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| Industry | Consumer electronics |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Jacques Mahul |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | home audio, mobile audio, professional audio |
| Brands | Focal |
| Revenue | € 156 million (2022)[1] |
| Total assets | Alpha Private Equity[2] |
Number of employees | 300[3] |
| Parent | Vervent Audio Holding[4] |
| Subsidiaries | Naim Audio,[5] Focal Naim America / Canada,[6] Focal Naim Deutschland[7] and Focal Ébénisterie Bourgogne[8] |
| Website | www |
Focal-JMlab is a French company that has been designing and selling high fidelity audio systems since 1979. Based in Saint-Étienne, the company manufactures loudspeakers for the home, speaker drivers for automobiles, headphones, professional studio monitors, as well as outdoor speakers and those dedicated to yachts.
The Grande Utopia is the brand's emblematic loudspeaker, which earned the company its worldwide reputation.[9] It is considered one of the best high-fidelity loudspeakers in the world.[10][11]
Focal's industrial strategy concentrates on having full control over the entire production process, from the design and manufacturing of the speaker drivers to the assembly of the final product. Its products are entirely designed and developed in France, and the majority of the production is carried out at the workshops in Saint-Étienne (France). Focal has been a member of the Comité Colbert since 2024.[12]
Focal-JMlab generates a €156 million annual turnover and employs around 300 people at its facility in Saint-Étienne, which groups the production, R&D and management departments at the same site.[13][14] Its export share is 70%.
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- ^ "Focal, pépite tricolore de la hi-fi, change de mains". 2019-10-18.
- ^ "Focal monte le son de la croissance à fond dans le haut de gamme". 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne : l'entreprise Focal à la conquête du monde du son". 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Focal, leader français des enceintes acoustiques, acquiert le britannique Naim". 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Vervent Audio Group creates Focal Naim America and Focal Naim Canada". 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Aus music line wird Focal Naim Deutschland". 2019-07-23.
- ^ "Focal présente l'usine où sont fabriquées les ébénisterie de ses enceintes made in France". 2016-12-05.
- ^ Jack English auditions the JMlab Grand Utopia loudspeaker Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, on focal.com.
- ^ Pierre Stemmelin, Top 44 des meilleures enceintes acoustiques audiophiles de tous les temps Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, on on-mag.fr/index.php.
- ^ Valérie Marchive, Grande Utopia EM, l’enceinte de tous les superlatifs Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, on lepoint.fr.
- ^ Julienne, Florence (2024-01-09). "La prestigieuse Tour Eiffel devient membre du Comité Colbert". FashionUnited (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Les enceintes Focal poursuivent leur percée sur un marché de l'audio en berne". Les Echos (in French). 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "La Talaudière. Focal monte le son de la croissance à fond dans le haut de gamme". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-06.