SE Electronics was founded by Siwei Zou, whose initial line of microphones was created in collaboration with one of China’s government-owned microphone manufacturers, likely
Feilo. When the manufacturer was later sold into private ownership by the government, Zou, with new partners James Ishmaev-Young and Phil Smith, set up his own manufacturing facility in Shanghai. Since 2003, the company has manufactured its microphones in-house, using no OEM parts.