HARMAN launches the Innovation Hub, a showcase of leading-edge technologies driving the future of audio, infotainment, connectivity and in-car safety
Karlsbad, 12.09. 2013 – HARMAN, the premium global audio and infotainment group, announces the launch of its new Innovation Hub, the industry’s first online information platform where customers, partners and other stakeholders can learn about how Harman’s innovations are leading the industry. The site features a variety of multimedia content such as articles, interviews, videos, infographics and white papers on key technologies of infotainment, branded audio, connectivity, cloud services, user experience and much more.
As technologies quickly evolve, there is a need for a platform that can act as an easily accessible, one-stop source for insights into the new trends and developments shaping these areas in the auto industry and beyond. With its clear focus on simplifying complexity, and as the global leader in cutting-edge infotainment systems, HARMAN is ideally positioned to capture this intelligence in compact form for customers, partners and other industry stakeholders.
The new HARMAN Innovation Hub invites active participation from visitors and serves as a forum where engineers, analysts and other specialists can enter into a dialog about trends and opportunities in the field of infotainment and connectivity. It offers content written by experts for experts, and is designed to provide valuable first-hand perspective and deep technical insights on current and future innovations that are making an impact, together with the answers which HARMAN has to offer to the market. The Hub currently features the latest industry topics like connected in-car safety and entertainment, how automakers can future-proof their cars for the Internet of tomorrow with advanced automotive-grade cloud platforms or how Electric Sound Synthesis (ESS) is helping soundscape otherwise silent electric cars.
The HARMAN Innovation Hub is freely accessible and no registration is required. The Hub offers content in several languages, including Chinese and Russian, with more languages and content selection options planned over time. Visitors are also able to filter the content to focus on a specific region of the globe.
Visit the HARMAN Innovation Hub at http://www.harmaninnovation.com.
About HARMAN
HARMAN designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of infotainment and audio solutions for the automotive, consumer, and professional markets. It is a recognized world leader across its customer segments with premium brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, and Mark Levinson® and leading-edge connectivity, safety and audio technologies. The company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of 14,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $4.3 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.. Please visit www.harman.com for more information.
For further information please contact:
HARMAN, Nicole Mehr, Director Corporate Affairs and Communications Europe. Becker-Göring-Str. 16, D-76307 Karlsbad. Tel.: +49-7248-71-1272 nicole.mehr@harman.com
Darrin Shewchuk, Director, Corporate Communications. 400 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. Tel.: +1-203-328-3500 darrin.shewchuk@harman.com
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