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Foto: Ws Audiology / Pr

WS Audiology hires new chief technology officer from car manufacturer

He succeeds chief research & development officer Stefan Menzl, who is stepping down after six years.
  • WS Audiology has no plans of merging product platforms
  • WS Audiology launches new platform and top products

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Foto: Gn Hearing / Pr

Analyst: Only natural for new GN CEO to form his own team

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GN Chief Executive Peter Karlströmer. | Foto: Pr

GN sets new management team after merger and launches new division

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Foto: Gn / Pr

New GN platform completes ten years of connectivity work

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Foto: Gn / Pr

GN launches new product platform

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Foto: Gn/pr

GN secures credit facilities of additional DKK 3.4bn

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  • Søren Nielsen, CEO of hearing aid company Demant. | Foto: Demant / Pr

    Jyske Bank questions Demant's continued momentum

    With increasing competition in the hearing aid market, Jyske Bank analyst Janne Vincent Kjær does not expect Demant to continue its strong momentum into 2024.

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  • Foto: Alan Youngblood/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Survey: Few Americans have purchased over-the-counter hearings aids

    Only 2% of Americans surveyed in the study have purchased over-the-counter hearing aids.

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  • Foto: Gn/pr

    GN completes divestment of Portuguese business and collects DKK 500m

    Belaudição has been sold to MCH Private Equity.

  • Foto: Mik Eskestad/Jyllands-Posten/Ritzau Scanpix

    Sonova and Demant slightly increased market share with US veterans in August

    GN Hearing declined for the second month in a row.

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  • Foto: Gn Hearing / Pr

    Large shareholder welcomes the merger in GN

    GN announced on Monday last week that the two divisions Hearing and Audio will be merged into one company.

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  • Anders Kjærsgaard Dybro takes over the position as General Counsel in GN Store Nord from Anne Baltzer. | Foto: GN Store Nord

    GN appoints a new General Counsel

    The change has nothing to do with the merging divisions Audio and Hearing, the company tells MedWatch.

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  • Foto: Gn Store Nord / Pr

    President of North American operations to lead GN Hearing from October

    The future head of GN Hearing will report to Peter Karlströmer, who will become Group CEO in October. 

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  • The hearing group WS Audiology, the result of the 2019 merger between Widex and Sivantos, has no plans to integrate the two hearing aid platforms from each of the respective companies before the merger. | Foto: Ws Audiology / Pr

    WS Audiology has no plans of merging product platforms

    Hearing health group WS Audiology continues to see benefits in having a product platform under both Signia and Widex brands. Analysts also see benefits. 

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  • Foto: Gn Store Nord / Pr

    GN merger pipelined long before change of chairman

    The merger has been discussed for years – even while Per Wold-Olsen was in the chair.

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  • Foto: Gn/pr

    GN chairman reassures on company's future on top of management change

    The board of GN is convinced that keeping the company together creates more value for shareholders.

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  • Foto: Gn Hearing / Pr

    Chairman praised successful turnaround in GN Hearing despite financial decline

    GN Hearing is in no better place financially today than it was in 2019.

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  • Foto: Gn Hearing / Pr

    Departing CEO on leaving GN: My own decision

    There have been talks between Gitte Aabo, CEO of GN, and the board of directors of the audio group for a long time about a possible stop, according to the former.

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  • Foto: Jukka Pekka Pertola / Privat

    GN: Merger of Hearing and Audio divisions will boost innovation

    The products in GN’s two divisions are becoming more and more similar, says Chairman of the Board Jukka Pertola.

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  • Foto: Nati Harnik/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    WSA: Veterans Affairs market share to rise with launch of new Signia platform

    WS Audiology had a 6.1% market share with american war vetarans in July.

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  • Maarten Barmentlo, marketingdirektør i WS Audiology | Foto: Ws Audiology / Pr

    WS Audiology launches new platform and top products

    New product platform under the Signia brand builds on known technology that WSA believes sets them apart from the competition. 

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  • Foto: Gn/pr

    Gitte Aabo leaves GN after merger of Hearing and Audio divisions

    GN is reorganizing its business structure and putting a new CEO in charge of the company, which will operate as one company in the future.

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  • Norwegian national Per Wold-Olsen joined GN Store Nord as chair of the Board in 2008. | Foto: Mik Eskestad

    Per Wold-Olsen on 15 years as chairman of GN: "A very positive, rewarding journey"

    When Per Wold-Olsen became chair of GN Group in 2008, it was not a given that the company would survive, according to the man himself. In March, he stepped down after 15 eventful years as chairman.

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  • Demant employees in Denmark and abroad will have to find new jobs after the hearing and audio group has decided to wind down its gaming business in the Communications segment. | Foto: Jens Dresling

    Discontinuation of gaming business leaves 40 Demant employees jobless

    Demant employees in Denmark and abroad will have to find new jobs after the hearing and audio group has decided to wind down its gaming business in the Communications segment.

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  • Foto: Ws Audiology / Pr

    WSA chief exec no longer fears OTC cannibalization

    Previous fears among hearing aid manufacturers that over-the-counter (OTC) sales would drive customers away from other sales channels were unfounded, according to Eric Bernard, CEO of WSA.

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  • Eric Bernard, chief executive officer of WS Audiology. | Foto: Ws Audiology / Pr

    WS Audiology announces new product platform "coming soon"

    A new top product from hearing health group WS Audiology is just around the corner, according to CEO.

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