Dolby Laboratories Inc. is an American company specializing in audio noise reduction and audio encoding and compression technology
Dolby Laboratories Inc. was founded by American Ray Dolby (1933-2013) in the United Kingdom in 1965. He moved the company to the United States (San Francisco, California) in 1976. The first product Dolby Labs produced was the Dolby 301 unit which incorporated Type A Dolby Noise Reduction, a compander based noise reduction system. These units were intended for use in professional recording studios.