Niko NV, the leading Belgian manufacturer of advanced solutions for electrical switching; lighting control and home automation solutions, has recently joined the io-homecontrol® alliance. This innovative initiative is an open grouping of European companies who have pooled their know-how and experience to bring home owners the benefits of home control with reliability, simplicity and a continuously growing range of compatible products whilst for installers, it ensures simple installation of complex systems and the absence of a need to re-configure different products from different manufacturers.
With the introduction of Niko technology, io-homecontrol® users will have the benefits of lighting control at their fingertips by the beginning of 2009. This revolutionary technology gives users the freedom to control light intensity, colour and ambiance, to create unique environments in the home.
Commenting on the new alliance, Bert De Haes, Head of Product Development for Niko said: " We are very excited at the opportunities this new alliance will afford. It is a development that we were pleased to be involved with as it demonstrates the breadth of solutions that will become available using Niko as the hub; and our commitment to this fast growing market.
For home and business owners, a controllable and energy efficient solution is about to become more affordable and desirable. For installers, the opportunity to work with a range of properly integrated products to give one simple solution will give them a much better - and reliable - way of delivering their systems to their clients.
By 2009, when the benefits will be even more obvious, we are confident that Niko will be one of the most obvious choices for delivering automated solutions in the home and in the workplace."
The alliance currently comprises; ASSA ABLOY, the world’s leading manufacturer of door opening solutions; Honeywell International serving customers worldwide with control technologies for buildings and homes; HÖRMANN Group, Europe’s leading supplier of doors and door operators; Somfy who power and move the openings in the house by means of Somfy motors and VELUX the leading manufacturer of motorised roof windows, sun screening and roller shutters. These companies have pooled their knowledge to interface their product lines with the standards of the alliance. This ensures the total compatibility of new products with the io-homecontrol® protocol.
The innovative io-homecontrol® solution is a wireless technology. It is simple and safe, and the best way to control the home. Doors, roof windows, roller shutters and awnings, lighting, heating and cooling controls, security systems, garage doors and gates – just a few of the building products that bring major benefits when equipped with these home control features.
