16th Board Member Illuminates the Path to Connected Lighting and Smart Home Solutions to Create Meaningful
Possibilities for the IoT
November 1, 2016 – The zigBee alliance, a
non-profit association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open,
global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), today
announced that LEEDARSON – a principal player in the connected lighting and smart home ecosystem, offering solutions built for residential,
commercial and industry applications– has joined
the zigBee alliance at the Promoter level and accepted a seat on its Board of
Directors. LEEDARSON is the 16th board member and one of many recent
additions to the zigBee alliance as innovative companies around the world pledge
support for organizations driving open ecosystems and standards for the
Internet of Things (IoT).
Headquartered in
Xiamen, China, LEEDARSON is a leading provider of lighting solutions, security and intelligent lighting control, sensing and communication systems. The company specializes in smart, energy-savingtechnologies,
and through its acclaimed R&D Center innovates to drive the advancement of
green, connected lighting devices based on its comprehensive LED light
research, advanced manufacturing facilities, exceptional quality control and
skilled artisans.
“This is a
crucial time as the relevant wireless standards emerge as vital to proliferation of the IoT market, and organizations behind them like the zigBee alliance wisely
move to consolidate in a strategic direction for the good of the IoT experience
and end users,” said Kellen Yang, Sales Director
from LEEDARSON.“Our organization is eager to help advance zigbee standards as the
open global choice in green, connected lighting technology. We look forward to
continuing to champion 3.0 as the most
important common language between intelligent devices, as lighting is a
springboard for this important movement.”
“LEEDARSON
brings significant worldwide reach and scale to the connected lighting market –
a category that willpropel the smart home past the early adopter phase and into
mass adoption,” said Tobin Richardson, zigBee alliance President and
CEO. “Welcoming
LEEDARSON at the Board level is very noteworthy as the top players in
residential, commercial and industrial lighting gather under the zigbee umbrella to collaborate and drive interoperability to make the IoT
meaningful in everyday life.”
LEEDARSON
joins Comcast Cable, Huawei, Itron Inc., The Kroger Co., Landis+Gyr, Legrand
Group, Midea Group, NXP Semiconductors, Philips, Schneider Electric, Silicon
Labs, SmartThings, SOMFY, Texas Instruments and Wulianon the zigbee alliance
Board of Directors.