How is Echelons business structured?
Echelon has two primary businesses derived from a common technology base – Controls Infrastructure and the NES Business. The Controls Infrastructure Business This business encompasses the various markets for control automation, basically the business of control, sensing and monitoring. This includes automation systems within the commercial buildings industry for such things as heating, venting and air-conditioning, elevators, lighting, security, access, and other systems. Within the in Control business, Echelon is a leading supplier to OEM manufacturers of components and technology – chiefly transceiver technology, network and management software, development tools, network interfaces and connectivity, and routing hardware. Echelon is also a leading supplier of system products to integrators in the various controls markets and chiefly within the building controls industry. These products include Internet servers and routers, network installation and management tools, and network analys