Voxx International Corporation was an American

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company founded as Audiovox Corporation in 1960, and renamed Voxx in 2012. It was headquartered in

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. The company specialized in four areas: OEM and after-market

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accessories, and consumer and commercial

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. It was purchased by Gentex in April 2025. Over the years, Voxx International has purchased a number of recognizable brandnames when the original companies were no longer viable as independent specialty shops, including

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, Code Alarm, Invision, Jensen, Klipsch, Prestige,

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, 808 Audio, and Terk, among others. Its international brands include Audiovox, Hirschmann, Heco, Incaar, Oehlbach, Mac Audio, Magnat, Schwaiger, and others. In addition, the company licenses the

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brand.

History

In 2020, Voxx International Corporation announced the change of name Klipsch Holding, LLC, which became ''Premium Audio Company, LLC''. Premium Audio Company, LLC consists of two subsidiaries: Klipsch Group, Inc (brands: ''Klipsch, Jamo, Energy'', ''ProMedia'') and 11 Trading Company, LLC. In May 2021, Voxx International and

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began negotiations with Onkyo to purchase its home audiovisual division. Voxx's subsidiary Premium Audio Company (PAC) entered a joint venture with Sharp to acquire the business, which includes the Onkyo and Integra brands, for $30.8 million. PAC would own 75% of the joint venture and Sharp 25%. PAC would manage all product development, engineering, sales, marketing, and distribution while Sharp would be responsible for manufacturing and supply chain management of Onkyo products. The acquisition was completed in September 2021. In April 2025, Voxx International was acquired by Gentex.

Brands

Voxx International markets its products under several brand names, including: * 808 Audio *

* Advent * Astrostart * Audiovox * Automate * Autostart * Avital * CarLink * Champ * Chipmunks * Clifford * Code-Alarm * Directed Electronics * FlashLogic * Hirschmann * Incaar * InVision Technologies * Jamo * Jensen Electronics * Klipsch * Magnat * Onkyo * Pioneer Electronics * Prestige * Pursuit * PursuiTrak * Python *

* SmartStart * Surface Clean * Terk * UTStarcom * Viper * Zentral Home Command

Product types

Electronics

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Restatements

On March 14, 2003, Audiovox said it planned to restate results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2002, following a review of the effect of the

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's Emerging Issues Task Force regulations on its statements. The restatement would lower revenue by about $462,000, and increase income by $36,000. On April 15, 2003, Audiovox announced to restate results for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and the first three quarters of fiscal 2002.

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