This is where you will find the latest news from our members. All full members are invited to send press releases to ALMA for inclusion.

June 05, 2007: SoundMap^TM, Listen’s New Time Frequency Analysis Software offers Waterfall Plots and More

Boston, MA. Listen announces the release of SoundMap^TM, its new Time Frequency Analysis software for impulse response analysis and detection of loose particles and Rub & Buzz in loudspeakers. The software enables detailed analysis of signals simultaneously in both the time and frequency domain, and offers four different analysis options - Cumulative Spectral Decay (waterfall plots), Short Time Fourier Transforms (STFT), Wavelet, and Wigner-Ville transforms. With this selection of analysis options, SoundMap offers far more flexibility than conventional ‘waterfall plot’ software, and more accurate and psy­choacoustically significant analysis capabilities.  Full Story

May 09, 2007: Harman International Industries Names Dinesh Paliwal As CEO, President And Vice Chairman

Washington, DC. Harman International Industries (NYSE: HAR), a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and automotive electronics systems, announced today that Dinesh Paliwal has been named president, chief executive officer (CEO) and vice chairman, effective July 1, 2007. He will join the Harman board at that time. Paliwal, 49, is currently president, global markets and technology, and a member of the executive committee of ABB Group (ABB: NYSE, SWX), a global technology and engineering company with $24 billion in annual revenues and operations in more than 100 countries. ABB is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Full Story

April 26, 2007: Harman International Industries To Be Acquired By KKR And GS Capital Partners

Washington, DC. Harman International Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HAR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and GS Capital Partners (“GSCP”) in a transaction valued at approximately $8 billion. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Harman Board of Directors, following the
recommendation of a Special Committee of independent directors. KKR initiated discussions with Harman and structured the transaction so that current Harman stockholders have the opportunity to participate in the future upside potential of the enterprise. The company will continue to be named Harman International Industries and Dr. Sidney Harman, Founder and Executive Chairman, will remain Executive Chairman. Full Story

Jan 27, 2007: Henkel Focused on Adhesive Training
Unique Loctite® On-site Technology Workshops Benefit Association Membership
Rocky Hill, Conn.  To demonstrate the company’s commitment to adhesive and sealant education, Henkel Corporation is offering a unique training program to members of industrial associations throughout North America.  The program is designed to educate members on ways to improve their manufacturing processes, reduce costs, and enhance product design, performance and reliability through the effective use of adhesives and sealants.  

Scheduled at the association’s convenience, Loctite® On-site Technology Workshops are modular in nature and can be customized to the interests of an association’s membership. Attendees learn methods of automating manual adhesive processes, increasing process efficiency, reducing work-in-progress and manufacturing costs, improving throughput, and increasing quality and reliability.  The length of the workshop is determined in advance, and attendees can choose from topics including bonding, retaining, gasketing, threadlocking, potting/encapsulating, thread sealing, and curing/ dispensing equipment.

For more information, call 1-800-LOCTITE or visit www.loctite.com/training and click on the On-site Technology Workshop Link.

Jan 16, 2007: Loudsoft announces FINELab^TM QC System
Horsholm, Denmark.  The new FINELab QC System was developed by Peter Larsen, because he was not satisfied with the measuring system he had been using for many years. He wanted to design a test system, which would be simple, reliable and working on a Windows platform. The system should cover his needs and nothing more. The FINELab™ QC system is developed for production testing of drivers and speaker systems. Later a lab system will be available as an add-on module. More information or visit www.loudsoft.com.

Nov 20, 2006 : Listen Announces SoundCheck Version 7

Boston, MA. Listen announces the release of SoundCheckTM version 7.0 – a new version of the popular software based audio test system for R&D applications and production line quality control. This new version offers many additional and improved features including multichannel analysis, a new sequence wizard to simplify test set-up for first-time users, an improved loose particle algorithm, an improved multitone stimulus and new post-processing algorithms.  Visit the Listen web site for the full story.

Sept 27, 2006: Gary Church Joins MISCO as Chief Engineer
Former Rockford (RAD) Chief Engineer to Expand MISCO’s Engineering and Product Development Capabilities
Minneapolis, MN. MISCO™/ Minneapolis Speaker Company, Inc., a leader in innovative loudspeaker solutions, today announced that Gary Church has joined the company as the Chief Engineer. Church, recognized in the audio industry as a loudspeaker transducer and system design expert, brings extensive experience in designing all types and sizes of speakers to MISCO. In the newly created position, Church will oversee all of MISCO’s Engineering and Product Development. Church will report to Dan Digre, MISCO president. Full Story.