Amkette

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Amkette
Company type Private
Industry
FoundedJanuary 1986;38 years ago (1986-01)
Founder Rajiv Bapna
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
 Rajiv Bapna (CEO)
Products
Number of employees
1,000 (2012)
Website www.amkette.com

Amkette is a multinational technology company and manufacturer of computer hardware and consumer electronics, headquartered in New Delhi, India. The company launched a smart TV product called EvoTV in 2012.

Contents

The company's manufacturing facility is in China while the software team is based in Bangalore, India. [1]

History

Amkette was started by Rajiv Bapna in 1984. It became one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of floppy diskettes from India, selling to Russia and other countries in Europe. [2] The plant manufactured 8", 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes. At its peak it had a production capacity of 30 million floppies daily. [1] The plant was shut down in Jan 2013 and completely converted into a R&D center. [3]

In November 2014, the company launched a headphone with a sharing jack, Trubeats Tango, that allows listeners to connect additional listening devices to the headphone. [4]

In December 2016, the company launched the successor of its flagship product Evo TV 2 4k capable of playing 4k content. [5] In the subsequent year, the company launched the next generation of Evo TV, the Evo TV 3 4K with an upgraded 2GB of RAM. [6]

After a decade of the launch of Amkette TV Box which converted normal TVs into smart TVs, In 2021, the company introduced its flagship product, EvoFox Game box in the Indian market. [7]

Timeline

DateMilestone [2]
1986First 8" floppy diskette shipped out
1987Established 5.25" floppy diskette plant
1991Established 3.5" floppy diskette plant
2003Introduction of wireless keyboard [8] and mouse
2004Introduction of CD blank media
2006Introduction of DVD-Rs blank media
2008Introduction of flash drives and memory cards
2009Introduction of Flash TV media player [9]
2012Launch of Amkette Acoustix Lab [10]
2012Launch of EvoTV smart TV platform [11]
2015Launch of Evo GamePad Pro [12]
2016Launch of Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro 2 [13]
2016Launch of Evo TV 2 4K [14]
2017Launch of Evo TV 3 4K [15]
2019Launch of Evo gamepad pro 4 with Instant Play
2020Introduction of EvoFox Gaming Accessories [16]
2021Introduction of EvoFox Game box [17]

Projects

Products

Peripherals

The company manufactures computer peripherals such as keyboards and mice, USB hubs, card readers, and HDMI cables. [8] In early 2010, the company entered the wireless segment, comprising keyboards and mice that run on either bluetooth or wireless spectrum technology. [25]

Audio

The company makes headphones and headsets that run on Bluetooth and wireless spectrum technology such as Air Budz and Urban [26] series.

Accessories

Amkette also makes smartphone accessories.

Multimedia devices

The company manufactures multimedia devices that work on Android platforms and can be connected to a TV. Amkette began development and marketing of media players in late 2009, by introducing the Flash TV 720p [27] media player. In early 2011 the company launched FlashTV HD 1080p, [28] which was a Full HD media player. In mid-2012, the company launched a new media player called Amkette EvoTV, [29] which was again a Full HD mediapPlayer powered by Android.

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