Harman International Industries

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Harman International Industries

Type	Public (NYSE: HAR)
Founded	1980
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Key people	Dr. Sidney Harman, Executive Chairman Dinesh Paliwal, CEO
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	3.20 billion USD (2006)
Operating income	397 million USD (2006
Net income	255 million USD (2006
Employees	11,246 ^[1]
Website	www.harman.com

Harman International Industries is an international audio equipment company.

1 Brands
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Brands

AKG Acoustics - microphone/headphones
Audio Access - A/V controllers
Becker - 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

[edit] History

Harman International Industries was to disappear from NYSE in Q3/2007 due to buy-out by KKR and GSCP. ^[2] However, as of mid September 2007, KKR announced they would back out of the deal.