Re: Uli Behringer of The Music Group Q&A
Hi Uli,
I am extremely impressed with the level of detail you have provided on this thread with regards to the Music Group, the companies, your factory and quality processes, and your future aspirations for your product lines with regards to R&D.
I, like yourself in my own time am an enthusiastic piano player and also regularly run FOH sound for amature bands in our area. I am quite excited to see the new X32 mixer after using many other digital consoles and owning a presonus console myself.
Back in the real world (my day job), I work for the largest global electronic components distributor, based in the North of the UK. I am particularly interested in your view with regards to the UK model many blue chip semiconductor manufacturers have taken, where the design responsibility lies heavily with their distribution partners to work directly with the OEM's. Large investments in design engineers have been made by the distribution channels to deliver this enabling the component manufaturers to keep there resources tight within the UK.
Your investment in the Manchester facility and it's resource shows a clear strategy for this to be a leading technical resource to the Music Group and I am particularly interested to know how you intend to interface with the support around you to achieve the best design/costs, my understanding is that since the takeover the relationships between the Manchester & Kidderminster locations and distribution, are more distant than ever.
Thanks
Alistair
