The ZigBee Alliance announced that SOMFY has joined the ZigBee Alliance at the promoter level and accepted a seat on its board of directors. This addition demonstrates the Alliance’s continuing impact and value in home and commercial building automation.
SOMFY develops, manufactures and distributes products in 58 countries across five continents. From motorized window treatments for residential and commercial buildings to automated outdoor extensions, gates and garage doors, SOMFY provides a range of motorized solutions, automatic systems and alarms. Comfort, security and energy savings are attributes that allow a house to wake up, communicate and respond accordingly to the needs of its occupants.
“SOMFY’s ambition is to transform the living environment. Our goal is to develop solutions that bring safety, energy savings and comfort to the inhabitants of buildings and homes. We are entering an era that will connect any object and will take advantage of interoperability within and across vertical domains. We are convinced that joining the ZigBee Alliance will help us to achieve this ambition,” said Jean Guillaume Despature, SOMFY, CEO.
“SOMFY’S decision to join us is an endorsement of the ZigBee brand, movement and momentum that’s attracting electronics leaders from around the world to collaborate and achieve interoperability for the IoT,” said John E. Osborne II, chairman of the board for the ZigBee Alliance and general manager, The Kroger Co. R&D.
“Motion control for the home and building is a category of opportunity to connect with IoT adopters and the broader market,” said Tobin Richardson, ZigBee Alliance president and CEO. “SOMFY’S expertise will help guide ZigBee Alliance initiatives as our technology continues to advance and bring simplicity and convenience to ‘smart’ wireless environments.”
SOMFY joins Comcast Cable, Itron Inc., The Kroger Co., Landis+Gyr, Legrand Group, Midea Group, NXP Semiconductors, Philips, Schneider Electric, Silicon Labs, SmartThings, Texas Instruments and Wulian on the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.