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Silicon Labs Acquires Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity Specialist Bluegiga
February 5, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Silicon Labs Acquires Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity Specialist Bluegiga

Silicon Labs announced the acquisition of Bluegiga Technologies Oy, a privately held company based in Espoo, Finland. The acquisition completed on January 30, 2015, significantly reinforces Silicon Labs position as a supplier of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless ICs, modules, software and solutions for many applications, including wireless audio and Internet of Things.
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Intel Acquires Lantiq to Expand Into the Connected Home
February 4, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Intel Acquires Lantiq to Expand Into the Connected Home

Intel Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lantiq. Based in Munich, Germany, Lantiq offers a broad semiconductor product portfolio for next-generation networks and the digital home. The transaction reinforces Intel’s position with broadband network technologies in the home gateway business, telecom residential gateway and access network markets, where Lantiq is a leading provider.
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Harman Launches New Soundcraft Ui Series Digital Mixers Following Acquisition of SM Pro Audio
January 26, 2015 by Joao Martins

Harman Launches New Soundcraft Ui Series Digital Mixers Following Acquisition of SM Pro Audio

Harman confirmed the acquisition of SM Pro Audio, based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was incorporated into the Harman Professional Division as a developer of pro audio and musical instruments (MI). At the 2015 NAMM Show, Harman launched the new Soundcraft Ui Series of remote-controlled digital mixers, featuring an integrated, onboard Wi-Fi router, as previously introduced by SM Pro Audio in April 2014.
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Acquisition of Cabasse by AwoX
October 28, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Acquisition of Cabasse by AwoX

AwoX announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of French acoustics technology company Cabasse from the Canon Group. Canon had acquired Cabasse in 2006. AwoX is known for its innovative Awox StriimLIGHT Bluetooth and Wi-Fi LED light bulbs, equipped with a 10W speaker, allowing to stream music stored on a tablet, smartphone or computer and supporting multiroom applications thanks to a synchronization function.
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GoerTek Acquires the Majority Shares of Dynaudio
October 23, 2014 by Joao Martins

GoerTek Acquires the Majority Shares of Dynaudio

GoerTek Inc., a leading hi-tech consumer electronics company from China has acquired the majority shares of Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio. Wilfried Ehrenholz, the founder of Dynaudio, will remain as a minority shareholder and continue to participate in Dynaudio´s product and marketing strategy. With Goertek, Dynaudio gains engineering experience in electronic and wireless technology, considered critical for the company’s latest product developments.
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Cirrus Logic Completes Acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics
August 22, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Cirrus Logic Completes Acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics

Cirrus Logic confirmed the acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics . The Austin Texas company says the acquisition of the Scotish company will strengthen its leadership position in Audio ICs and Software for Portable Applications, adding new product categories such as MEMS microphones to their portfolio.
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Jensen Transformers Acquired by Peter Janis, Teams up with Radial Engineering
July 7, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Jensen Transformers Acquired by Peter Janis, Teams up with Radial Engineering

Peter Janis, owner and president of Radial Engineering acquired Jensen Transformers. As Janis himself explains, “we felt that the brand was simply too important to the industry and our long-term health to end up being purchased by a multi-national and made offshore.” Jensen will remain an independent operation in Chatsworth, CA.
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InfoComm International Study Projects $116 Billion AV Industry by 2016
June 25, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

InfoComm International Study Projects $116 Billion AV Industry by 2016

Steady growth is moving commercial AV industry forward, according to a new study revealed by InfoComm International at the InfoComm 2014 tradeshow in Las Vegas. The findings are part of a study commissioned by the organization aimed at sizing the commercial audiovisual industry, now available.
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Harman International acquires manufacturer of fitness headphones Yurbuds
June 18, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Harman International acquires manufacturer of fitness headphones Yurbuds

Harman International Industries has acquired Yurbuds, a manufacturer of fitness headphones. Yurbuds will join Harman’s lifestyle division, helping the company to gain foot on the fast-growing niche of sports headphones and wearables, and develop the next generation of headphones designed specifically for athletes.
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PreSonus Acquires Loudspeaker Manufacturer WorxAudio Technologies
June 18, 2014 by Joao Martins

PreSonus Acquires Loudspeaker Manufacturer WorxAudio Technologies

PreSonus announced the acquisition of loudspeaker manufacturer WorxAudio Technologies, of Greensboro, North Carolina. WorxAudio designs and manufactures a broad range of line array, point-source, sub-bass, stage monitor, and related loudspeaker systems and accessories.
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