Bosch will shut down the Akustica subsidiary

Akustica's three high-performance analog MEMS microphones introduced earlier this year, according to Memes Consulting, Bosch will be shut down in Pittsburgh, USA, in October 2018, as no suitable buyers or partners have been found. Subsidiary Akustica (Akustik).

Germany Bosch acquired Akustica as a wholly-owned subsidiary in August 2009. Currently, Bosch has notified the Pennsylvania Department of Labor, or will shut down Akustica at the end of October 2018. According to Bosch spokesperson Linda Beckmeyer, 45 employees at the Akustica headquarters in Smallman Street in Pittsburgh and 12 other employees in the relevant office may be affected. Bosch's R&D center in Pittsburgh is headquartered in the same building as Akustica, but Akustica's shutdown plan will not affect Bosch's other employees and operations. Beckmeyer said that Bosch will provide Akustica employees with the opportunity to apply for other positions open to the company, and the departing staff will receive separation compensation and new job introduction services. Akustica is focused on the development of miniature MEMS microphones to create the world's first digital MEMS microphone. In December 2016, Bosch announced that it was exploring new strategic options for Akustica and hired the US-based Angle Advisors to serve as an assessment consultant for Akustica's business. Beckmeyer revealed that Bosch had not been able to find a suitable partner or buyer for Akustica in the past 10 months and decided to shut down Akustica. "The development time and resources required to maintain Akustica's continued operation of the next generation of MEMS microphones is too costly," Beckmeyer said. "Bosch believes that to succeed in the highly competitive MEMS market, it must focus more on its core consumer electronics and automobiles. The MEMS product line." Beckmeyer said that the entire production line of Akustica will also be phased out next year.

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