The present company goes back to the German car radio and navigation systems manufacturer, Becker.

[6] The company, with its head office in Karlsbad near Karlsruhe and other bases in the USA and Hungary, developed and integrated complete infotainment systems worldwide.

Its product range runs from navigation systems, voice control and human-machine interfaces to audio and entertainment technologies.

Since 11 January 2010 Harman Becker Automotive Systems has pulled out of the market for mobile navigation.

Since 2008, as part of the strategy of its parent concern, Harman International, the company's divisions have been increasingly based in low-wage economies, so that the number of employees in its German facilities dropped from 3,800[8] in 2008 to 2,250 in 2013.