Parent Company of Gauss Acquires Electro Sound

Gauss, a Sun Valley maker of audiotape duplicating equipment, said its parent company, Mark IV Industries, has acquired another tape duplicating equipment maker, Electro Sound Inc. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Electro Sound will keep its manufacturing operations in Sunnyvale. Gauss and Electro Sound also will maintain separate sales and marketing operations but will combine their research and development efforts, Gauss said.