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UHER Werke München KG
UHER Werke München KG 1 , commonly abbreviated to UHER,
was an electronics company in München (Germany) that was specialised
in the development and manufacture of (portable) open-reel
tape recorders.
The company was established in 1952 and was sold in 1974.
Their machines were known for their reliability and became very popular
with reporters and in the film industry.
The recorders were also used by many
law enforcement agencies and in the
espionage business.
The company was established as a GmbH (Ltd.) in December 1952 or January
1953 by Hungary-born Edmond Uher, with the first open-reel tape recorder
being ready for release late in 1953 [1]. The machine went into production
the next year.
In 1957, the company was converted into a KG (limited partnership) and was
renamed to UHER Werke München KG, registered in Austria.
After digital recording became mainstream,
UHER became less popular and was finally sold in 1974 to Assmann GmbH in
Bad Homburg (Germany) who currently owns and licences the brand name.
Because of the reliability of the recorders and their relatively small
size (for the era), they were used in the broadcast and film industry as
an affordable alternative to Nagra.
The machines were also used by
law enforcement agencies
and in the espionage trade during interrogations
and for covertly recording conversations.
In the early 1960s, the
Czechoslovakian
intelligence agency even converted the
UHER Report 4000
recorder into an
Electronic Dead Letter Box (EDLB).
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The company was established as a GmbH (Ltd.) but was converted
into a KG (limited partnership) in 1957.
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