Widex - one of the world's largest hearing aid manufacturers
The Danish company was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families and is still owned by the relatives of the company’s original founders. Widex’ headquarters are located in Denmark, north of Copenhagen.
Today, it is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hearing aids. Widex hearing aids are sold in more than 100 countries around the world.
Widex has a long tradition of ground-breaking technology at a level of quality that few can match, and this has forged their reputation as one of the most innovative manufacturers in the industry. Widex hearing aids are known for their unique pure and natural sound producing some of the smallest and best hearing aids on the market.
The uncompromising approach to innovation has led to such advances as the world’s first digital in-the-ear hearing aid, as well as their own revolutionary wireless technology.
The mission is to provide the absolute best hearing aids and customer services by offering the most advanced, natural sound on the market. Widex products let people connect and communicate easily.
Widex' environmentally-friendly headquartersThe headquarters is truly a unique building being innovative, energy efficient, wind powered, reflecting the Danish tradition of environmental awareness making Widex the only CO2 neutral hearing aid producer in the world.
A 100 meter tall wind mill on site not only covers Widex' own energy consumption but also delivers surplus energy back to the power grid.
The windmill reduces CO2 emissions by 2,000 tonnes a year.The windmill also means that Widex is a WindMade™ certified company - the first global consumer label for companies that use wind energy. The UN and other major organizations highlighted Widex' substantial commitment to
clean energy.