Metz

Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG was a German consumer electronic manufacturer, Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz was the only remaining TV manufacturer which developed and produced their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and backed up by new investors now reformed as two independent companies Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH and Metz mecatech GmbH since 2015. History 28. November 1938: Paul Metz founds the company. 1939: Manufacture of electronic devices for Carl Zeiss. Development of the product range through the manufacture of products with high-frequency technology. until 1945: Production of radio technology for short-wave transmitters and receivers. 1947: Consumer electronics division established with the manufacture of the first Metz radios. 1950: Complete range of radio devices from the smallest Super radio to the radio gramophone. In keeping with the motto, "Metz - always 1st class", everything was done to ensure “the highest quality of sound and reception”. Construction of an electro-acoustic laboratory and another special laboratory. 1952: Another division is established: manufacture of flash units commissioned by Agfa and Carl-Braun begins. Amateur flash photography is revolutionised. Gold medal for sound, design and performance at an international exhibition in Luxembourg, certificate of honour and gold medal at an international exhibition in Thessaloniki. Manufacture of Metz “mecablitz” flash units begins. 1953: Spectacular presentation of 8 table and stand units at the “Great German Radio, Phonograph and Television Exhibition” in Düsseldorf. 1954: Worldwide sensation - production of the “Babyphon” (battery powered radio-phonograph combination), the first portable radio with a record player. 1955: TV manufacture begins. Metz presents the first television set with 3D surround sound system at the radio and television exhibition in Düsseldorf. 1957: The third division is established with the opening of a factory in Zirndorf making sound equipment storage units. Metz brings the first electron transistor flash unit in the world to the market “mecablitz 100”. 1958: First hi-fi systems from Metz: stereo hi-fi system "410" with 2 channel amplifier, stereo hi-fi music cabinet “705” with stereo auto-changer. 1963: 25 years of Metz. 1966: A new TV set factory opens in Zirndorf.