[5] Genelec began operations to meet the needs of Finland's national public-broadcasting company YLE.

Juhani Borenius, who worked for YLE as an acoustician, asked his friends at a postgraduate acoustics seminar if they could make an active monitoring speaker.

The first facilities were in Satamakatu, 190 square metres (2,000 sq ft) in the basement of an apartment building where Martikainen lived.

The last contract job was Tampere Hall and the last audio system supplied went to the Royal Opera in Madrid.

There was high demand for Genelec speakers from the beginning, and production quantities grew every year, as did the number of employees.

In addition to production areas, the last expansion adds more room for training and quality listening.

The 8000 Series comprises four models (8020B, 8030A, 8040A and 8050A 2-way Active Loudspeakers), some of which are clearly smaller than their predecessors, which was obtained by using aluminium as the material of the speaker enclosures instead of traditional MDF.

The 8200 DSP series adds three products to the line (8240A, 8250A 2-way and 8260A 3-way Active Loudspeakers) with ability to automatically adapt their performance to any acoustical conditions with AutoCal calibration through the GLM Software.

As of 2010, Genelec produced over 50 active loudspeaker models, and numerous modifications and versions of these for specific applications.

After finishing sound reinforcement contracting, Genelec concentrated solely on active speakers.

[7] Genelec won outstanding Technical Achievement in the Production Essentials category for its GLM V4.0 loudspeaker management software.

^ The networked SAM™ (Smart Active Monitor) DSP systems feature automatic calibration to the environment.

Production of passive hi-fi speakers has since been discontinued and the company has concentrated solely on active loudspeakers.