Sony Group Corp. engages in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, devices, game consoles, and software for consumers, professionals and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: Game and Network Services, Music, Pictures, Entertainment Technology & Services, Imaging and Sensing Solutions, Financial Services, and Others. The Game and Network Services segment deals with gaming machines, software and network services. The Music segment produces and publishes music and provides image media platforms. The Pictures segment handles film production, television program creation, and media networks. The Home Entertainment and Sound segment offers LCD televisions, home audio, Blu-ray Disc players and recorders, and memory-based portable audio devices. The Imaging and Sensing Solutions segment includes the image sensors business. The Financial Services segment manages the life insurance and non-life insurance operations and banking business. The Others segment consists of various operating activities, including the disc manufacturing and recording media businesses. The company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka on May 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Knowles Corp. supplies advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing and precision device solutions. It operates through the MedTech and Specialty Audio, and Precision Devices segments. The MedTech & Specialty Audio segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions. The Precision Devices segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones used in applications that serve the hearing health and premium audio markets. The company was founded by Hugh Knowles in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, IL.