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Peter Freedman Acquires Lectrosonics. Announces Røde and Mackie Manufacturing in the US
May 8, 2025 by Joao Martins

Peter Freedman Acquires Lectrosonics. Announces Røde and Mackie Manufacturing in the US

The Freedman Group, the parent company 100% owned by Peter Freedman, owner of Røde, Mackie, Aphex, SoundField, and Event Electronics, has revealed the acquisition of Lectrosonics, the globally renowned US manufacturer of professional wireless audio systems. Lectrosonics' motto is "Made in the USA by a Bunch of Fanatics" and mirrors the fact that the company manufactures all of its products in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Peter Freedman, wants to expand those operations to also manufacture Mackie products in the US.
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Masimo to Sell Consumer Audio Business to Harman International
May 6, 2025 by Joao Martins

Masimo to Sell Consumer Audio Business to Harman International

Masimo announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Sound United consumer audio business to Harman International, the company that is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, for an aggregate purchase price of $350 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2025, subject to receiving necessary regulatory approvals.
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Goer Dynamics Acquires Minority Stake in Gryphon Audio Designs
April 14, 2025 by Joao Martins

Goer Dynamics Acquires Minority Stake in Gryphon Audio Designs

Goerdyna Group, the Danish arm of Goertek, combining Dynaudio, Libratone, and the recently acquired Auro-3D, continues to expand its strategic presence in the audio industry in Europe. Its subsidiary Goer Dynamics has now acquired a minority stake in Gryphon Audio Designs, a Danish ultra-high-end manufacturer. According to the announcement, this strategic partnership will expand the brand’s distribution in Asia and allow Goer Dynamics to explore new automotive opportunities.
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Siemens Acquires DownStream Technologies to Expand PCB Design-to-Manufacturing Flow
April 8, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Siemens Acquires DownStream Technologies to Expand PCB Design-to-Manufacturing Flow

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DownStream Technologies, a leading provider of manufacturing data preparation solutions for printed circuit board (PCB) design. This acquisition strengthens Siemens’ PCB design portfolio and expands its footprint in the electronics small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, and enables greater process coverage, from design to manufacturing preparation.
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Victrola Now Owns Legendary Audio Brand KLH Audio
April 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

Victrola Now Owns Legendary Audio Brand KLH Audio

Victrola, a leading brand in audio since 1906, and the original manufacturer of the first in-home record player in the US, is now connected to another legendary American brand: KLH Audio. A revered name in high-fidelity loudspeakers, KLH was the company established in 1957 by audio pioneers Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann. Today, Victrola is actually Innovative Technology Electronics, LLC, a Denver-based company that carries on the venerable legacy of the brand in modern turntables, and which now intends to do the same with KLH.
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Siemens Completes Acquisition of Altair Engineering
March 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Siemens Completes Acquisition of Altair Engineering

Altair Engineering, headquartered in Troy, Michigan is a leading name in CAE Software and product design and development solutions, also as a result of a series of key strategic acquisitions allowing the company to expand into high performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). In 2024, Siemens announced the intention to acquire Altair to create the “most complete AI-powered portfolio of industrial software”.
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Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse
March 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse

A Californian company that was instrumental in multiple pioneering efforts to run machine learning on-device, particularly for voice recognition, Edge Impulse has agreed to be acquired by Qualcomm, which is aiming to boost its own development ecosystem for edge AI applications. Edge Impulse, founded in 2019 with the mission to streamline the creation of AI and machine learning models in embedded systems, says it will remain open to other platforms, while accelerating integration with Qualcomm devices and development kits.
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Powersoft Acquires K-Array and Signals Transition to Solution Provider
February 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

Powersoft Acquires K-Array and Signals Transition to Solution Provider

Powersoft, the Italian company that heads the Powersoft Group operating worldwide, announced the signing of a binding investment agreement to acquire 51% of the share capital of K-array from shareholder H.P. Sound Equipment. Powersoft says that the acquisition of K-Array expands and strengthens its position as a professional audio solutions provider, allowing the group to transition from a product focus into becoming a solution provider in existing and new markets.
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Synaptics Confirms Its Acquisition of Packetcraft
February 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

Synaptics Confirms Its Acquisition of Packetcraft

During its scheduled Q2 results call, Synaptics Incorporated confirmed the acquisition of Packecraft, the recognized Bluetooth LE Audio software stack vendor. Already a leading supplier of wireless technologies, Synaptics now added leading embedded Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) stacks and software, positioning the company as one of the strongest suppliers of Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast broadcast audio software.
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Marshall Group Sold to HongShan Capital Group (HSG)
January 24, 2025 by Joao Martins

Marshall Group Sold to HongShan Capital Group (HSG)

In an unexpected turn of events as the company returned to the NAMM Show for the first time in five years, Marshall Group AB, the new Swedish-Anglo company created in 2023, announced they sold the majority stake to private equity fund HongShan Capital Group (HSG) from China. The major selling shareholders - Altor, Telia Company, Time for Growth, and Zenith VC - have all entered into an agreement with HSG in a deal valuing the company at 1.1 billion Euros. The Marshall family will retain a meaningful stake of over 20% in the company.
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