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Soyo Group

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Former type
  
Public

Defunct
  
2009

Number of employees
  
36 (2009)

Traded as
  
OTC Pink: SOYO

Founded
  
1985

Ceased operations
  
2009

Industry
  
Computer hardware, consumer electronics

Key people
  
Tung Chok Ming (CEO) CFO: Nancy Chu Marketing: Edward O'Brien Sales: Harvey Schneider

Products
  
LCD televisions, LCD monitors, portable storage devices, bluetooth devices

Stock price
  
SOYO (OTCMKTS) US$ 0.00 0.00 (-9.00%)14 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Ontario, California, United States

Soyo Group, Inc., often just referred to as "Soyo", was a United States-based electronics company. Established in 1985, Soyo was a provider of consumer electronics such as LCD HDTVs, home theater furniture, Bluetooth headsets, portable storage devices, computer monitors, computer motherboards, computer cases, and computer peripheral devices.

With sales offices in California and São Paulo, Brazil, Soyo sold its products through an extensive network of authorized distributors, resellers, system integrators, VARs, retailers, mail-order catalogs and e-tailers. Soyo licensed the Honeywell brand from Honeywell International Inc. for use on LCD televisions and other consumer electronics products.

Soyo Group filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Riverside Division (case number 09-19355-RN), and ceased operations on May 5, 2009.

Soyo Group brands
  • Soyo
  • Honeywell
  • Privé
  • Le Véllo Furniture
  • Soyo Computer Inc.
  • Soyo Computer Inc. a Taiwan-based company made computer components, and were well known for their motherboards. Their headquarters were in Taipei and their sales (at least NA sales) were handled by their CA office. They ceased production of electronics around 2005 and focused on the manufacture of plastics. While no longer operational in USA and Taiwan, most of the assets were shipped to Shenzhen, China and PC production still goes on for the Chinese market.

    In Argentina: 2012

    Due to government restrictions on electronic products made outside of Argentina, Soyo brand is used in Argentina for the sale of notebooks in the domestic Argentinean market. The Argentinian corporation "MRS Computers", formerly a Soyo importer for the argentinian market, actually assembles in Argentina SOYO brand laptops. These notebooks are not affiliated with the previous SOYO Group.

    References

    Soyo Group Wikipedia