HARMAN Racks Up Accolades at the Red Dot Awards
April 29 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The connected lifestyle services company has been honored with
more than 200 awards over past four years
HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), the
premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and
enterprise markets, today announced it has won a total of 23
product innovation and design awards at the 2016 Red Dot Design
Awards. HARMAN’s brands JBL, AKG, and Harman Kardon all picked up
accolades this year, taking HARMAN’s award recognition over the
past four years globally to 200 wins, more than double its closest
competitor in this period.
These awards across brands that also include Infinity, Revel and
Mark Levinson are “a deserved achievement for the painstaking
effort we take in getting the design right,” said Damian
Mackiewicz, vice president, design for HARMAN’s Lifestyle Audio
Division. “Our brands span every facet of the headphone and speaker
markets, but one constant is excellence in design which delivers
top-level performance, complemented by perfect styling –
reinforcing HARMAN as a champion in the global consumer electronics
industry.”
Dating back to 1955, the Red Dot Design Award is given to
products that demonstrate innovation, formal quality, functionality
and ecological compatibility. With their specialist knowledge, some
40 recognized experts from around the world guarantee the high
quality standards and thus the value of the Red Dot seal.
Amongst 17,000 entries globally, HARMAN collected the
sought-after Red Dot across 23 of its products including:
- 18 JBL products, including JBL Everest
Elite 700, JBL Trip and JBL Reflect Response
- Three Harman Kardon products including
its Wireless HD Audio System, the Harman Kardon Omni+
- Two AKG products including the stylish
AKG Y30 headphones
The success seen at Red Dot is a continuation of the
achievements made by HARMAN across the likes of the CES Innovation
Awards and iF Design Awards. From these and other global events,
HARMAN has now collected more than 200 awards over the past four
years.
The CES Innovation program honors outstanding design and
engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across
categories. HARMAN received the award for 13 products across its
product portfolio; headphones, smart audio, connected home and
aftermarket car audio categories, including the JBL Xtreme, JBL
Boost TV and Revel Concerta2 Series.
The iF Design Award has long become a symbol for excellent form,
for aesthetic quality, and for user-focused, ergonomic and
efficient design in all disciplines, by companies around the world.
HARMAN collected 10 awards at the February ceremony, with JBL and
AKG again being honored for products including the JBL Reflect
Aware and AKG N90Q respectively.
“The Red Dot Awards are another shining example of how far our
design story has come and how it continues to evolve,” says
Mackiewicz. “Our R&D team are second to none and I have no
doubt that we will continue to deliver industry-leading design to
businesses and consumers globally.”
ABOUT HARMAN
HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and
solutions for automakers, consumers and enterprises worldwide,
including connected car systems, audio and visual products,
enterprise automation solutions and connected services. With
leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®,
Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by
audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they
perform around the world. More than 25 million automobiles on the
road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car
systems. The Company’s software services power billions of mobile
devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure
across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN
has a workforce of approximately 29,000 people across the Americas,
Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $6.7 billion during the 12
months ended March 31, 2016. The Company’s shares are traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE:HAR.
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reserved. Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson
are trademarks of HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated,
registered in the United States and/or other countries. AKG is a
trademark of AKG Acoustics GmbH, registered in the United States
and/or other countries. Features, specifications and appearance are
subject to change without notice.
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HARMAN:Ivo Poguntke, +49 7248 71 5418PR Specialist,
Corporate Communicationsivo.poguntke@harman.comorDarrin Shewchuk,
+1 203-328-3500Senior Director, Corporate
Communicationsdarrin.shewchuk@harman.com
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