This means HARMAN will provide a ten-speaker premium surround audio system for the Dongfeng Aeolus models, including powered subwoofer and vehicle audio amplifier.
HARMAN has manufacturing and R&D operations in Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen, serving key customers such as Shanghai General Motors, BYD, and Geely.
The company recently announced a further US$100 million investment to bolster its manufacturing and research capabilities in the People’s Republic with new facilities in the city of Dandong. With more than 1200 employees currently in China, HARMAN has an established base from which to supply the foreign and domestic Chinese automakers in what has become the world’s largest automotive market.
“Dongfeng Motors is among China’s top automotive manufacturers, and we are pleased to work with DFPV to promote our new relationship and our branded audio solutions,” said Dinesh C. Paliwal, the Company’s Chairman, President and CEO. “Dongfeng’s consumers desire an individual and uncompromising lifestyle, and our premium audio systems for the Aeolus will provide customers with an in-car listening experience perfectly customized to the car’s interior characteristics.”
HARMAN is known to offer a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets – supported by 15 leading brands including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The company brags that more than 20 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems.
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