Founded by original designer Ernst Benz in the 1980s, Benz Micro earned recognition throughout the world as one the top cartridge manufacturing companies. In 1994 Albert Lukaschek took over and after 20 years, Benz Micro announced their focus on the upper end Swiss hand-made phono cartridges. The company also is also known for manufacturing OEM cartridges for many sapecialist brands around the world.

Benz Micro’s current production team are valued by many for excellent state-of-the-art phono cartridge production, and amazing value for money.