November 2016; Jessup, MD:
API announces their partnership with Chinese distributor Beijing Pacific Budee Technology Development Co., Ltd effective November 1, 2016.

Budee was established in 2002 as an audio and video solutions company. The business focuses on music performances, AV integration, audio production, radio, television, fixed installation, consumer electronics, musical instruments and equipment and more. Budee's comprehensive product line will now include the world-renowned analog sound of API.

"API has a fantastic reputation for building high end consoles and other audio products," says Budee Director of Strategic Alliance, Mills Xu. "Budee, always focused on solution needs and providing the best possible service to its customers, is a well-known entity in the Greater China marketplace. API will fit perfectly with Budee's service oriented approach to bringing the 'best of the best' foreign brands to China."