Tag: business & market research

Cherry Industrial Solutions Becomes ZF – the New Switch und Sensor Brand

Rebranding completed at Electronica 2016 ZF Friedrichshafen AG used the Electronica show from November 8th to 11th 2016 to complete the rebranding of the long established switch and sensors manufacturer CHERRY Industrial Solutions to ZF brand. From 1st January 2017, all products sold via the Industrial Solutions product line will be branded ZF. By utilizing […]

Futuresource Consulting Finds Smart Home is Next Strategic Battleground for CE Sector

But Consumer Confusion is Widespread Smart home automation, smart appliance ownership, and smart home surveillance could be primed and ready for growth, though progress is being hindered by widespread confusion, according to a comprehensive new consumer research report from Futuresource Consulting. The study, which interviewed more than 4,000 people across the UK, France, Germany and […]

Memoori Expects Smart Building Device Connections to be Worth US$11.2 Billion in 2021

Smart Commercial Buildings Show their Importance to the IoT Smart Building device connections are expected to grow from $2.7bn in 2015 to $11.2bn in 2021, according to our new report The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. This prediction demonstrates the burgeoning strength of the smart building market within the internet […]

Futuresource Consulting Expects Voice Control to Feature in Smart Home Applications

Futuresource Consulting highlights the importance that voice will play in next generation CE products. In July 2015, Amazon launched its first audio device, called Echo, which has since become the bestselling wireless speaker in the US and is expected to sell around 3.9 million units by the end of this year (cumulative since launch), earning […]

Country Update: KNX in Australia

By Clayton Brown, Ivory Egg. Australia is a vast continent with great distances between each of the major cities. This means that each region has to rely heavily on its own economy. As the crow flies, the distance between Sydney and Perth is around 3300km, more than 800km further than that between London and Moscow. […]

Interview: Michael Seeland, Jung

Having opened a new office for Jung in Wandsworth, South London, Michael Seeland, General Manager of Jung UK, is ready to address the project market in a big way. Seeland trained as a technician electrician in Austria, and has held various posts ranging from service engineering to project design of passive houses. He also is […]

Navigant Research Expects Commercial Building Automation Product and Services Revenue to Exceed US$102 Billion in 2025

Major building automation systems vendors are introducing new versions of their core offerings as well as complementary intelligent building solutions, report finds A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for commercial building automation systems (BASs) in five key technology segments, offering an analysis of market issues, with forecasts for revenue, through 2025. […]

The Design Argument for KNX: Part 1 – Style and Substance

By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse Energy. Last month, Mark Warburton looked at the argument for using KNX in a smaller residential build, in particular as part of a retrofit. I have put this to the test and am nearing the end of the renovation of the house my wife and I bought in December 2015. The […]