GiVa Audiovisual Technologies has purchased all assets and IP rights of the Apex brand, as well as the production facilities and all stock. Established by former Apex Director and founder Paul Van Hees, and Hendrik-Jan Gielis, an electronics engineer who was formerly in charge hardware at Apex, GiVa reprieves Apex Audio after filing for bankruptcy in late 2013.

‘We created GiVa with the sole intention of continuing the Apex brand,’ Van Hees says. ‘While the collapse of Apex as a distribution/integration company was a devastating time for us all, it was no reflection on the Apex product line, and I really wanted to find a way to save the brand.’

Apex has a 20-year history of manufacturing high-quality signal processing and system control devices, including the Intelli-Series of digital system management processors.

Van Hees used the recent ProLight ¶ Sound show to assess the viability of the move: ‘I was able to meet with most of our distributors, and almost all of them want to continue with the brand,’ he says. ‘Some had even continued to market it during our absence from the market in the firm conviction that a solution would be found sooner or later. I’m glad to say that we have found a solution and we will be able to repay their confidence.

‘We have very ambitious plans for the Apex brand,’ he adds. ‘We will continue to maintain and develop the current product range and our dedication to the live market, but our plans for the future include a new range of digital products for the fixed installation market as well. Our projects are purely those of a manufacturer. GiVa is neither a distributor nor an integration company, nor will it be.’

GiVa is located in Apex’s former premises of and is now shipping products.

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