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Wilson Benesch
Wilson Benesch is a British private company that designs and manufactures hi-fi audio equipment, including loudspeakers and turntables. Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Wilson Benesch operates its entire design and manufacturing operation from Falcon House. Built in the 1930s, Falcon House is an art-deco styled building in the North-West of Sheffield, the original home of Batchelors.
Wilson Benesch launched its first product in 1991, the Wilson Benesch Turntable, and continues to develop turntables, loudspeakers, furniture, and generators. The company often uses carbon fibre composites and metal alloys in its manufacturing process.
Wilson Benesch claims to manufacture nearly 90% of all its product components in-house from raw materials. Design work is completed using Dassault Systèmes’ three-dimensional CAD/CAM software, with the company operating various types of machinery, including CNC machines for metal alloy components and Vacuum Resin Transfer Moulding machinery for producing carbon fibre composite components.
In 2012, Wilson Benesch secured a loan with Finance Yorkshire, who provide seedcorn, loan and equity investments via the UK Government, European Regional Development Fund and European Investment Bank to help businesses grow and develop. The loan enabled Wilson Benesch to expand its manufacturing operations and begin end-to-end production of its new reference loudspeaker, the Cardinal.
Research and development (R&D) has been central to the development of Wilson Benesch. From the outset, finance and subsequent earnings from sales of the initial products were invested in new product development.[citation needed]
In addition, Wilson Benesch has secured funding through grant applications to His Majesty's Government for innovative, high-risk, research and development projects. These projects have drawn on collaborative partnerships with scientists in a number of fields and from a number of universities, including, University of Leeds, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, as well as other technology companies and institutes such as the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Hypetex. Since its foundation, Wilson Benesch has been successful in six separate grant funding applications, accounting for more than £600,000 of publicly funded research and development. These programs have often been conducted by the company as part of a match funded agreement, with Wilson Benesch committing as much as 50% of the total R&D budget.
Noteworthy innovations resulting directly from grant funded research:
Since Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989, the company has consistently developed audio products based around the innovative application of carbon fibre composite materials technology. Wilson Benesch uses carbon fibre composite materials technology to extract the unique stiffness and damping properties of the material. The composite material proved to provide high specific stiffness and internal damping, minimising distortion. Wilson Benesch often use geometric forms within the design of composite structures to optimise this stiffness, often reducing the weight of the component in the process and reducing the number of flat surfaces in the finished product that can create problems with distortion and standing waves.
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Wilson Benesch
Wilson Benesch is a British private company that designs and manufactures hi-fi audio equipment, including loudspeakers and turntables. Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Wilson Benesch operates its entire design and manufacturing operation from Falcon House. Built in the 1930s, Falcon House is an art-deco styled building in the North-West of Sheffield, the original home of Batchelors.
Wilson Benesch launched its first product in 1991, the Wilson Benesch Turntable, and continues to develop turntables, loudspeakers, furniture, and generators. The company often uses carbon fibre composites and metal alloys in its manufacturing process.
Wilson Benesch claims to manufacture nearly 90% of all its product components in-house from raw materials. Design work is completed using Dassault Systèmes’ three-dimensional CAD/CAM software, with the company operating various types of machinery, including CNC machines for metal alloy components and Vacuum Resin Transfer Moulding machinery for producing carbon fibre composite components.
In 2012, Wilson Benesch secured a loan with Finance Yorkshire, who provide seedcorn, loan and equity investments via the UK Government, European Regional Development Fund and European Investment Bank to help businesses grow and develop. The loan enabled Wilson Benesch to expand its manufacturing operations and begin end-to-end production of its new reference loudspeaker, the Cardinal.
Research and development (R&D) has been central to the development of Wilson Benesch. From the outset, finance and subsequent earnings from sales of the initial products were invested in new product development.[citation needed]
In addition, Wilson Benesch has secured funding through grant applications to His Majesty's Government for innovative, high-risk, research and development projects. These projects have drawn on collaborative partnerships with scientists in a number of fields and from a number of universities, including, University of Leeds, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, as well as other technology companies and institutes such as the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Hypetex. Since its foundation, Wilson Benesch has been successful in six separate grant funding applications, accounting for more than £600,000 of publicly funded research and development. These programs have often been conducted by the company as part of a match funded agreement, with Wilson Benesch committing as much as 50% of the total R&D budget.
Noteworthy innovations resulting directly from grant funded research:
Since Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989, the company has consistently developed audio products based around the innovative application of carbon fibre composite materials technology. Wilson Benesch uses carbon fibre composite materials technology to extract the unique stiffness and damping properties of the material. The composite material proved to provide high specific stiffness and internal damping, minimising distortion. Wilson Benesch often use geometric forms within the design of composite structures to optimise this stiffness, often reducing the weight of the component in the process and reducing the number of flat surfaces in the finished product that can create problems with distortion and standing waves.