Harman International Industries

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company_name = Harman International Industries
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company_type = Public (NYSE|HAR)
foundation = 1980
location = Stamford, Connecticut
key_people = Dinesh Paliwal, Chairman and CEO
Dr. Sidney Harman, Chairman Emeritus
industry = Electronic Equipment
products = audio, electronic, and infotainment systems for automotive OEM's, home and computer systems, loudspeakers and electronics for audio professionals (concert halls, stadiums, airports, recording, broadcasting, and cinema)
revenue = 4.11 billion USD (2008)
operating_income = 139 million USD (2008)
net_income = 108 million USD (2008)
num_employees = 11,246 [cite book
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title = Standard and Poor's 500 Guide
publisher = The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
date = 2007
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isbn = 0-07-147906-6 ]
homepage = [http://www.harman.com/ www.harman.com]

Harman International Industries (NYSE|HAR) is an international audio and infotainment equipment company. The company designs, manufactures and markets audio and infotainment products for the car, the home, theatres and venues, as well as electronics for audio professionals. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and maintains major operations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Harman International includes many consumer and specialty brands targeting specific audio and electronics product categories.

Brands

*AKG Acoustics - microphone/headphones
*Audio Access - A/V controllers
*Becker Autosound - car infotainment
*BSS Audio - signal processing
*Crown International - pro amplifiers
*dbx Professional Products - signal processors
*DigiTech - guitar products
*DOD Electronics - guitar processors
*harman kardon - home/car audio
*Infinity - home/car speakers
*JBL - home/car speakers & amplifiers
*Lexicon - digital processing
*Margi - car multimedia
*Mark Levinson - home/car audio
*QNX - real-time OS software
*Revel - home speakers
*Soundcraft - mixing consoles
*Studer - digital recording
*UREI - DJ Mixers, Audio processing
*Wavemakers - voice recognition software

History

Harman International Industries was to disappear from NYSE in Q3/2007 due to buy-out by KKR and GSCP. [ [http://www.secinfo.com/$/SEC/Filing.asp?D=Vut2.u4Ux SEC Info - KHI Parent Inc - S-4 - On 6/20/07 ] ] However, as of mid September 2007, KKR announced they would back out of the deal. Harman shares had plummeted by more than 24% that day on the news.

References

External links

* [http://www.harman.com Harman International]