, stylized as JVCKENWOOD, is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in

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. It was formed from the merger of Victor Company of Japan, Ltd (JVC) and

Kenwood Corporation is a Japanese brand of consumer electronics. It has been owned by JVCKenwood ever since October 2011, when Kenwood Corporation merged with JVC. Kenwood manufactures audio equipment such as cassette tape decks/recorders, amateur radio (ham) equ ...

on October 1, 2008. Upon creation, Haruo Kawahara of Kenwood was the holding company's chairman, while JVC President Kunihiko Sato was the company's president. JVCKenwood focuses on car and home electronics, wireless systems for the worldwide consumer electronics market, professional broadcast,

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and digital and analogue

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equipment and systems.

History

On October 1, 2008, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd (

JVC JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood corporation. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as , the company is best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for ...

) and

signed an agreement to integrate their management through the establishment of a joint holding company (stock transfer). The joint holding company was named JVC Kenwood Holdings, Inc. On Monday, May 31, 2010, JVC Kenwood announced that it would end camcorder production in Japan by March 2011 and shift production overseas to cut losses. On August 1, 2011, JVC Kenwood Holdings, Inc. was renamed to JVCKenwood Corporation and an absorption-type merger was finalized for the JVC and Kenwood subsidiaries, which occurred two months later. The absorption merger ended the separated operation of two companies. On March 25, 2014, JVCKenwood acquired 100% ownership of

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, in order to "increase its P25 North American public safety and professional LMR system market share". EF Johnson became a wholly owned subsidiary. On December 10, 2018, JVCKenwood acquired 40% ownership of

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Units

Brands

– consists of audio equipment, cameras, medical monitors, security utilities and projectors. Known for producing the first television for the Japanese market in 1939 and developed the video home system ( VHS) in the early 1970s. * Kenwood – consists of in-car devices, hi-fi home and personal audio equipment, professional two-way radio communication equipment, as well as the

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equipment. *

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– consists of audio equipment for the high-end segment.

Subsidiaries

– Multi-band portable radio company. *

Victor Entertainment , also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Ent ...

– distributes music, movies, and other entertainment products.

References

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