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&M Premium Sound Solutions, or DMPSS, was formerly part of the global giant Philips, in its Philips Speaker Systems division. The evolution of the company saw it become Philips Sound Solutions and then be taken over by Denon & Marantz Holdings, arriving at today’s recognised title, DMPSS. Even though the administrative changes have seen different names for the organisation over the past 30 years, the focus on premium sound solutions for the automotive and consumer electronics markets has stayed constant throughout. The company has always been dedicated to the development, production and supply of loudspeakers and amplifiers in order to deliver a premium sound experience to its clients and their customers. It primarily operates in the business-to-business sector
With over 30 years experience as the preferred supplier of the highest quality sound systems for the automotive and consumer electronics markets, DMPSS has an unrivalled expertise in audio performance products. Industry Europe looks at how the company is building on its commercial advantage.
and, as such, it has a majority market share with the leading automotive and consumer electronics companies.
Leading automotive brands DMPSS’s automotive division works directly with most of the world’s leading car brands, including Toyota, Volkswagen and BMW. Meanwhile its consumer electronics business of DMPSS enjoys solid, mutually-beneficial relationships with global clients such as Nokia. With Denon & Marantz Holdings offering a number of brands for the consumer electronics market areas including receivers, blue ray players and CD systems, the automotive division is to some extent a separate area of the business but with the same specialism. A company spokesman clarified, “Our automotive business has developed as the automo-
tive industry itself has evolved. When we were first part of the industry over 30 years ago, the stereo in a car was used quite simply. The demands and expectations of a car stereo then were generally limited to listening to the news or music on the radio, but now many consumers want a quality sound system in their vehicle that’s an extension of their character, one that enables them to listen to their favourite CDs or MP3s at a quality that’s comparable to their home sound system, with two, four, eight or even 16 speakers and Dolby Surround Sound. We’ve embraced this evolution as it allows us to really show the automotive market what we can do – it’s our expertise and it’s good for their business, so it’s a win-win situation.” Indeed, providing a high quality sound system in recognised automotive brands is
