Soyo Group
Public | |
Traded as | OTC Pink: SOYO |
Industry | Computer hardware, consumer electronics |
Founded | 1985 |
Defunct | 2009 |
Headquarters | Ontario, California, USA |
Key people |
CEO: Tung Chok Ming CFO: Nancy Chu Marketing: Edward O'Brien Sales: Harvey Schneider |
Products | LCD televisions, LCD monitors, portable storage devices, bluetooth devices |
Revenue | $110.0 million USD (2008 YTD) |
$3.3 million USD (2008 YTD) | |
Number of employees | 36 (2009) |
Soyo Group, Inc., often just referred to as "Soyo", was a USA-based electronics company. Established in 1985, Soyo was a provider of consumer electronics such as LCD HDTVs, home theater furniture, Bluetooth headsets, portable storage devices, computer monitors, computer motherboards, computer cases, and computer peripheral devices.
With sales offices in California and São Paulo, Brazil, Soyo sold its products through an extensive network of authorized distributors, resellers, system integrators, VARs, retailers, mail-order catalogs and e-tailers. Soyo licensed the Honeywell brand from Honeywell International Inc. for use on LCD televisions and other consumer electronics products.
Soyo Group filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Riverside Division (case number 09-19355-RN), and ceased operations on May 5, 2009.
- Soyo Group brands
- Soyo
- Honeywell
- Privé
- Le Véllo Furniture
- Soyo Computer Inc.
Soyo Computer Inc. a Taiwan based company made computer components, and were well known for their motherboards. Their headquarters were in Taipei and their sales (at least NA sales) were handled by their CA office. They ceased production of electronics around 2005 and focused on the manufacture of plastics.[1]
In Argentina: 2012
Due to government restrictions on electronic products made outside of Argentina, Soyo brand is used in Argentina for the sale of notebooks in the domestic Argentinean market. The Argentinian corporation "MRS Computers", formerly a Soyo importer for the argentinian market, actually assembles in Argentina SOYO brand laptops. These notebooks are not affiliated with the previous SOYO Group.
References
External links
- Soyo Group, Inc. archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- SEC filing regarding bankruptcy
- Soyo Argentina
- Canal-AR: MRS assembles in Argentina SOYO brand laptops