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Onkyo to Slash Overall Company Headcount by 30%, Cutting Management by 50%

November 14, 2019 by Ted 4 Comments

Also: Consolidating Facilities & Moving Headquarters

Onkyo logo

It appears that the other shoe is dropping in the wake of the failed acquisition of Onkyo Corporation’s branded A/V division by Sound United last month, as the company now says it will reduce its overhead by cutting jobs. This appears to be the first step in a major reorganization of the company, as it seeks to right-size the organization for the industry’s new, smaller, and more competitive environment in which electronics manufacturers find themselves.

See more on Onkyo’s restructuring…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Boston Acoustics, Classe, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Integra, Marantz, Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Polk, Sound United

In Wake of Its Acquisition by Control4, Amina Splits Off from Triad Partnership to Go It Alone

November 14, 2019 by Ted 1 Comment

Amina Technologies' Keith Vanderkley at the 2019 CEDIA Expo

UK based Amina Technologies, manufacturer of so called “invisible speakers,” had for years been in a partnership with Triad who distributed their line. Yet in the wake of Triad’s acquisition by Control4, Amina ultimately chose to split off and go it alone – launching their independent sales effort at CEDIA Expo 2019.

See more on Amina’s line of invisible speakers…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: Amina Technologies, invisible speakers

Toshiba Launches Consortium of 100 Companies to Drive ‘Internet of Things’ Market

November 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo
The Toshiba Corp. headquarters stands in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Toshiba Corp. announced this week that it has launched a large consortium of more than 100 companies in Japan for the purpose of creating new services and products to attack and drive the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Consortium participants are companies of varying size and capabilities that cover the entire spectrum of the market.

Learn more about the new Toshiba IoT consortium…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Research, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Internet of Things, IoT, Toshiba

Origin Acoustics Announces an Executive Promotion and Appoints a New CMO

November 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Origin Acoustics logo

Origin Acoustics announced this week that it has promoted current Sales VP Marc Fisher to the unusual title of President of Sales. The company also the appointment of John Marchionda as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

See more on the Origin personnel moves…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, People Tagged With: Jeremy Burkhardt, John Marchionda, Marc Fisher, Nick Berry, Origin, Origin Acoustics

Control4 Launches 1st Product of Neeo Acquisition – A Slim Handheld Remote Control for OS3

November 5, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Control4 announced today the launch of the Neeo Remote for Control4, the first product from their acquisition of the Swiss company Neeo back in February 2019. This new Neeo remote control is optimized to work seamlessly with Control4’s OS 3 operating system, offering another elegant system control interface.

See more on the new Neeo remote control…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, Products Tagged With: Neeo, remote control, smart home, SnapAV

Classé to Launch New Delta Series Line in Triumphant Return to the Market

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Classe Delta Series Preamplifier/DAC
New Delta Series Preamplifier/DAC [Click to enlarge]

With almost two years away from the market after their acquisition by Sound United in January 2018, Classé says it will return to the audiophile electronics market in January 2020 with the launch of their new even more upscale Delta Series line consisting of two new amplifiers and one new preamplifier/DAC. But after so long away, what will it take for the company to re-establish the brand?

See more on the return of Classé…

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: Classe, Dave Nauber, Sound United

The Curious Case of the Disappearance of Classé

October 31, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

BREAKING NEWS Acquired by Sound United Two Years Ago, Then Gone


Classe logo

It was January 2018 when I reported that Sound United had completed its acquisition of Classé, an acquisition which had been first announced in December of 2017. In the weeks leading up to that December, former owner Bowers & Wilkins was considering getting out of the electronics business…maybe. After months of confusion, where on any day executives at Classé teetered back-and-forth between survival and demise – it now seemed that Sound United had thrown them a lifeline…a chance to live to fight another day.

And then they dropped out of sight for the last two years…

What happened to Classé?…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Classe, Dave Nauber, Sound United

LG Smokes Q3 Forecast for Record Financial Results

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

LG OLED lighting

LG Electronics Inc. is on a roll, as evidenced by their fiscal third quarter results. The company says it has set an all-time record for third quarter revenues while at the same time booking their best quarterly profit in a decade.

See more details on LG’s Q3 results…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: LG, LG Electronics, LG Electronics USA

Sharp & Foxconn Stiff Korean Factory Equipment Suppliers on Money Owed

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Image of Sharp logo

Korean media is reporting that Sharp, the former Japanese powerhouse brand now owned by Taiwan’s Foxconn, is late on approximately tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars worth of payments to Korean factory gear makers. Not only are they late, but they are said to be demanding even more discounts on the outstanding debt owed to multiple South Korean suppliers of factory equipment destined for use in LCD production factories. All of this is being done in violation of covenants in their purchase contracts with these suppliers.

This dispute may raise to level of government intervention.

What is Sharp & Foxconn doing? And why?…

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Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Foxconn, LCD panels, Sharp, South Korea

Luxman Appoints John Pravel VP of Sales

October 23, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Luxman America has appointed well known industry executive John Pravel as its Vice President of Sales. Previous to this appointment, Pravel was one of Luxman’s sales representatives in upstate New York.

See more on Pravel’s appointment at Luxman

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Jeff Sigmund, John Pravel, Luxman

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