Arny Krueger wrote:
"Jim Gregory" wrote in message

Regarding this latest merger,
please note that last month Klipsch Audio bought Jano (another huge
Danish firm) - both make loudspeakers and cabinets.
See my link to Hi-Fi News article in rec.audio.misc on Mar10, 2005

That would be Jamo.

Do these decisions signal a trend for USA manufacturers to acquire
successful European technology?

Could be.

With the drop in the dollar, you would expect things to be going the other
way around. Or possibly US manufacturers are looking to invest abroad in
the hopes of having more sales in euros.

Interesting that the Tymphany-DST merger was announced just a little while
later.

I get the impression that both european firms may have been approaching
financial difficulties.

Both of them have very good products but not much representation in the US
at all. Which means takeover by a US company might help bring some of the
European-made products into the US.

Bet a lot of it will be moved to China sooner than later.

The Chinese are very strong in speaker driver manufacturing. One of the
largest if not the largest driver factory in the world is located there.

Anybody who manufactures something sort of falls into a bad place if the
Chinese decide to compete with them, particularly at mid-prices and below.

Right. And the problem with outsourcing to China is that your own
manufacturing partner becomes your competitor.
--scott
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