(Source: Business Wire)
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON)
announced today that Unitronics Comunicaciones, a leader in the Spanish
IT and communications market, has become a reseller and integrator of
Echelon's LonWorks® technology in Spain. Unitronics
will provide LonWorks networks-based building automation and enterprise
energy management solutions for several key markets, including banks,
service stations, retail chains, public lighting and homes.
By joining IT networks and control networks, Unitronics can provide
easier control of energy consumption and optimization of installation
and maintenance processes, and generate significant cost savings for
building owners and managers.
Unitronics aims to be a leader among Spanish companies to integrate
products and solutions based on this next generation building automation
technology, including Echelon's i.LON® SmartServer.
According to Manuel Nó, managing director, Unitronics, "The agreement
with Echelon strengthens our position in the area of connected
buildings. This will make us the first national IT company prepared for
the integration of Echelon's LonWorks technology and will enable us to
offer our customers smart control solutions with impressive return on
investment times."
"We're very pleased to be working with Unitronics to bring advanced
energy efficiency solutions to the Spanish market," said Anders
Axelsson, Echelon's senior vice-president of sales and marketing. "We
believe that Unitronics' integration strengths, coupled with their IT
expertise, will deliver the full benefits of LonWorks networks to many
companies in the form of greatly improved operating efficiencies whether
in single sites or multi-site enterprises, reduced energy use and
savings, and increased transparency."
For more information regarding Echelon's LonWorks technology visit http://www.echelon.com/products/lonworks/.
About Unitronics Comunicaciones
Unitronics Comunicaciones, S.A. is the leading Spanish provider of IT
and communication solutions in the area of networking, security, unified
communications, video conferencing and telepresence systems and
solutions. Unitronics' solutions cover the entire technology cycle, from
diagnostics and consultancy to the offering of management and remote
services, including solution design, implementation and integration.
Unitronics is present in large private enterprises, government agencies
and telecom operators.
