LONDON — Electra Partners, based here, acquired mixing console manufacturer Allen & Heath from D&M Holdings. Electra Private Equity PLC and Allen & Heath’s management have provided £43 million — about $66.2 million — of equity and debt.
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MANILA, Philippines — Music Group named Graham Rowlands senior manager of for its Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound brands in the Asia Pacific region, which includes China and India. Rowlands most recently served as Harman Professional’s Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based Regional Sales Director, Asia.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Rat Sound Systems, Inc. named Paul Freudenberg general manager. Freudenberg will be responsible for managing all operations and developing business with Touring, Installations, Retail Sales and the SoundTools brand.
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COSTA MESA, CA – QSC Audio Products has promoted Phil Sanchez to senior communications and public relations manager, a newly created position. In his new role, Sanchez will be responsible for driving QSC messaging, developing and strengthening mutually beneficial media partner relationships, while promoting the QSC brand across a wide range of media worldwide.
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LONDON — Loudspeaker manufacturer Martin Audio has appointed James King as its director of marketing.
Commenting on the recent success of the company’s groundbreaking MLA technology, “I am impressed with the ambition, innovation and heritage of Martin Audio, and am excited at the prospect at being able to hone this into a clear competitive advantage that will deliver further market share gains worldwide,” he said. Highly experienced in brand leadership within the international business world, James King joined communication giant Motorola in 2001, and after occupying various senior management roles, became EMEA brand marketing director in 2008.
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ORLANDO, FL – Line 6 named Wellington, FL-based Meyer Marketing as its rep firm for the state of Florida. Line 6 also named Atlanta-based Griffith Sales as its rep firm for the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
Read More »BURBANK, CA — Riedel Communications has opened a new facility here to meet demand for the company’s product range. In addition to providing space for more inventory and sales personnel, the new facility includes a training room where customers and partners can get hands-on experience with Riedel equipment and software.
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WEDEMARK, Germany — Sennheiser, family-run since it was founded in 1945, announced changes to its executive management board that included the promotions of both Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, grandsons of founder Fritz Sennheiser, to shared leadership positions within the company. Both will assume the title of CEO on July 1.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA — Que Audio announces the appointment of Indiana-based Starin as the exclusive distributor in the US and Canada for Que Audio’s full range of Performance and Solution Series product lines, effective July, 2013. Adding Que Audio to Starin’s already impressive resume of products is a “step in the right direction” says Que Audio’s general manager, Paul Heaton.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) named Marcin Nowak technical services manager, Western Region. In his new position, Nowak will be assisting the GC Pro staff and its affiliate network on the design of advanced installations projects. GC Pro vice president Rick Plushner made the announcement.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Auralex Acoustics, Inc., now marking 35 years, named Mark Henderson CEO, Dave Brune director of sales and Andy Symons director of operations. Auralex founder and president Eric Smith made the announcements.
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SAN DIEGO — Allen & Heath’s regional sales agency for Asia, Global Market Management, named Alex Schloesser sales engineer. Schloesser will be working with distributors in training, pre-sales system design support as well as after sales support with an emphasis on helping distribution partners increase market share.
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