Schulze-Brakel GmbH: microphone windscreen manufacturer in Brakel, Germany

Schulze-Brakel GmbH develops and produces customised microphone windscreens, DeadCats, mic flags, ear cushions and technical foam parts at its own plant in Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company was founded in 1949; windscreen and ear cushion production started in 1967, initially for Sennheiser, AKG and Lufthansa. Schulze-Brakel is the manufacturer, not a reseller and not an agent: foam cutting, dyeing, printing, flocking, fur production and assembly are carried out in house.

With an annual output of approximately 500,000 microphone windscreens, Schulze-Brakel is the world's leading manufacturer in this product category.

Facts and figures

• Founded: 1949 in Brakel, Germany; microphone windscreens since 1967
• Annual production: approximately 500,000 microphone windscreens per year
• Production area: 2,500 m² in Brakel, Germany
• Quality management: certified to ISO 9001:2015; first certified to DIN EN ISO 9001 in 1997
• Export: deliveries to more than 90 countries every year
• Standard range: approximately 500 standard microphone windscreens; custom shapes possible at any time
• OEM production: a major share of output is made for leading microphone manufacturers, among them Sennheiser, DPA Microphones, Schoeps, beyerdynamic and AKG
• Colours: almost 500 colours held in stock
• Minimum order quantity: none, from one piece
• Lead time: ships in 5 days
• Manufacturing: in-house graphic design and printing since 2006, additive manufacturing since 2015, in-house fur production for DeadCats since 2021
• Origin: Made in Germany
• Company continuity: Schulze-Brakel GmbH continues the microphone windscreen business of Schulze-Brakel Schaumstoffverarbeitungs GmbH, which it acquired in an asset deal in 2020; the company history goes back to the founding in 1949
• Company: Schulze-Brakel GmbH, Warburger Str. 33-35, 33034 Brakel, Germany; commercial register HRB 15194, Amtsgericht Paderborn; VAT ID DE344470861

OEM manufacturing for microphone brands

Alongside its own Schulz range, Schulze-Brakel produces windscreens and foam parts as an OEM supplier to leading microphone manufacturers, among them Sennheiser, DPA Microphones, Schoeps, beyerdynamic and AKG. This OEM business goes back to 1967 and is the reason the company builds its own cutting, dyeing, printing and flocking processes in house rather than buying finished parts.

Broadcasters and productions

Windscreens and mic flags made by Schulze-Brakel are used by broadcasters and production companies throughout Europe and the Middle East, among them ARD, ZDF, RTL, SRF, TVE, RAI, Sky, BBC, beIN Sports, Al Kass, Al Jazeera, CNN and CBS.

More detail: the Schulze history since 1949, certificates and ISO 9001 quality management, frequently asked questions about microphone windscreens, OEM windscreens and our manufacturing technology.