![]() | |
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | |
Founded | January 1986 |
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 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.
The company's manufacturing facility is in China while the software team is based in Bangalore, India. [1]
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]
Date | Milestone [2] |
---|---|
1986 | First 8" floppy diskette shipped out |
1987 | Established 5.25" floppy diskette plant |
1991 | Established 3.5" floppy diskette plant |
2003 | Introduction of wireless keyboard [8] and mouse |
2004 | Introduction of CD blank media |
2006 | Introduction of DVD-Rs blank media |
2008 | Introduction of flash drives and memory cards |
2009 | Introduction of Flash TV media player [9] |
2012 | Launch of Amkette Acoustix Lab [10] |
2012 | Launch of EvoTV smart TV platform [11] |
2015 | Launch of Evo GamePad Pro [12] |
2016 | Launch of Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro 2 [13] |
2016 | Launch of Evo TV 2 4K [14] |
2017 | Launch of Evo TV 3 4K [15] |
2019 | Launch of Evo gamepad pro 4 with Instant Play |
2020 | Introduction of EvoFox Gaming Accessories [16] |
2021 | Introduction of EvoFox Game box [17] |
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]
The company makes headphones and headsets that run on Bluetooth and wireless spectrum technology such as Air Budz and Urban [26] series.
Amkette also makes smartphone accessories.
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.