Bosch Group Sells Electro-Voice, Dynacord, RTS, and Telex

The future of Electro-Voice, Dynacord, RTS Intercom, and Telex audio brands is now in the hands of Triton, an investment entity registered in Luxembourg and headquartered in London. That’s the result of the announcement that the Bosch Group will sell its security and communications technology product business to Triton Partners. With the sale of its Communications, Security and Safety Systems, Bosch is refocusing on its mobility, industrial, and consumer business.

Netgear continues to complete its total networking solution for residential and commercial buildings and now launched its PR60X router, updating the entry level with 10G/Multi-Gig throughput, 10G/2.5G dual WAN ports, and 10Gig/2.5G/Multi-Gig LAN ports. Supporting uninterrupted Internet connectivity for critical applications and services, the router joins the latest PR460X router exclusively available for residential and commercial installers, and the Netgear's Insight Managed Smart Switches span 5 to 48 ports with POE+ and POE++.

Austrian start-up SevenBel has developed a method to make noise sources visible, enabling engineers to prevent undesirable noise in buildings or devices. The company's Sound Scanner acoustic camera solutions have been developed for these applications, combining a rotating sensor unit, a mobile app, and a cloud service. High-tech printed circuit boards from Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik (AT&S) are part of the sensor units that make this affordable noise measurement solution possible.

Colin Beveridge, CEO of d&b Corporation since its inception in the mid 1990s has transferred his responsibilities for d&b audiotechnik in the Americas to the next generation as part of a planned retirement. Following the transition Beveridge will remain on board as Senior Strategic Advisor for the management team in the Americas and company headquarters in Backnang, Germany - a welcome sign of his continued commitment to d&b.

French company Legrand, a world leader in electrical and digital building infrastructure solutions, announced the acquisition of US group Milestone AV Technologies for $950m. Milestone is the group that owns well-established Audio Video (AV) infrastructure brands, including Chief mounts and racks, Da-Lite screens, Projecta screens, Sanus AV mounts and furniture, and Vaddio conference and PTZ cameras.

Fast expanding Italian company IK Multimedia, a leading provider of hardware and software solutions for music creation, recently opened a new office in Sunrise, Florida to accommodate rapid growth and leverage the area’s diverse talent pool. The new office expansion enables IK Multimedia US, LLC to accelerate growth through increased capabilities in marketing, distribution, and customer support.

Music-industry VIPs, business-community leaders, and PreSonus employees, distributors, and dealers from around the globe flocked to warm, friendly Baton Rouge on April 30, 2014, to celebrate PreSonus’ new headquarters.