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January 2014 l 05
news DENMARK DPA signs equity deal
Major cash injection for Danish microphone maker, writes Erica Basnicki
LEADING MICROPHONE manufacturer DPA Microphones has joined forces with The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm that focuses on acquiring strong and growing businesses. The Riverside Company’s
investment will allow DPA to significantly expand its operation and grow the company at a much faster pace. “DPA is already a very successful and profitable company, which has been experiencing a 15% increase in sales, year on year, for the last five years,” said DPA’s CFO Christian Hoff. “With Riverside involved, we anticipate even stronger sales growth in the next five years.”
Under the terms of the new deal, Hoff and DPA CEO Christian Poulsen have retained their current positions in management and on the board, along with a 40% shareholding. Riverside is now the majority shareholder and will also have representation on the DPA board. “For our day-to-day
operation, it is business as You spin me right round, baby, right round. Like a record, baby… NETHERLANDS
Alcons: 1,000 shows and still marching on
By Erica Basnicki Anticipating growth: DPA CEO Christian Poulsen and CFO Christian Hoff
usual,” said Poulsen. “What has changed is our ability to capitalise on our current success and make this even more significant in the future. Riverside has an extensive network worldwide, many of whom are specialists in the audio industry and have deep technical knowledge and experience that we can exploit. This investment will allow us to develop new technologies and new products at a much faster pace. It will also allow us to move into new
markets and attract more good people to our brand, while still properly supporting our existing customer and partner base.” Recent artists who have been using DPA’s mic range include MKS, on tour with d:facto II vocal mics; Paramore, who used d:vote 4099 and d:dicate 2011C mics for their live drum sound and Alicia Keys who used 4023, 4011A and 4006 mics both in the studio and performing.
www.dpamicrophones.com www.riversideeurope.com
AN ALCONS LR14 loudspeaker system is still going strong after 1,000 performances of Soldaat van Oranje, De Musical (‘Soldier of Orange, the Musical’), a technically complex theatrical production based on the book by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema. The show’s production is
unique, with the raked audience seating on a 30m diametre turntable in the middle of the hangar which rotates throughout the performance. Sound designer Jeroen ten Brinke chose nearly 100 Alcons LR14 pro-ribbon
line-array cabinets for a huge surround system. Each scene features an L-C-R
array of LR14s, plus a 15” sub, driven by 30 ALC4 2x 2kW amplified loudspeaker controllers. With 14 arrays in all, as the seating revolves the right-hand array from the previous scene becomes the left array of the next one. “The LR14s and ALC4s
have been worked relentlessly hard, but there has not been one breakdown, not a single replacement needed,” says Alcons Audio co-founder Tom Back. “Not even any components have needed changing.”
www.alconsaudio.com
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