The company Metz (Metz works GmbH & CO. Kg) produces roaring and flat picture television as well as similar and digital photo flash appartuses ("mecablitz"). In addition it maintains a plastic factory. Metz manufactures ISO 9001 under the quality seal.

Most devices are manufactured in the work in Zirndorf (with Nuremberg). All Home of Entertainment products is driven out exclusively over specialist dealers with own repair workshop.

History

• 28. November 1938: Foundation of a firm by Paul Metz
• 1939: Manufacturing of electronic devices for Carl Zeiss
• until 1945: Production of short wave transmitters and - receivers
• 1947: Division entertainment electronics is created, first Metz radio is produced
• 1950: complete broadcast product assortment; Establishment of special laboratories
• 1951: Starting signal for TV-production
• 1952: new division: Flash appartuses on behalf of Agfa and Carl-brown
• 1953: Self-selling of flash appartuses under the label name Mecablitz
• 1954: World sensation: Presentation baby phon (portable receiver)
• 1955: Presentation of the first television set with 3D-Raumklang-Systems on the radio exhibition
• 1957: new division: Plastics engineering
• 1957: first transistor flash appartus of the world: mecablitz 100
• 1966: new TV-equipment-work develops
• 1976: Beginning of color television set production
• 1987:100 - cycle per second technology is started
• 1992: To 5. Times in consequence honor "specialized trade partner No. 1" of market internally
• 1993: Founder Paul Metz deceases; Continuation of the enterprise by Helene Metz
• 1996: Computer-similar card location system is introduced, whereby uncomplicated, additional around, up and with the specialized trade partner locally become possible
• 1998: TV-devices with 100-Hertz-Technologie are only produced
• 1998: New building of a Service-Zentrums and misalignment of the enterprise after Zirndorf
• 1998:60 - year old firm anniversary
• 2000: Presentation of the first fully integrable DVB S module; all starting from April 1997 produced Metz TV devices can digitally be completed
• 2001: New DVB modules: for DVB-T and DVB-C
• 2003: Again: Fully into TV-devices of integrable Festplattenrekorder with time SHIFT function
• 2004: Further development of the Flat TV of assortment (22 ", 30 ", 42 ") as well as conception of the new TV-equipment-line "Bristol "in 4:3 and 16:9 format. Particularly for digital compact cameras on photokina handy Metz mecablitz 28er series is introduced. World novelty: adaptive 28 CS-2 digitally with immediately correction the keys.
• 2005: Conversion of the entire TV-assortment to integrated digital technique for terrestrial and cable receipt. Clear structuring of the assortment in Flat TV, Slim TV and Classic TV.

In this connection first conception of the new line Slim TV with clearly reduced housing depth with CRT. Addition of the staff lightning assortment for digital cameras with specific special functions.

Metz Home Entertainment

In the Metz product assortment numerous - also with shortened Slim picture tube - is to format, an extensive assortment at LCD televisions with integrated digital receipt (DVB C/DVB t) in and -, as well as a DVD Rekorder.

According to own data all LCD TVs with picture diagonals is produced of 26-37 tariff and in Germany. They are driven out exclusively over authorized specialist dealers, which possess their own repair workshop. Thus is, so Metz, to which customers a service is ordered, which does not end with the sales of the equipment. The Tuner built in the newer devices is replaceable and can be replaced by specialist dealers by DVB receivers. So one can receive DVB-S, DVB-T or DVB-C without a set Top box. Besides all newer Metz televisions in a the position are to indicate the electronic program magazine EPG (NexTView). The internal system DataLogic is comparable with e.g. Megalogic of Grundig or Q-left by Panasonic: The transmitter table of the television can be transferred over a SCART cable to the Metz video recorder front spar 48. Thus manual programming of the video recorder becomes redundant. Further Metz television can indicate short control references to push of a button directly on the screen. In addition Metz televisions in a the position are to show the owner like he further devices (video recorder, Camcorder,"Â…) to attach is. One indicates, one possesses which devices and the television computes the best possibility of attaching all devices and spends it as clear connection diagram on the image plane.

mecablitz photo flash appartuses

Beside television sets in LCD and 100 Hertz technology - the latters also with shortened Slim picture tube - Metz produces also flash appartuses for similar and digital cameras.

Among them are among other things flash appartuses, which developed Metz SCA support.

Plastics engineering

With their plastics engineering the Metz works supply also different companies with construction units. For the different requirements different procedures are used:

• Contact injection moulding
• Gas internal pressure injection moulding
• Thermoplastic-foam-pour
• Ultrasonic welding and warm embedding
• In-Mold-procedure

For surface treatment one uses the following techniques with Metz:

• Lacquer finish on water or solvent basis
• Automatic lacquer finish with systems of the companies ABB, AKR and Dete
• Hand lacquer finish at hand spraying cabs
• Printing on (Tampondruck)
• Hot coinage

Honors

• The golden satellite pdf document receives 2004 golden satellite for Metz Spectral 72Metz Spectral 72
• August 2004 Metz Artos 82 per is test winner in the test of the magazine video
• 2005: To 16. Times in consequence honor "specialized trade partner No. 1" of market internally
• 2005: To 9. Times in consequence place 1 with the rf-letter inquiry to the selling, assortment and ServivepolitikMetz reserves seat 1 in the rf-letter inquiry
• August 2005 with the inquiry to the achievement mirror "Mehrfachsortimenter" of the of industry news service market reached internally Metz in all three categories - product quality, selling politics and specialized trade support - place one.
• May 2006: Metz Mondial 82 Slim reaches 1. Place under the tube televisions in the comparison test of the donation goods test. Metz Mondial 82 Slim test winners
• April 2006: Metz Talio 32 S is test winner in the comparison test of the magazine HomeVisionMetz Talio 32 S test winners
• May 2006: Metz Talio 32 S is test winner in the comparison test of the magazine digital television

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