Riedel Communications Austria

The CdH delegation was invited to visit Riedel Communications Austria, a subsidiary of Riedel Communications GmbH of Wuppertal, Germany.

Riedel Communications Austria, a subsidiary of Riedel Communications GmbH of Wuppertal, Germany.  Founded in 1987, the parent company develops, produces and sells innovative, real-time networks for video, audio, data and communication solutions for various sectors.  Sectors include radio broadcasting, pro-audio, event, sport, theatre, security and industry. Riedel employs over 700 staff at 25 sites in Europe, Australia, Asia and the USA.

Riedel Austria, the Austrian subsidiary, is an engineering development hub located in Vienna and is staffed by talented software and hardware engineers involved in the development of world class products for the broadcasting and event industry sectors.  The staff of the Vienna hub comprises a hardware team which specialises in PCB layouts and mechanical design, and a software team with expertise in front end and back end development, automated test software, and FPGA programming. As such, the company is uniquely qualified for the development of glass fibre transmission systems, video processing and wireless communication, which are core technologies of the Riedel product lines under the names of “Artist”, “Bolero”, and “MediorNet”.

 

Mr Jürgen Dinez-Malleck, General Manager of the Austrian operation, and Mr Gernot Butschek, Head of Development, welcomed the CdH delegation and gave a joint presentation about the company and its activities. One of the key areas of expertise in which the company excels is in removing interference “clutter” from digital transmission streams. This results in much improved clarity of, for example, audio communications.

After the presentations the visitors were taken on a tour of the company’s premises and were shown the development and test facilities and also some of the company’s products.  This was followed by the provision of light refreshments on Riedel Austria’s roof-top terrace where the delegates could remove their covid masks – as this was the first on-site event undertaken by the CdH after the peak of the 2020-2022 covid pandemic.