I don't think it's overly polite to get into long discussions about competing brands in a sponsored thread, so to be brief, I forget who. I heard about it word of mouth from a former associate, then read about it in a press release on the net about 2 years ago. A large U.S.- based investment firm bought them IIRC. It wasn't another loudspeaker manufacturer as in API's case. AFAIK, and I may be wrong, one original partner (Scott Bagby) stayed on and the other (Jerry VanderMarel) retired. I'm not sure what Bill, Jerry's brother, who became a shareholder and head of U.S. sales not long after the company formed, is doing. It's been more than a decade since I've seen any of them. So yes, Paradigm still maintains operations in Canada at this time, but it isn't exactly the same company I watched being born in a tiny industrial unit 25 years ago, not that that's a bad thing, just nostalgic to me. I can still remember my first visit to their "new venture" like it was yesterday. Scott and Jerry hooked me up to a machine and gave me a hearing test that day in fact. At that point, the two of them were the entire company. Again, I can't believe how much things have changed and time has flown.