Rode

With three warehouses and a total area of over 10,219 square meters, RØDE's modern factory features precision equipment worth over $60 million and an international team of over 250 people in highly specialized disciplines: electrical engineering, industrial design, technical engineering, metal production, toolmaking, logistics, assembly, quality control, finance, marketing and sales.RØDE has always had technology and precision manufacturing at the core of its values.During the 2000's, RØDE invested heavily in the latest technology and equipment to manufacture world-class microphones in all categories at affordable prices in Australia.this investment in manufacturing machinery continues, and now includes the electronic components, plastics and metals that make RØDE microphones famous around the world.RØDE's VideoMic became the best-selling item in 2008 as an SLR camera capable of producing cinema-quality video.RØDE's wide range of on-camera microphones and accessories are ranked number one in their categories worldwide. Like the NT2 in the early 1990's, this was another example of RØDE making professional-quality audio products available to a new generation of creators.Through music recording and performance, broadcast, film, news gathering and wireless, RØDE has become the microphone specialist, and also a world center in professional audio.Over the years, RØDE has become an industry leader in design and business winning several Red Dot awards, Australian and international design awards, and the Australian Industry Exporter of the Year award for 2013.In 2016, founder and chairman Peter Freedman was awarded the Order of Australia for services to export and philanthropy in the arts.In February 2017, Australia's Prime Minister, the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, visited Camp Silverwater and paid tribute to RØDE's success, saying "RØDE Microphones represents a legend... they are the best in the world."