Sweetwater Named a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace for 2025
S weetwater has been named a Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplace for 2025. This recognition is reserved for organizations that go beyond offering a great place to work and set new workplace standards, foster- ing high-performing, values-driven cultures that promote trust, purpose and belonging. Sweetwater ranked 12th in its first ap- pearance on the Global Top 100 list, which comprises the highest-scoring winners in
each of Inspiring Workplaces’ regions, in- cluding Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, North America, and the U.K. and Ireland. The global accolade follows Sweetwater’s second consecutive ranking as an Inspir- ing Workplace in North America, where Sweetwater ranked ninth overall in North America and fourth among North Ameri- can large businesses in 2025.
Additionally, Sweetwater earned special recognition for its wellbeing and inclu- sion efforts. “Recognition on a global scale for how we care for our employees is especially meaningful,” said Mike Clem, Sweetwater CEO. “By always doing the right thing, starting with our employees, we empower them to extend that same ethos to our customers.” {sweetwater.com}
Yorkville Sound Partners with Lienau A/V Associates Y orkville Sound has partnered with Lienau A/V Associates to represent its brands in the New York metropolitan area and northern New Jersey, effective immediately. Lienau A/V Associates is an independent manufacturers’ representative firm serving the professional audio, video, lighting and MI retail markets since 1948. “Yorkville Sound has been manufacturing world-class P.A.[s] since 1963,” said Jeff Cowling, Yorkville Sound’s vice president of sales and marketing. “Our valued New York Metro and North Jersey territories have always been supportive and played Yorkville loud. We have every confidence that the team at Lienau A/V Associates will continue to deliver our brand message and passionately present our products.” “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Yorkville in the Metro N.Y. territory,” said Chris Hutnick, principal at Lienau A/V Associates. “We’ve always recognized Yorkville’s reputation for high-quality and extreme value, but we never fully appreciated their innovation. Their latest range of battery-powered and IP-rated products give us truly innovative solutions to real-world challenges, all with the quality and value customers have come to expect from Yorkville.” Dealers in the New York Metro and North Jersey areas are encouraged to reach out the Lienau team for any information on Yorkville’s brands and products. {yorkville.com}
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