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Akustica Inc., a South Side-based designer of innovative digital mini-microphones used in cell phones and in webcams on laptop computers, has been acquired by a German company but will remain in Pittsburgh, the company said Wednesday.

The acquisition by Robert Bosch North America of Farmington Hills, Mich., a subsidiary of The Bosch Group of Stuttgart, gives Akustica opportunities to make new inroads into international markets, said Joseph Jacobson, CEO of the previously privately held company.

Akustica, which has sold more than 5 million microphones worldwide, can take advantage of Bosch's "much bigger footprint to market our product," Jacobson said. The new partners will help ramp up ...

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