Harman International Industries, Inc.

Company Profile

Business Overview

-The Company is a manufacturer of connected products and solutions for a variety of markets. For the automotive market, the Company develops and manufactures audio systems, infotainment systems, digital cockpits, and connected vehicle solutions.

-The Company is organized into four divisions: Connected Car, Lifestyle Audio, Professional Solutions and Connected Services. Of the four divisions, the Connected Car, Lifestyle Audio, and Connected Services divisions are involved with the automotive industry.

• Connected Car: Designs, manufactures, and markets connected car systems to provide navigation, infotainment, telematics, advanced displays, enhanced user experience, autonomous and assisted driving, connected safety and services, and over-the-air update capabilities.
• Lifestyle Audio: Manufactures automotive audio systems under various brand names to enhance the automotive audio experience.
• Connected Services: Develops software solutions and connected products which integrate design, mobility, cloud and analytics for companies.

 
-More than 25 million vehicles on the road feature the Company’s audio systems and connected technologies, comprising approximately 35% of the world’s vehicles. In 2020, the Company had a 27.5% market share in digital cockpits and net sales of KRW 9,183.7 billion.

Competitors

Shareholders

-As of March 13, 2017, the Company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange due to its acquisition by Samsung Electronics. The Company is a fully owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

Products

Infotainment systems
-GPS navigation systems
-Audio and video entertainment systems
-Multi-seat entertainment systems
-Embedded infotainment solutions

• Augmented navigation display
• 3D navigation display
• Over-the-air mapping and software updates
• Sensor fusion systems
• Smartphone connectivity (Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, MirrorLink)
• Traffic information
• Bluetooth compatibility
• Voice-activated telephone, texting and climate control
• Digital media compatibility
• Wireless Internet access
• Hard disk recording
• MP3 playback

-Telematics applications

• eCall emergency services
• Roadside assistance services
• Stolen vehicle tracking
• Vehicle diagnostics
• Connected navigation
• Connected infotainment

-Situational Human Machine Interface display system
-Intelligent digital cockpit
-Scalable digital cockpit solutions
-Augmented Reality platforms
-Head-up displays

Car audio
-Speakers
-Amplifiers
-QuantumLogic Surround (QLS) 3D surround sound system
-Individual Sound Zones (ISZ) which create personalized audio experience with minimal external interference
-Clari-Fi system which reconstructs audio details lost in compression
-HALOsonic noise management solutions

Connected services
-Automotive cloud platform
-Service delivery platform
-Aha Radio services
-Analytics services
-End-to-end in-vehicle infotainment solutions
-Android Auto integration packages
-Ethernet AVB software
-OTA management systems
-Ignite end-to-end cloud platform
-V2X communication systems
-Device Virtualization for connected vehicles
-Software vulnerability management systems
-Harman Shield cybersecurity systems
-Integrated 5G-ready Telematics Control Units

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
-Rear-view camera applications
-Wide-view camera applications
-Surround-view camera applications
-Backup camera systems
-Collision warning systems
-Lane departure warning systems
-Driver monitoring systems
-Occupant monitoring systems
-External rear and side-view e-mirrors
-Augmented Surround View system
-Pre-integrated ADAS systems

History

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