MTX Audio is an American consumer audio company that manufactures sound equipment for applications including
car audio
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,
home audio
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, marine audio and
live sound products. They are best known for their car audio products and they specialize in
subwoofers and subwoofer
amplifiers
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.
MTX Audio is a
brand name
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owned by the
Mitek Corporation.
History
MTX audio was called Matrecs in 1979. The MTX name came in when Loyd Ivey, then owner of his own company American Acoustic Labs, bought out the Matrecs name in 1979 and changed it to MTX under Ivey’s parent company Mitek. In 1991, MTX Audio acquired
Soundcraftsmen, a defunct audio equipment manufacturer which was located in
Santa Ana, California, and was called ''MTX Soundcraftsmen'' until 1999.
In 1984 MTX created the first mobile audio enclosure.
Today
Loyd Ivey is
chairman and
CEO
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of MiTek and therefore MTX, which employs over 750 people. MiTek has 12 other companies including MTX, with plants in Ennis, Texas, Louisville, Kentucky, Monroe, Wisconsin, West Dundee, Illinois, Winslow, Illinois, and in Phoenix, Arizona.
List of global brand names and what countries MiTek has their products/facilities in.
* MTX- USA, Europe, Germany
* COUSTIC- USA, Europe
* Xtant- USA, Europe
* StreetWires- USA, Europe
* Mitek- USA, Europe
* Atlas IED- USA, Europe
Parent company
Loyd Ivey Is the president and CEO of his company MiTek corp which he founded in the mid-1980s after acquiring Matrecs and the American Case Company. MiTek is the parent company of 13 other companies, including MTX, with manufacturing plants in seen American states and three countries around the world.
Products
MTX makes car audio, marine audio, ATV-UTV Audio, home audio, and portable audio products. The MTX Jackhammer 24 is a 24-inch square subwoofer and one of the largest available on the consumer market.
References
External links
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Does Walmart Install Car Stereos?Mitek on International Trade by
Loyd Ivey on YouTube
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Electronics companies established in 1979
Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States