Milestones

With the new headquarters in 2010, Widex took its passion for advanced engineering and social responsibility one step further. The headquarters in Denmark is completely CO2 neutral. The windmill supplies energy to the building and to the community.

In 1985, Widex received the respected Danish design award, the ID PRIZE, for the world's first in-the-ear hearing aid with the same high technical quality as the best behind-the-ear hearing aids, as well as a ground-breaking design.

Prime minister Poul Schlüter presented the ID PRIZE to Erik Westermann. Co-founder Christian Tøpholm died after a traffic accident in the same year. It was very much thanks to his great efforts that the Audilens had become such a successful product. 

A young woman in the laboratory.  

Jeff Loran started work at Widex as a young toolmaker in 1961. He managed to celebrate 40 years at Widex before saying goodbye to begin his retirement.

"Christian Tøpholm often came past to talk about some of the things we were doing. It meant a lot to us to be visited by a director someone who, like us, was interested in technology and the various new models," Jeff Loran recalls. 

An American dispenser in Ohio in the 1960's used a Mini as an eye-catcher.

On the sign it said: "If you think this car is small, you should see our new hearing aids."