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BRAUN
German pronunciation "brown", (not "brawn" as is frequently mistaken in English) GmbH is a German consumer products company known for its clean industrial designs. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the company's design staff began producing household products with a functionalist design—radios, slide projectors, audio equipment, etc.—that are iconic of modern 20th century industrial production, and are prized today as collectors' items.
German pronunciation "brown", (not "brawn" as is frequently mistaken in English) GmbH is a German consumer products company known for its clean industrial designs. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the company's design staff began producing household products with a functionalist design—radios, slide projectors, audio equipment, etc.—that are iconic of modern 20th century industrial production, and are prized today as collectors' items.
From 1984 through 2005, Braun was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Gillette Company, which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967. Braun is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Proctor & Gamble, which acquired Gillette in 2005. Because Braun is owned by a U.S. company, some of its employees—and many employees of stores that sell Braun products are unaware of its German origin and insist on pronouncing the name "brawn." The customer-service hotline has a recorded message with the American pronunciation. (Perhaps the company has made a decision.)
