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Akai is a consumer electronics brand, now headquartered in Singapore. At its peak in the late 1990s, Akai Holdings employed 100,000 workers and had annual sales of HK$40 billion (US$5.2 billion), but it collapsed in 2000 owing creditors US$1,100m. In addition to some development of musical instruments, the Akai brand name is also used to re-badge electronics manufactured by other companies.[citation needed] "Akai" means red in Japanese, hence the logo color, earlier also accompanied by a red dot.
Akai is a consumer electronics brand, now headquartered in Singapore. At its peak in the late 1990s, Akai Holdings employed 100,000 workers and had annual sales of HK$40 billion (US$5.2 billion), but it collapsed in 2000 owing creditors US$1,100m. In addition to some development of musical instruments, the Akai brand name is also used to re-badge electronics manufactured by other companies.[citation needed] "Akai" means red in Japanese, hence the logo color, earlier also accompanied by a red dot.
