Oticon is a hearing aid manufacturer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is a subsidiary of Demant A/S. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was hearing impaired. The company claims to be the world's second-largest manufacturer of hearing aids, and uses a management style known as "spaghetti organization"[1][2] introduced by Lars Kolind[3][4][5] under his leadership between 1988 and 1998.[6][7][8]
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| Founded | 1904 |
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| Founder | Hans Demant |
| Headquarters | Smørum, Egedal , Denmark |
| Products | Hearing aids |
Number of employees | 3000+ |
| Parent | Demant A/S |
Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in Poland, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.[9]
Oticon Medical
editOticon Medical is a sister company of Oticon, both being subsidiaries of the Demant Group.[10] Whereas Oticon specialises in hearing aids, Oticon Medical specialises in hearing implants and released its first products in 2009.[11] The company's Ponto bone conduction implant is now in its fifth generation.[12]
In 2013, Oticon Medical acquired Neurelec, a French producer of cochlear implants.[13]
In April 2022, Demant announced it had agreed to sell Oticon Medical to Australian company Cochlear Limited for DKK850 million and would exit the hearing implant business.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Oticon A/S: Spaghetti Organization and Beyond". IBS Center for Management Research. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Case Study: Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization (Condensed)". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ Peters, Tom (January 1994). Liberation Management. United States: Ballantine Books. p. 880. ISBN 0-449-90888-7.
- ^ Ewing, Jack (6 August 2007). "Denmark's Masters of E-Mail Marketing". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Poulsen, Per Thygesen (1993). Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. Denmark: Schultz Erhvervsbøger. p. 174. ISBN 87-569-7920-7.
- ^ Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. 1993. ISBN 9788756979207. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Think the Unthinkable (in Danish: Tænk det utænkelige!)". Kolind Kuren. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Morsing, Mette; Eiberg, Kristian (1998). Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade. Denmark: Oticon A/S. p. 244.
- ^ "Oticon Hearing Aids". Apex Hearing. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Oticon Medical – A company founded on care". earcommunity.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Our history". www.demant.com. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Oticon Medical bone-anchored hearing devices". Healthy Hearing. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Apr 2; Ear, 2013 | Behind the; Implants, Cochlear; News | 0 |, Industry (2 April 2013). "William Demant Acquires Neurelec, a French Manufacturer of Cochlear Implants". The Hearing Review. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ogg, Matt (27 April 2022). "Cochlear to acquire loss-making Oticon Medical for $170 million". Business News Australia. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
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- Oticon's official website
- Oticon's official UK site for NHS (Oticon NHS), which includes information and training resources for NHS hearing care professionals and the general public