Bose Corporation official announcement
Bose Corporation acquires StreamUnlimited Engineering GmbH A corporate giant in domestic, car, professional (formerly) and portable audio world for more than 60 years, Bose Corporation is one of the most known brands in audio. In 2024 Bose acquired a portfolio of luxury audio brands, including McIntosh and Sonus faber, and this groundbreaking industry event was […]
Happy 80, Sony!
One of the major corporative innovators in recent history of audio is celebrating 80th anniversary Sony Corporation started in May 1946 as a small company named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (which can be translated as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) with capital of 190,000 yen and about 20 employees. Sony History Brief On May 7th, 1946, Masara […]
Cabasse out of trouble, bought by Loewe Technology GmbH
Loewe Technology GmbH, a global TV and audio producer, based in Kronach, Germany announced acquisition of Cabasse SA, historically important speaker manufacturer and innovator, which recently applied for insolvency to a Commercial Court in Montpelier, France. While Loewe is mostly known for design-conscious high end TVs, it has an audio department, where, until the Cabasse […]
JAMO brand to be revived by new owners
Once known for sheer number and diversity of its Danish made loudspeakers, the JAMO brand was keeping low profile recently, following a chain of mergers and acquisitions initiated by multibrand corporate owners. JAMO history brief The company was founded as a speaker manufacturer in 1968 by two Danish brothers-in-law, one a furniture maker, another a […]
Time to sell: Sennheiser Consumer Division to leave Sonova Holding
Sonova Holding AG, a leading global medical hearables producer with headquarters in Switzerland, has announced intention to divest its consumer hearing business which operates under the Sennheiser brand. The division has around 600 employees working in Germany (Wedemark) and Ireland (Tullamore). Sonova Holding finalised purchase of Consumer Division from Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG […]
Cabasse SA declares insolvency
Cabasse SA, a public trading company, and one of the most respected French loudspeaker manufacturers and innovators, went into court protected restructuring associated with insolvency. According to French corporate law the Board of the company which is affected by insolvency (cessation des paiements) must apply to Commercial Court and request an appropriate procedure. The Court […]
Focal and Naim Audio to be integrated into Barco NV, Belgium
Barco, a publically trading company, specialising in display technologies for healthcare, cinema and corporate applications, has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire 100% of the shares of VerVent Audio Holding, a French-British joint-stock company which owns Focal and Naim Audio audio brands. In the press-release, An Steegen, CEO of Barco, […]
Brands keeping the legacy of iconic studio mic design join Audiotonix Group
Audiotonix is a major corporate group involved in purchasing and developing companies involved in audio technologies and solutions for studio and PA markets. Among Audiotonix brand portfolio are decades-long studio, broadcast and live music household names. such as consoles manufacturers Harrison, Allen & Heath, Solid State Logic, Calrec, DiGiCo/KLANG:technologies, Sound Devices as well as diversed […]
Jérémie Malfroot acquires French amplifier brand Jadis
Jadis amplifier brand is acquired by French enterpreneur Jérémie Malfroot and will remain private. André Calmettes, a self-taught valve amplifier designer, opened the Jadis factory near Carcassonne, France in 1983, together with his friend Jean-Paul Caffi. Jadis was well known for high end amplifiers with traditional schematics and point-to-point wiring and also produced its own […]
MBL Now Owned by a Luxury Goods Company
Chow Tai Seng Jewelry Co., Ltd. established a separate business venture, MBL International, to acquire assets of a private German company MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH & Co. KG, inventor of radialstrahler loudspeaker technology and prominent high end audio manufacturer. MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH & Co. KG was put into administration by Berlin court in the end of […]
