Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG was a German manufacturer of mass market audio equipment.
History
The origins of the company trace to 1889 in Türkheim, Bavaria, Germany, when Felix Schneider founded a company manufacturing industrial woodworking tools. In 1965 the business entered the audio electronics market through the manufacture of radio cabinets[1]
During the 1970s and 1980s the Schneider name became associated with audio systems; the company was unusual for a German audio systems manufacturer in that it focused on low cost products rather than the luxury sector.[1]
In 1984 computers from the Amstrad company were marketed under the Schneider brand in Germany and central Europe. Schneider sold the Amstrad CPC 464, Amstrad PCW and Schneider Joyce,[2] followed by the Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640.