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Built on one man's vision and experience, MIPRO leads the Asian market in wireless radio microphone systems - and is taking on the best in the West

Now Asia's leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems, MIPRO was established by KC Chang in Taiwan in 1995. An experienced Audio and RF engineer, Chang's early hobbies included audio and wireless-related electronics and ultimately led him into a successful career in the professional audio electronics industry. Following his graduation from university in 1960 he taught in high school and worked in his electronics shop where he became renowned for assembling tube radios, amplifiers and various items of sound equipment - the ideal learning combination of good theory and real hands-on practical experience. He designed the first FM wireless microphone back in 1970 and followed it with his first patent for a condenser microphone capsule in 1971. Later that year Chang founded Chiayo Electronics Company, which specialized in manufacturing wireless microphone systems and condenser microphones. Chiayo went on to become the first fully-certified wireless microphone manufacturer in Taiwan. Being both the president and an engineer, he devoted his time solely to R&D. After 20 years of successful operation, Chiayo was rewarded with listing as one of Taiwan's 500 Best Manufacturers.

In 1995 Chang sold his shares in Chiayo after encountering differences of management philosophy, and founded MIPRO Electronics to focus on and further develop specialized advanced wireless technology products - all under the umbrella of a progressive new management philosophy. As well as involving himself in new product research and development, Chang continues to contribute to the exciting and innovative design concepts that are so typical of MIPRO products. It was a fitting reward for a very successful career and a job well done when MIPRO was recently listed as Taiwan's Best Microphone Manufacturer - a real achievement in what is now the world's centre of microphone manufacture.

Today, with 40 years' experience of the wireless market to call upon, CEO Chang has set up a world-class production facility lead by a dedicated management under the control of president Solomon Chang. Outside of Asia MIPRO competes with top wireless manufacturers around the world. The company operates from in an ultra-modern 5000 square meter facility in Chiayi, employing 150 highly-qualified and experienced staff and having a registered capital of over US$4m. It is certified by TUV Germany to the stringent ISO-9001 standard for manufacturers and has been classified as Class A (the highest level of classification) by Taiwan's Electronics Association. The company's catalogue consists of a full range of wireless microphones and wireless portable PA systems suitable for public address, entertainment, broadcast and studio applications. These products have won numerous awards in Taiwan, most notably the UHF line. As a result, MIPRO is Asia's best-known wireless brand and has comfortably the largest market share in Taiwan - as well as maintaining international business in providing ODM to some of the most prestigious microphone manufacturers elsewhere in the world.

Behind the success story is a mission statement that would see the company serving the international wireless microphone market with innovative designs, quality products and satisfied customers' To this end, all of its products have been certified by various worldwide telecomm approvals bodies and meet international wireless and safety standards including CE and ETS for Europe, FCC for the US, and DOC for Canada, along with other European and Asian approvals. And in order to bring its work to the attention of the international pro-audio market, it exhibits annually at established shows such as America's NAMM and NSCA shows; Germany's Musikmesse, Asia's PALA (Singapore), KOBA (Korea) and CALM and BIRTV (China), and Londons' PLASA.

In 2001 MIPRO introduced the revolutionary ACT-series of wireless microphone systems. It has several world firsts: ACT (Automatic Channel Targeting) function, color LCD panel, hot-swappable receiver modules. The series's flagship - the ACT-707 - is a 1,000-channel PC-controllable system. The entry-level ACT-707SE system has a foolproof one-button "auto-scan" and ACT functions making it the easiest receiver and transmitter channel to setup in the industry today.

Recently a total of 26 UHF ACT-series wireless systems was used simultaneously during a production of the Evita musical show featuring an all-star cast over in Taiwan from the London West End production. According to the show producer, Ben Rogers of United Kingdom, he was so impressed by the system's strong and reliable RF performance and transparent audio quality that he will be looking to specify it on his UK tours and musical concerts lined up for the future.

MIPRO is currently represented throughout the Asian region by a network of distributors covering Korea, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. It also includes Audio Telex in Australia, and Meditec for the South Asia region.