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Our Professional loudspeakers are well known for high-quality and superior sound. JBL Professional
branded products include studio monitors, loudspeaker systems, powered loudspeakers, sound
reinforcement systems, cinema systems, surround sound systems and industrial loudspeakers.
Our Professional electronic products are recognized for high quality and reliability. We market these
products on a worldwide basis under various trade names, including Crown, Soundcraft, Lexicon,
DigiTech, AKG, BSS, dbx and Studer. These products are often sold in conjunction with our JBL
Professional loudspeakers and certain products are integrated into JBL loudspeakers.
We produce sound mixing consoles which range from automated multi-track consoles for professional
recording studios to compact professional mixers for personal recording, home studios and sound
reinforcement. Our consoles are sold to four main market areas: sound reinforcement, recording studios,
broadcast studios and musical instrument dealers. Our mixing consoles are sold primarily under the
Soundcraft and Studer brands. We produce many types of signal processing products, equalizers, and
special effects devices that are used in live sound applications and in recording studios to produce sound
effects and refine final mixes. These products are sold under the Lexicon, DigiTech, dbx and BSS brand
names.
We produce microphones, audio headphones, surround-sound headphones and other professional audio
products, which are marketed under the AKG brand name.
We also produce professional amplifiers and powered loudspeakers under the Crown and JBL brand
names. We believe the integration of loudspeakers and electronics enhances our ability to provide
complete systems solutions to the professional audio market. Our other professional products include
switching systems, digital audio workstations and turnkey broadcasting studio installations marketed
primarily under the Studer brand name.
With our HiQnet network protocol we can configure, connect and control a complete professional sound
system from microphone to speaker on one unified digital network. This system provides enhanced
productivity and facilitates real-time problem diagnosis and correction from a central location.
Manufacturing
We believe that our world-class manufacturing capabilities are essential to maintaining and improving
product quality and performance. Our manufacturing facilities are located in North America, Europe and
Asia.
Our Automotive manufacturing facilities in Europe are located in Germany, the United Kingdom,
Sweden, France and Hungary. Our European facilities are primarily used to manufacture infotainment
systems and automotive navigation and audio systems. In North America, we manufacture loudspeakers
in Indiana, Kentucky and Mexico and manufacture electronics in California, Kentucky and Missouri. In
addition, we are currently building a new facility in Suzhou, China where we will manufacture
automotive loudspeakers and amplifiers. Production at the Suzhou facility is expected to start in June
2008.
Our Consumer manufacturing facilities are located in California, Massachusetts, Mexico and China. Our
loudspeaker manufacturing capabilities include the production of high-gloss lacquer and wooden veneer