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The Klangfilm
company was founded in 1928 with two major shareholders
(Beteiligungsgesellschaft): Siemens and AEG (owner of Telefunken). In February 1929
Klangfilm was coupled with Tobis (Tonbild Syndikat AG - with a swiss
owner company). In Paris, in 1930, the new Tobis-Klangfilm company
signed a very important contract with the General and Western
Electric Company ("Pariser Tonfilmfrieden"). This contract reserved exclusive rights of
distribution and licensing of recording and cinema equipment in
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and other Eurpean
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In 1941 Siemens
acquired the part held by AEG and after WWII the former plant in
Leipzig remained in East Germany, but the Siemens AG was located in
West Germany (Munic). This way the production was restarted in the
Siemens plant in Karlsruhe. Many products were sold with Siemens
brand name as well as with Klangfilm logo (when distributed for
cinemas). Most parts, chassis and speakers can be found in units
with both labels. |
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