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AEV is an Italian company based in Argelato (Bologna - Italy) and its business set up is based on studying, planning, manufacturing and trading of the product range on the Radio Broadcast market.

AEV branded products have been on the market since 1980, when the company was founded by three brothers.

A few years later, the company had changed into a true trading and commercial set-up which, by keeping closely in touch with the Radio Broadcast market trends, developed its authority and Know-how which are now acknowledged worldwide.

Its approach to the digital technology, its engineering and production development have enabled it to market products with a quality/price range so competitive to immediately meet, while presenting a whole product range that spaced from the audio connector to the aerial and offered a pre/post-sales service, the market consensus.

One of the company's creed is the on-going professional up-dating given to all staff (English and Spanish language courses, sales and communication techniques, buying and production management, etc.)


MARKET POSITION

AUDIO PRODUCTS

AEV is the only company that plans and produces products that are specifically designed for the broadcast market production and on-air studios.

By the coming of the digital technology AEV has almost entirely changed its product range by introducing on the market a series of high technological content equipment that are in line with the present market requirements.
Our "audio" range set-up is of about 30 products, the planning and know-how of which are entirely owned by AEV.


AUDIO PRODUCTION
:

  • CONSOLE BROADCAST

    ENERGYA: A 24 inputs full Digital Console. It is the most technologically advanced and the best quality/price ratio of all products that are on the market.
    SYNAPSE: Traditional analogical console with digital option is on the market from November 2002. Its technical features and its pricing make it a clearly interesting product.
    BSM 622: A 6 inputs and 2 telephone hybrids compact console, excellent for low-budget on air studios.
    MMS 3000: With the model MMS 3000, MMS AEV has the series, a family of sound that made the history of Radio Studies. An elegant design for a more appropriate placement in a modern radio studio, as the now legendary reliability due to the series MMS, the setting of modular mainframe with 16 channels, allows custom configuration needs to be a current operational flexibility for adjustments to future needs.

  • AUDIO PROCESSORS

    XTREME : A 5 band full digital audio processor. Directly in competition with Orban and Omnia, its pricing is about half of other ones currently featured on the market.
    MIRAGE FM: A highly competitive priced 3 band analog audio processor.

    P.S.FM, AM and TV options are available for Xtreme, Diamond and Mirage audio processors.

  • TELEPHONE HYBRID

    Studio hybrids:
    ITB 302: Dual line digital telephone hybrid
    ITB 201: Dual line telephone hybrid

    Hybrids for Reportage:
    Telereport PLUS: Portable Digital Hybrid
    Telereport 10: Portable telephone Hybrid
    UMR 6200: Portable unit for Reportage

  • STEREO CODER E DECODER

    STARLIGHT: Digital coder + composite clipper
    STARGATE: Digital coder + composite clipper + RDS-RBDS generator
    RDS 4500: Radio Data System generator




    CUSTOMER CARE

    Besides presiding to the main trading fairs, the marketing service strategy sets up regular calls to the main world wide client base, in order to check on the market trends and demands, it also gives support to all distributors and sales work.
    Usually, it is an agent together with a sales-technician making the calls; it is the last one who sees to the showing of new products or to manage in-house updating courses to distributors and concessions technicians.

    Our own customer's in-house assistance is made available in three ways:

  • Internet

  • Logistics

  • Sales and technical

    Internet
    Internally, AEV has given way to a Multimedia Department which manages and gathers all Divisions and Department data so as to publish on AEV Internet site all products info, aimed to all customers , and all technical supports, sited in a designated reserved space, for distributors.
    The technical support include:

  • Customer's requested products high and low resolution pictures, to be displayed on their Internet sites so as to offer information (low resolutions pictures) or to be used for printing advertisement leaflets (high resolution pictures)..

  • Pdf formatted service and technical manuals.

  • Firmware and software up-dating.

  • Smart broadcasting software system up-dating.

  • Up-dating and service technical notes.

  • Products brochures

    Our staff is also available for any query to help solve any problem arising from web management through a special customer help-line.

    Logistics
    In the sales department, our dedicated staff call on customers to give them an up-date on their orders deliveries and, once the Italian custom is cleared, they send them all information pertaining the shipping chosen and its status, the carrier and all other information that are useful to the customer so to enable them to readily review the products on order.

    Sales and technical
    The staff of this department keeps in constant touch with the Sales Department to give a pre-sales service aimed at providing the best possible answers to all customers queries.

    On the after-sales side, to keep in direct contact with the customers, there are direct telephone lines answered by the staff


    RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

    AEV philosophy has always been one of ownership of the hardware, firmware and software projects that are aimed at the creation of or the development of all its audio apparatus produced and put on the market.



    In line with this philosophy, the Research and Development Department, staffed by 7 technicians and reports directly to the Production Department, constantly strives to follow the course of:

  • Development of the audio products that are in the catalogue; its purpose is to up-date the product range depending on the market trends and to improve its features.

  • New audio products planning of and prototyping of; this work holds two main aims:

    - Production of new analogical product types, updated for the market requirements.
    - Production of digital technology new audio products by DSP and firmware owned applications.

  • Development and up-dating of the smart broadcasting software package.
    Throughout the years 2000 and? 2005, the Research and Development Department, hardware section, has revolved around the Know-how, the planning of and prototyping of ?products that are now the main aim of AEV production:

  • Xtreme 5 band Digital Audio Processor

  • Energya Digital Console

  • Synapse Analog Console

  • Rabbit Audio Switcher

  • Telereport Plus Reportage Telephone Hybrid

    It is through these products development and application that the Research and Development Department has been able to develop and apply its knowledge towards the following areas:

  • Electronics: The study has allowed to apply digital technology to the high density Hardware development, to SMD technology, through the use of DSP devices.

    Firmware: The study has allowed to develop:

  • Sound control and processing algorithmics

  • Machine functions and interlocking controls are managed by means of the purpose built microprocessor

  • Mechanics: The study has allowed to produce owned by mould-sets for the Energya mixer body and for all interlocking push-buttons. This has allowed an optimum level of product industrialisation, while holding the production costs within. The know-how and technology acquired has been part of the SYNAPSE mixer development.



    Throughout the last three years, there has been a strong growing development on the Research and Development side, and also on AEV own home and worldwide distribution Sales structure.
    The current results are reflecting the expectations by showing a high profit rate that is, and will be, going to reward all efforts made.

    Essentially, AEV has all the requirements to gain further large shares of the world market, through its talent in creating products that are quality and price related which address, both, a medium-low and a medium-high market niche. The pre/after sales service is a company fundamental strategy which, together with the audio equipment projects ownership and the entire audio and F.M. product range availability, makes AEV the perfect and privileged referral mean for all its existing customers, broadcasting stations and distributors or concessions.



    AEV Via della Tecnica,35
    40050 Argelato - Bologna - ITALY
    tel +39 051 892963
    fax +39 051893605
    mail aevsales@aev.eu

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