Press release
17.07.2002 - Johannesburg, South Africa
World Summit on Sustainable Development Benefits from Sennheiser Conference Technology
From August 19 to September 4, 2002 Johannesburg will host the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Comprised of the inter-governmental U.N. Summit and the Global Forum for non-governmental organizations, the summit will focus on topics such as environment, energy, healthcare, poverty, human rights and sustainable development. Together with the French communication company I.S Communication, German audio specialist Sennheiser will equip the Global Forum with conference and sound reinforcement technology.Sennheiser and I.S Communication are cooperating with CSS, the World Summit’s Civil Society Secretariat, which expects to welcome about 50,000 participants from all over the world to the Global Forum. I.S Communication and Sennheiser will provide conference equipment as well as all microphone requirements for the forum, with Sennheiser also offering its technical advice and systems planning service. As Rolf Meyer, President Marketing and Sales at Sennheiser, points out: “We are very pleased to assist the Global Forum in its important tasks and demonstrate our support for the issues of sustainable development.”
As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems, the Sennheiser Group with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, had total sales of over €227 million in 2001. The export share is 82%. Sennheiser has a total workforce of approx. 1,500 employees, of whom 800 are employed in Germany. Sennheiser is active worldwide and, in addition to other partnerships, has its own sales subsidiaries in France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Singapore, Canada, Mexico and the USA.
For further information about Sennheiser please visit us on the Internet at www.sennheiser.com or contact:
Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Press and PR • Edelgard Marquardt
Am Labor 1 • 30900 Wedemark • Germany
Tel.: +49-5130-600-329
Fax: +49-5130-600-295
E-mail: marquare@sennheiser.com
