Focal

FOCAL is a French company based in Saint-Étienne. What began in 1979 in a small workshop with only two employees as a medium-sized family business focusing on precision engineering resulted in the development and manufacture of high‑quality Hi‑Fi audio systems for the home and car, studio monitors and headphones.

With the clear aim of positioning itself in the high‑end market, the company developed numerous patents over the years, earning it a strong reputation among Hi‑Fi enthusiasts in the fields of Hi‑Fi loudspeakers and car audio. The luxury loudspeaker models of the "Utopia" series marked a turning point in the company's history in 1995. The Hi‑Fi loudspeakers redefined the boundaries of acoustics and set new standards for future generations of speakers.

Driven by their recipe for success, the company went even further in the 2000s and added an aesthetic element to their creative approach. They managed to combine appealing industrial design with technological aspects without sacrificing the much‑loved sound quality.

In 2002 another division entered the company's product portfolio. The "Focal Professional" department was launched and focused thereafter on the development and manufacture of studio monitors for recording studios.

As is typical for FOCAL, it did not take long before the new studio monitor division was praised in the highest terms by professionals and sound engineers.

As the icing on the cake, FOCAL was honoured in 2014 with a special distinction when it was awarded the label "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" (Living Heritage Company) by the French state. "Made in France" remains FOCAL's philosophy to this day and the perfect solution to concentrate design, development and production of its high‑end products at a single location.

After the successes in the areas of home and car audio and the studio monitor division, which currently brings us the "Shape series" as well as the completion of the popular "Alpha Evo series" with the complementary subwoofer "Sub One", FOCAL continued its innovations to tackle further trends in music listening.

We can look forward to seeing how FOCAL's French success story will continue.