NEWS Music Group buys Turbosound
Group rounds off audio offering with latest purchase Promises investment and expansion of brand BY DANIEL GUMBLE
MUSIC GROUP has announced the acquisition of loudspeaker manufacturer Turbosound, as part of its continued expansion. The addition of Turbosound is designed to allow Music Group to round off its professional and touring audio offerings alongside Klark Teknik and Midas. Turbosound now joins Midas and Klark Teknik as anchor brands for the Group’s on-going expansion into professional markets. It is expected that Turbosound will retain its own manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution network worldwide, while benefiting from Music Group’s extensive infrastructure. Uli Behringer, Music Group founder and CEO, commented: “Since the
acquisition of Midas and Klark Teknik we have been pursuing a loudspeaker brand that complements the consoles and processing offered by these historic brands. “Throughout our search
Turbosound have stood out as the ideal match because of their extensive IP, sterling reputation and a first-class team of people. I am very proud to welcome Simon Blackwood and his team to our family. “We will invest heavily in
positioning Turbosound at the very pinnacle of the industry, as we have done with Midas and Klark Teknik, where we have financed over $20 million in new automated manufacturing, quality control systems and engineering resources, including a new Center of Engineering Excellence in Manchester, UK.”
Music Force adds Cool Cajons
MUSIC FORCE Distribution has become the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for the Volt Cool Cajon’s range. Available in a number of eye
catching designs, the cajons are made in Spain and come with an instruction manual, CD and Seat Pad. Among the designs available is a Union Jack version. Brand and
marketing manager James Dove said: “We are really pleased to add these to our other quality brands such as ENGL, Ashton and Voyage-Air, which the cajon compliments really
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well, as they are a great lifestyle product with a different twist, that you can use professionally or have around the house.” The Music Force: 01780 781630
Chinese show goes global
MUSIC CHINA says this year’s show will have its largest ever contingent of international exhibitors and will debut a Japanese pavilion. The event, which is held
at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 11 – 14 October, has
1,000 companies already registered. Evan Sha, deputy
general Manager of Messe Frankfurt Shanghai said: “Despite reservations about the global environment, more international exhibitors are strengthening their sales
focus on the evolving Chinese market. Also, to increase their profile at the show, some exhibitors such as Buffet, Dixon, Roland and Yamaha have increased their booth size by 20-50 per cent.” This year, 11 international pavilions from Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Taiwan and the UK will showcase products. The Japanese pavilion is making its first show appearance and is supported by the Japanese government. Altogether, 28 musical instrument manufacturers and organisations will form the pavilion.
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