Mr.
Hans H. Plisch, an Electronic Engineer
by profession founded the company
H. PLISCH in the year 1955.Pioneering
the Initial Developments of high quality
measurement transmitters and Television
Control Receivers for the new and
expanding TV Stations in Germany,
he started off with the broadcasting
stations and the German Federal Post
- who were then the institution in
charge of regulating the use of high
frequency distribution.
The
development and production of a frequency
spectrum receiver system and a antenna
spectrum radar receiver system was
his next brainchild. These equipments
were able to monitor a frequency range
up to 300MHz, as well as pin-point
the direction of interference transmitters.
In the year 1958, this became an absolute
necessity as the use of frequency
ranges increased drastically.
When
TV2 in Germany started broadcasting
, the German Federal Post extended
the UHF broadcasting network and relied
on Plisch to develop the first Frequency
Converter from IF to UHF. This development
in 1964 gave birth to the first range
of tuneable coaxial cavity resonator
with a gold plated surface, which
eliminates the need for maintenance.
Sales
of TV frequency converters and interference
measurement equipment increased by
the year 1966 and with increasing
sales volume, Plisch reinvested their
huge profits into R&D and in 1968
developed a frequency transposer with
a output power of 1kW.
This
Coaxial Cavity Resonator technology
was the base of all High Powered Transmitters
with 10kW and 20kW capacity you see
today. In 1969 when Solid State Technology
was introduced the development of
VHF/ UHF transposers ranging from
1 Watt to 20 Watt in fully solid-state
technique was put in place.
This
followed with the development of 2.5
and 10kW transmitters, which transpired
during the years 1970 to 1975 when
Plisch introduced the linearity pre-correctors
to greatly improve the "radius of
activity".
While
others were looking at the advancement
of Plisch as leaders in transmitter
technology, Plisch once again surprised
the world with the introduction of
the "Jolly B" - the first transposer
using modular architecture.
The
Industry in 1978 saw this Modular
Technology as a Miracle to Service
Engineers. Faulty modules were simply
exchangeable without costly repairs
or site maintenance.
Plisch's
tube power amplifiers up to 20kW with
maintenance free coaxial cavity resonator
were also marketed & sold worldwide
by Rohde & Schwarz, then a new comers
to the Transmission scene.
Plisch
concentrated further in Research and
Development and was responsible for
the first hyper-vapotron cooling system.
At this stage annual sales of transposers
and transmitters reached 1000 pcs
per year.
During
the 90s Plisch's number of employees
grew to 250 with a turn over of more
than DM 55,000,000 per year.
With
new and more effective cooling methods
being developed. together with changes
from bipolar transistors to LDMOS
Technology European Broadcasters bought
up more than 150 DAB Transmitters
and 50 DVB Transmitters quickly during
the end of the Nineties.
The
turn of the Century Plisch product
range was completely revised and a
complete modular system ranging from
1 Watt to 80kW using state of the
art LDMOS technology and the latest
remote control systems (SNMP, Bit
Bus, R232, modem and serial ports
) was developed for both analogue
and digital in VHF and UHF .Plisch
decides to expand its frontiers internationally
and increased its revenues by 30%.
This made way to a second generation
of digital TV systems - DAB & DVT-T.
Automatic Linearity Pre-Correctors
and Management Systems which completed
the product range of Plisch .
Plisch
decides to expand its frontiers internationally
and increased its revenues by 30%.
This made way to a second generation
of digital TV systems - DAB & DVT-T.
Automatic Linearity Pre-Correctors
and Management Systems which completed
the product range of Plisch .
Plisch,
with the Plug in Technology could
transform its Transmitters from Analogue
to DVB-T and DAB by just a simple
switch command. This allowed a TV
Channel to transmit in Analogue during
the Day and switch to Digital for
test trials in the night. Or even
use it as a DAB Transmitter.
This
was branded as THE BRILLIANCE OF PLISCH
TECHNOLOGY.
To
expand further into the world market,
Plisch set up an office in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia in 2004. In recognition of
its rapidly expanding presence in
Asia Pacific, Plisch opens a new regional
headquarters for the Asia Pacific
region in Singapore in 2004. The office
will greatly expand its current area
operations in the region. The new
regional office will be responsible
for the operations, finance, sales
and marketing of Plisch Products in
the Asia Pacific region and provide
after sales service with inventory
of spare parts to be readily available
for all its distributors in Asia.
Plisch presence in Asia includes offices
in Thailand which opens in March 2009
and China, shortly after in April
2009.
Expected
revenue of increases in the Asian
market is set around 35%.
Today,
Plisch is not only an Industry Leader
but also an International Company
with a solid financial foundation
still exploring the frontier for State
of the Art Transmission technology
with products and services beyond
any comparison. |