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EVA Automation Escapes Forced Bankruptcy; But Shuts Down Anyway

November 25, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

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EVA Automation in happier times

EVA Admits ‘Financial Distress’ & A Business ‘Wind Down’

EVA Automation, the now former owner of Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) dodged a bullet when late last month U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, the Honorable Hannah L. Blumenstiel, entered an order dismissing the involuntary petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy brought against them by Top Victory Investments Limited (whose attorneys use the acronym TPV). With that decision, a forced bankruptcy was avoided. However, as court records clearly demonstrate, the company did feel some pain as a result of this filing, and according to their attorneys were in the process of conducting an orderly shut down of the business.

Not only that, but we learn much more about EVA Automation‘s relationship with Bowers & Wilkins – and their degraded circumstances based largely on the failure of their Formation wireless speaker line marketed under the B&W brand.

Learn more about EVA Automation’s situation…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Integrators, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, EVA, EVA Automation, Gideon Yu, Top Victory Investments Limited, TPV

Creditor of EVA Automation Files Court Action to Force Them Into Bankruptcy

September 1, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Says EVA Automation Owes Them $30 Million

Last week, several sharp-eyed Strata-gee readers forwarded the news that was initially erroneously reported that EVA Automation had filed for bankruptcy in Northern California. Actually, a search of court records revealed that a creditor of EVA Automation – Top Victory Investments Limited – has filed an action with the United States Bankruptcy Court in Northern California seeking to force EVA Automation into bankruptcy. EVA Automation, as most Strata-gee readers well know, is a former majority owner of Bowers & Wilkins (B&W).

See more on the action against EVA Automation…

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Filed Under: Financial, Law, News, Strategy Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, EVA, EVA Automation, Gideon Yu, Top Victory Investments Limited, TPV Technology Limited

B&W Offers New Products & Old Friends as Sign of Strategy Change

June 24, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

B&W 702 Signature Series speakers
702 Signature [Click to enlarge]

Intros 700 Series Signature Models & Rehires Past PR Agency

Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), a leading high-end specialty loudspeaker brand for 54 years, that recently zigged and zagged when it was acquired by EVA Automation and launched a whole new line of wireless multi-room audio systems, has taken steps to demonstrate its re-focus on their high-end, high-performance roots. These moves include re-hiring the company’s long time PR company and now launching new products that are true to its heritage as an undisputed leading premium brand.

Learn more about B&W’s latest moves…

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: 700 Series, B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, EVA Automation, Formation, Gideon Yu, Signature Series

B&W Letter to Dealers Confirms Gideon Yu and Greg Lee Leave the Board; Questions Remain

March 5, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

High performance loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) sent a letter to their dealers last week addressing issues that have arisen recently, especially as they pertain to the management of the company. As is often the case with this company, the letter answered some questions…but raised others.

See more on B&W’s dealer letter…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, Geoff Edwards, Gideon Yu, Greg Lee, James Krakowski

Breakdown at B&W; Industry Buzz Reaches Fever Pitch

February 26, 2020 by Ted 7 Comments

Maybe you’ve heard the buzz about a major shake-up taking place at B&W. Reports out of the U.K. say that Gideon Yu, Greg Lee, David Liu and others have all stepped down from the Board of Directors. There is a link being passed around to a web page for the “Companies House,” which is a government-connected registrar of companies and corporations. The link goes to a page which indicates that several B&W executives and directors have “resigned” their positions. So just what is going on?

What I Know So Far About Changes at B&W…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, David Liu, Formation, Formation Group, Gideon Yu, Greg Lee

Bowers & Wilkins Restructures in Support of R&D

November 14, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

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B&W CEO Lee

Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) announced today it has restructured its company in order to further its research and development initiatives. In a brief announcement, only four paragraphs long, new CEO Gregory Lee (former CEO of Samsung North America) said a new, larger research facility will open in 2019.

See more on this announcement from Bowers & Wilkins… [Read more…] about Bowers & Wilkins Restructures in Support of R&D

Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, EVA Automation, Gideon Yu, Gregory Lee, Samsung

New Mystery: Has Classé Closed?

July 20, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Fact? or Fiction?

Classe logoLess than a week after we reported that B&W Group President Doug Henderson had been summarily dismissed from the company he has been a key executive at for more than a decade, the rumor mill has fired up again with word that Classé has been closed down. Classé, like B&W Loudspeakers, is owned and distributed by B&W Group Ltd., a company recently acquired by EVA Automation. Multiple sources are suggesting that EVA owner Gideon Yu has decided to cease operations at the high end manufacturer of audio electronics.

See what we found out from B&W Group about Classé… [Read more…] about New Mystery: Has Classé Closed?

Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: B&W, B&W Group, Bowers & Wilkins, Classe, Doug Henderson, Gideon Yu

Bowers & Wilkins Dismisses President Doug Henderson

July 13, 2017 by Ted 7 Comments

BREAKING  NEWS

Photo of Doug HendersonWe have learned that Doug Henderson, President of B&W Group North America, was dismissed from the company earlier this week. There has been no official announcement from the company and B&W executives and employees have been unusually tight-lipped about the matter.

See what we’ve uncovered so far on this move by Bowers & Wilkins… [Read more…] about Bowers & Wilkins Dismisses President Doug Henderson

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, People, Pivot Point Tagged With: B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, Doug Henderson, Gideon Yu

B&W Acquired by EVA Automation

May 3, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

B&W logoBowers & Wilkins (B&W) announced this morning that they have been acquired by EVA Automation, a Silicon Valley-based technology company founded just two years ago by Gideon Yu. Yu is a well-known sports and technology executive that has launched EVA Automation with the expressed goal of “reimagining the audio/video experience by making products that will change how people interact and think about the home.”

He is also, apparently, a B&W enthusiast. See more… [Read more…] about B&W Acquired by EVA Automation

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Industry Trends, Management, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, B&W, Bowers & Wilkins, EVA Automation, Gideon Yu, Joe Atkins

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