Hexaglot
"Hexaglot Holding GmbH" ( Hexaglot ) was a 100% subsidiary of the Langenscheidt publishing group. The company was managed by Hans-Wolfram Tenter (management).
history
Hexaglot was founded in 1989. The name Hexaglot is derived from the Greek hexa for "six" and from glotta for "language" and describes the first self-developed product from 1990: the T427, a language computer with six languages.
In 1992, Hexaglot bought the majority of the Pinneberg company Sita Daten- und Kommunikations-GmbH , which developed and sold the Sita-Learning language teaching system . The system worked according to the principle of superlearning ( suggestopedia ) based on breathing feedback control, text and audio cassettes. According to Rainer Dieterich , professor at the Department of Education at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg , the method affected the learner's subconscious in a hypnosis- like state.
In 1993, Hexaglot was taken over by the Langenscheidt Group.
As the legal entity taking over, Hexaglot Holding GmbH was merged with Sita Daten- und Kommunikation-GmbH by the merger agreement of August 13, 2012.
In December 2012, the company was dissolved by means of a merger agreement.
Products
As a specialist in electronic language products, Hexaglot Holding GmbH included bilingual and multilingual language computers , PC accessories and software products in its portfolio . In addition, under Hexaglot pocket it offered a large number of dictionaries in individual combinations for Pocket PCs . Together with its daughters, HMH, Champ and Sita, Hexaglot Holding GmbH has had its headquarters in Hamburg since 1989 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hexaglot buys in Pinneberg , Hamburger Abendblatt, September 15, 1992
- ↑ Learning: Open Heart , Der Spiegel, 45/1987
- ↑ Helmut Fuchs, Winfried U. Graichen: Better learning methods. Efficient Techniques for Adults , Orbis, 1994, ISBN 3-572-00650-3
- ↑ Learning while you sleep - A dream comes true , Hamburger Abendblatt, October 30, 1987
- ^ SITA Daten- und Kommunikation- GmbH: Commercial register changes from August 16, 2012