Unfortunately the founder Brian Horowitz apparently jumped ship several years back and got into this horror: https://www.ridetones.com/home
Good thing it never took off and he hopefully lost every penny he ever made on APC.

650k fine probably did in the poor saps who bought the company. Did a quick search and it looks like he leveraged the crap out of the company back in '03...probably fighting the lawsuits. I seem to recall him announcing Ford took him on as supplier and I don't think that could have helped their quality.