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Gentex to Acquire Voxx Intl for $7.50/Share

December 18, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Image from Gentex website
Irony – talking about the future while looking in the rearview mirror

Long rumored and now confirmed, Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX), an approximately $2.4 billion supplier of largely automotive-related products, announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire Voxx International (Nasdaq: VOXX) in an all-cash transaction valued at $7.50 per share. The transaction covers all Voxx divisions, including the newly shrunk Premium Audio Company that holds just three audio brands – Onkyo, Klipsch, and Integra.

Learn more on the acquisition of Voxx Int’l by Gentex Corp

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy

Has Daisy Cracked the Code to Driving Scale in the Smart Home Biz?

December 13, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Daisy Co-Founder and CEO Hagan Kappler
Hagan Kappler looks out over midtown Manhattan

It was a cool fall morning as I headed into New York City for a meeting that I’d been anxiously anticipating for weeks. The skies were gray and rain was definitely threatening, but nothing could dampen my interest in meeting with one of the newest key executives already exerting significant influence in our industry – Hagan Kappler, CEO of Daisy.

Learn all about the unique solution Daisy offers the integration community

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Filed Under: Dealers, Feature, Financial, Integrators, News, Strategy Tagged With: Daisy, Hagan Kappler

Masimo Responds to ‘Speculative Articles’ on Sound United

November 27, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Marantz Grand Horizon speaker from the Masimo Sound United group
Marantz’s just launched Grand Horizon loudspeaker [Click to enlarge]

‘Discontinued Operation’ is a Financial Reporting Designation

Late Tuesday, Masimo’s communications team reached out to Strata-gee to provide a statement designed to counter or otherwise address unspecified “speculative articles” on the recent pronouncement from Masimo CFO Micah Young that the Sound United division may end up being treated as a “discontinued operation” if the Board decides not to spin it off as a publicly-traded company.

Why are people speculating about that? Read on…

See more on the Sound United ‘Discontinued Operation’ controversy

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Management, Manufacturers, Media, News, Strategy Tagged With: Blair Tripodi, Marantz, Masimo, Sound United

McIntosh Group Acquired by Bose; Does This Deal Make Any Sense?

November 20, 2024 by Ted 16 Comments

Image from Bose website
Bose website

On Tuesday, Bose Corporation – a privately held manufacturer and marketer of a variety of predominantly audio products like headphones, speakers, soundbars and car audio – announced it has acquired McIntosh Group, a high-end manufacturer of electronics under the McIntosh brand and speakers/phono cartridges under the Sonus faber brand. Terms of the deal were not revealed and a buzz has descended around the industry as to whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Learn more about Bose acquiring McIntosh

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Filed Under: Brands, Feature, Financial, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Bose Corporation, McIntosh, Sonus Faber

Samsung Electronics and Union Finally Reach a Preliminary Agreement

November 14, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

NSEU union members in a rally outside of Samsung Headquarters

Samsung Electronics and the largest union at the company have finally reached a preliminary agreement on a new contract that provides for a wage increase as well as other benefit enhancements, the company announced today in Korea. The deal should put an end to any further labor actions. However, it still needs to be ratified by the union membership.

Learn more about this first labor action at Samsung

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: labor, NSEU, Samsung, Samsung Electronics, Strike, Unions

Masimo Releases 3Q/2024 Results, First Under New Management; Investors Like It

November 6, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Masimo cover page

Sound United to be ‘A Discontinued Operation’

On Tuesday, Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI) announced the results of its financial performance for the third quarter (3Q) of Fiscal 2024 (FY2024) – the first such report under the new management. While the report comes from the new management, including interim CEO Michelle Brennan, the period of this report is for the quarter that ended September 28, 2024 – meaning the bulk of the actual performance occurred under previous CEO Joe Kiani. Still, the numbers, for the most part, looked pretty good.

Learn all about the performance of Masimo in 3Q/2024

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Bilal Muhsin, Joe Kiani, Masimo, Michelle Brennan, quarterly earnings

Masimo Terminates Kiani’s Employment; Files Lawsuit Alleging He Violated Securities Law

October 30, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Header of Masimo lawsuit against Joe Kiani & RTW

In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the new Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) Board of Directors reaffirmed its non-GAAP 3Q and full-year financial guidance as previously provided by the company to investors. It also notified the commission that the Board has officially terminated the employment of former CEO Joe Kiani.

Perhaps most surprisingly, it has additionally filed a major lawsuit against Joe Kiani and RTW Investments alleging, among other things, that they colluded to create a group that violated federal securities laws.

See more on this latest filing with the SEC by the new Masimo Board of Directors

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Joe Kiani, Masimo

More on Crestron’s New Experience Center; CEO Discusses CEC & Business

October 24, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Brad Hintze and the Crestron management team in the Event Space
[Click to enlarge]

As I reported last week, I attended the October 15, 2024, Grand Opening of the latest Crestron Experience Center (CEC), located in the prestigious New York Design Center in Manhattan. This CEC is remarkable in its own right, but as I reflected further on the Grand Opening I realized that the event itself was noteworthy. Not only did a top Crestron executive sit down with me to offer some interesting perspectives on the new CEC and business in general, but what I observed at that event itself was impressive as well.

So I have decided to augment my previous report with additional observations…and more photos.

See more on the Crestron Experience Center in NYC & find out what the CEO shared with me…

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Brad Hintze, Crestron Electronics, Dan Feldstein, experience center

Crestron Opens Impressive NYC Experience Center Showcasing Resi & Commercial Tech

October 16, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron executives John Clancy, Dan Feldstein, and Brad Hintze toast the new Experience Center in NYC
John Clancy, Dan Feldstein, and Brad Hintze (who appears to be toasting Strata-gee readers) raise a glass of champagne to toast the launch of Crestron’s remarkable Flagship NYC Experience Center [Click to enlarge]

Crestron Electronics, a worldwide industry leader in both the commercial and residential smart technology space, has opened a dramatic and dynamic new Crestron Experience Center (CEC) in the heart of Manhattan at 200 Lexington Avenue in the renowned New York Design Center. A grand opening ceremony was held with the media, customers, integrators and other special guests on Tuesday, October 15th, previewing the space which offers visitors an expansive roster of “hands-on” experiences and even includes a “workshop” for true first-person experiences where visitors can – among other things – discover new possibilities they didn’t know existed.

See more on this all-new flagship Crestron Experience Center in Manhattan

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Filed Under: Feature, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Strategy Tagged With: Brad Hintze, Crestron Electronics, Dan Feldstein, John Clancy

Voxx Drops Another 18.6% in Sales; Smaller Company Seeks More Profits & Less Debt

October 11, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Voxx reports Fiscal 2025 Q2 results

Onkyo, Integra, and Klipsch Owner Stops Bleeding in Profits But Not Sales

Voxx International Corporation (Nasdaq: VOXX) announced the financial results for its second quarter and first half of Fiscal 2025 on Thursday after the close of markets. The company, which is in the middle of a major transformation of its business, hailed the results in which it has dramatically cut the level of its total and net debt, and finished with a small net income after several quarters of net losses.

But these positive results were generated at the expense of net sales which continue to decline.

See more on the results of the second quarter for Voxx

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Strategy Tagged With: Integra, Klipsch, Onkyo, Pat Lavelle, Voxx

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