The AVID Story - AVID Products Inc.

Audio solutions with heart.

We’re much more than an audio company. We’re a team of difference-makers passionate about providing an outstanding experience and mindful, innovative, and accessible audio solutions to the people we serve.

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Our Core Values

Relationships

We value connections and collaboration.

Meaningful Solutions

We strive to be proactive and make purposeful and sustainable solutions to those we serve.

Thoughtfulness

We are socially conscious of the world around us and elevate the good of others.

Integrity

We approach every situation and all people with transparency, honesty, and respect.

Growth Mindset

We fully embrace learning with agility and resourcefulness for the betterment of ourselves, others, and our planet.

Servant Leadership

We lead best by serving each other with empathy and humility.

We’re 100% employee owned.

In 2013 we became an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) company. What that means is that every interaction with a team member is an interaction with an employee-owner and that when AVID succeeds, we all succeed. This unique model encourages each one of us to act with integrity, show up as our best, and provide an unparalleled experience for our partners and customers.

Meet our Team

1953

AVID is Founded

Founded in Providence, RI, by Albert C. Allen, AVID is named for the acronym Audio Visual Instructional Device and begins developing audio products for home and commercial use with a focus on the airline industry.

1961

Collaboration in the Clouds

AVID collaborates with TWA to develop the first of its kind, in-flight pneumatic headphone. AVID soon produces in-flight entertainment headphones for 97% of the world's airlines.

'70s

Market Expansion

New, portable audio devices spark a demand for headphones into other markets. AVID expands into the healthcare, education, and fitness industries.

'80s

Gaining Recognition

AVID gains recognition for dependability and value by continuously developing innovative audio products and accessories. Most notably, two-way audiophile speakers and H/88 headphones.

'90s

Audio Takes Root

As audio technology becomes part of daily practice in personal and professional environments, AVID flourishes rapidly in the education, healthcare and fitness markets, as well as in the travel industry.

2005

Empowering Education

AVID develops the FV-060 as a durable and cost-effective headset for the classroom with great success.

2006

Continued Expansion

AVID continues to expand into new markets and successfully launches a line of audio products, comfort solutions and apparel into the hospitality and recreation industries.

2013

Invigorating our Passion

Ownership of AVID shifts to its vested employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), bringing with it a renewed level of passion and integrity.

2017

Embracing Employee Ownership

AVID gains recognition for The Original Fishbone, an inline 3.5mm adapter that prevents pin breakage, as winner of the 2017 ISTE Best of Show.

AVID becomes 100 percent employee-owned.

2022

Rebranding and Revitalizing

The growing AVID team focuses on honing the AVID brand while innovating products for the education, hospitality, lifestyle, and healthcare industries.

NOW

Commitment to our Mission

With a commitment to creating solutions and services with purpose, AVID is on a mission to make an impact in the lives of the people they serve.

Our Story