links

• International Website: Braun
• History of Braun

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