Element Electronics

Element Electronics
Private
Industry Consumer electronics
Headquarters 10909 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA 55344-3730
Key people
 Mike O'Shaughnessy, Founder / President
Products AV Electronics; LCD TVs, LCD computer monitors
Website

Element Electronics is an American-owned producer of flat panel televisions.

History

Element began producing flat panel TVs in March 2012 in a factory in Detroit.[1] The company opened a second plant in South Carolina, which is estimated to bring 500 jobs to the area over a period of five years.[2] The brand is carried by Walmart, Target, and other retailers.[3]

In 2014, a group called Alliance for American Manufacturing claimed that Element televisions were not made in the United States.[4] The Federal Trade Commission followed up with Element for clarification, and decided not to pursue an investigation after "the Company made changes to its website to clarify that some - not all - of Element's televisions are assembled in the United States".[5]

Products

Element Electronics offers TVs with integrated JBL sound bars and Roku integrated smart TVs.

References

  1. ↑ "Products Made in America - Consumer Reports Magazine". Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Harold L. Sirkin (10 January 2014). "What's New in Television? More TV Sets Are Being Made in the U.S.". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/592255.html
  4. ↑ https://thinkprogress.org/walmarts-made-in-usa-televisions-are-allegedly-made-in-china-ebf3ae7cceec
  5. ↑ Ensor, Julia (7 May 2015). "Element Electronics letter" (PDF). US Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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