Harman has announced the acquisition of SM Pro Audio, an Australian manufacturer of outboard and recording utilities including rack mixers, microphones, mic preamps and DI boxes.
The incorporation of the Melbourne-based company into the Harman Professional Division will bring a new an innovation hub to Harman’s pro audiocompanies, covering a wide range of pro and MI technologies.
‘Together, we look forward to bringing a new depth of innovation to the broadest array of customers around the world,’ says Blake Augsburger, President of the Harman Professional Division. ‘To that point, we have already envisioned ideas and concepts where SM Pro Audio products and technologies could benefit Soundcraft and Studer mixers, dbx signal processing and AKG transducers. We expect to introduce Harman products that feature SM Pro Audio technology in early 2015, including previews of two groundbreaking Soundcraft mixing products at Namm 2015.’
SM Pro Audio was formerly a privately owned business. Additional details of the transaction are not being disclosed.
