ARRI has been acquired by Thomas Riedel, founder and owner of Riedel Communications and the Riedel Group.

As I sailor, I’ve admired the great video and audio coverage of SailGP high speed “F1 on the water” races. The reason has been the same Thomas Riedel, co-owner of the SailGP Germany Team with F1 champion Sebastian Vettel.

Both ARRI and the Reidel Group are family-owned. ARRI was founded in 1917 by classmates August Arnold and Robert Richter on Tuerkenstrasse in Munich .

Thomas Riedel founded Riedel Communications in 1987 in Wuppertal, Germany. The story goes that he started with five walkie-talkies. Today, with more than 1000 employees, Riedel operates from 30 locations worldwide. They are a major manufacturer, distributor and rental company of video, audio and data equipment for live entertainment, sports, broadcast, events, etc. In addition to SailGP, that includes the Olympics, Red Bull, Eurovision, etc. read more…