EnOcean Receives Venture Capital Investment of 4.5 million Euros.Lenders including 3i and Wellington Partners invest in the company's expansion OBERHACHING/MUNICH, Germany -- EnOcean GmbH has received 4.5 million euros for acquisition of new markets worldwide and continued development of its self-powered wireless technology for energy-efficient systems in the building sector. This brings the company's total amount of venture and growth capital since it was founded to over 20 million euros. EnOcean is the market leader in the field of wireless sensors see mote. for applications in building and industry. With an annual turnover and sales growth of 100 percent, the company has sold some half a million units and estimates the market potential for self-powered wireless modules to be several hundred million modules a year. New international customers include Masco Corporation, USA; Leviton Company Inc., USA; Honeywell International Inc., USA; and Eltako GmbH, Germany. Due to the major success of the EnOcean Alliance, which manages worldwide standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting of EnOcean technology and co-finances the marketing of products that use EnOcean technology, lendors and investors had even further incentive to invest in EnOcean's expansion. "This new financing will be focused on expanding the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets, and establishing new markets, especially in Asia. In addition, we're investing in further development of our technology and products," commented Uwe Thumm, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of EnOcean GmbH. The investors with the largest shares are Wellington Partners GmbH, Munich and 3i Group plc, London. Venture capital has also been provided by Emerald Technology Ventures AG, Zurich; Siemens Venture Capital GmbH, Munich; Siemens Technology Accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. GmbH, Munich; BayTech Venture Capital Beratungs GmbH, Munich; and ATMOS ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy ATMOS Air Traffic Management and Operations Simulator ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy ATMOS Asynchronous Transfer Mode Optical Switching (European) S.p.A., Milan. Rolf Dienst, general partner of Wellington Partners GmbH, sees very high growth potential ahead for EnOcean GmbH. "I'm convinced that EnOcean can tap this enormous market potential with its technology for energy-efficient solutions," said Dienst, "You might say EnOcean technology is the quasi [Latin, Almost as it were; as if; analogous to.] In the legal sense, the term denotes that one subject has certain characteristics in common with another subject but that intrinsic and material differences exist between them. foundation for smart, green buildings." EnOcean's business model will remain unchanged with this new investment and the target market will remain sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. technology for sustainable buildings. About EnOcean EnOcean GmbH, established in 2001 and headquartered in Oberhaching near Munich, develops innovative, self-powered wireless sensor technology. The company manufactures and markets service-free and flexible wireless sensor solutions for use in buildings and industrial installations. The products are based on a combination of miniaturised power converters and reliable wireless transmission. More than 500,000 of the company's wireless components are already in use. EnOcean GmbH employs more than 40 people in Germany and the USA, and cooperates with well-known manufacturers of system solutions for building and industrial installations engineering worldwide. EnOcean has won numerous awards, most recently the "Batimat Innovation Award in Bronze" at Batimat 2007, as well as the "Best innovation in green product and services" award of the Working Buildings Week Innovation Awards 2007, the "Building Product Innovation Award" at the 100% Design London Awards 2007, the "BuildingGreen's 2007 Top-10 Green Building Products" and the title "Technology Pioneer 2006" of the World Economic Forum. EnOcean GmbH is a promoter A person who devises a plan for a business venture; one who takes the preliminary steps necessary for the formation of a corporation. Promoters are the people, who, for themselves or on behalf of others, organize a corporation. of EnOcean Alliance Inc., established at the light+building show 2008 on April 7. For more information, please visit www.enocean.com. |
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