Following the majority share acquisition by Lawo in 2008 and subsequent internal restructuring, French console manufacturing company Innovason SAS has been dissolved.
The move marks the end of a juridical process which resulted in the liquidation of Innovason SAS on 2 November 2011. Lawo now holds all product and trademark rights to the Innovason brand, and will be manage the operation from its HQ in Rastatt, Germany.
‘It’s the best of both worlds,’ says Innovason International Sales Director, Marcel Babazadeh. ‘Now that the Innovason products have become part of the range offered by Lawo, it means that the continuity of the brand is guaranteed. At the same time, it benefits from everything that Lawo has to offer with more than 40 years of experience in professional audio technology.
‘Furthermore, Lawo is committed to maintaining the heritage and history of Innovason. Our focus for the future is on the continued development of the Eclipse platform. The difference is that we will be able to pursue this development with more resources available to us than ever before, which is fantastic news. It is the ideal climate in which to nurture and perpetuate the pioneering spirit that has characterised Innovason products since the beginning.’
A number of former Innovason key employees will take responsibility within the new structure at Lawo including the ‘father’ of Eclipse, Hervé de Caro, now product manager for Eclipse; Nicolas Gozdowski who will continues as service engineer; Benoit Quiniou in R&D; and Marcel Babazadeh who remains the International Sales Director.
‘I have believed in the brand from the beginning,’ says Lawo CEO, Philipp Lawo. ‘I admire innovation – which has always been a driving force for the development of Innovason products. However, despite Lawo’s intervention in 2008, the company was still not able to realise its full potential. Now that the brand is fully integrated into the Lawo structure, I am confident that together we can achieve success. I’m also delighted to welcome the new colleagues on board, all now key members of the Lawo team responsible for Innovason. It is the end of an era for Innovason in its former structure, but the dawning of a new chapter of innovations. We’re all looking forward to a new and promising future in the live sound market together.’
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