Founded in 1987, IASCA’s mission was to create a marketing program to proliferate the sale of mobile electronics in North America and help the industry grow. Conceived by executives from numerous different manufacturers in the electronics industry, the main marketing tool that was created by IASCA was the “Soundoff”, or car audio competition.
Soundoffs were the perfect vehicle to show off manufacturers’ products in a fun, competitive environment and the program met with great success in its early years. A set of rules for competition was created and the format quickly became the benchmark for car audio systems and installations around the world. Many different programs were spawn from the Soundoff, like Autosound Clinics, Championship events and dealer sales programs. Most notably, the IASCA World Finals brought a sense of global standards to the industry and manufacturers began using the organization to create standards for their product; thus creating “The Standard By Which Great Mobile Electronics Performance is Measured”
However, over the years, the Soundoff became the all consuming format that IASCA was known for and many of the other programs were put aside in favor of the machine that was the Soundoff. Although an integral part of IASCA’s mission to proliferate the industry, it is still only a part of what IASCA is all about.
In 2001, the organization was purchased by one of its Board of Directors, Mr. Paul Papadeas. His mission is to bring the values that IASCA had created back then, back to the industry, so that standards for mobile electronics and competition were once again the benchmark for the industry and for car audio competition. To date, Mr. Papadeas has succeeded in his mission and the organization continues to grow and build those standards worldwide; as we move towards the future, IASCA’s mission is to continue to raise the bar for the benefit of its competitor, dealer and manufacturer members in over 26 countries around the world.