DR. KURT MÜLLER GmbH & Co. KG (DKM) — MATERIAL MEETS DESIGN

DR. KURT MÜLLER GmbH & Co. KG (DKM) is a leading manufacturer of the sound-defining components of loudspeaker drivers: cones, surrounds, spiders, dust caps and domes. Founded in 1922, the family-owned company develops and produces in Krefeld, Germany — with additional sites in the Czech Republic and a representative in China — for premium manufacturers in automotive, high-end and professional audio.

More than 20 material systems under one roof: from in-house paper production to coated metals, films, fabrics, fibre composites and sandwich constructions — with measured material parameters, including Klippel material parameter measurement, as the basis of every recommendation.

These components decide stiffness, damping, break-up behaviour and long-term stability — how the driver sounds. MATERIAL MEETS DESIGN means that material selection meets the design early: the designer brings geometry, leading targets and application class; DKM screens and ranks the available material systems, grades and thicknesses and returns one or two candidate constructions with their material parameters.

At ISEAT 2026, Christian Wingerath, M.Sc., presents the paper “Material Meets Design: Systematic Materials Selection of Soft Parts in Loudspeaker Design”. Visit the DKM stand: material samples in hand, CEO Daniel Ebers and the author in person — and Roye Jiang, your contact for DKM in China.

The precision behind great sound. Made in Germany.