Following is a complete list of Building Open Systems Sponsors together with a short backgrounder on each company. These companies are leaders in the industry and supporters of open systems.

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor, please contact us.

Tour Andover Controls is the new global leader in the building automation industry that was created by the merger of Andover Controls and TAC. The name is new, but the companies are not. With roots that go back to 1925, Tour Andover Controls is a long-time supporter of LonMark® International, helping create standard protocols to establish the LonMark brand as a leading choice for HVAC applications.

Tour Andover Controls leads the Building IT industry in developing, manufacturing and marketing open systems for building solutions. By integrating information, innovative control solutions, reliable security and energy solutions, Tour Andover Controls enables cost-efficient and convenient facility management for customers in commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.

Echelon is the creator of the LonWorks® platform, the world's most widely used standard for connecting electronic devices such as appliances, VAV controllers, blinds, dampers, electricity meters, thermostats, and lighting controls to each other and to the Internet. Solutions based on the LonWorks® platform can be found worldwide in commercial buildings performing critical functions including energy management, remote monitoring & service, fire/safety, hvac, access control, elevator control, lighting, and much more.

Building integrators using the LonWorks platform experience lower costs, increased revenue, higher profits, and expanded business opportunities while end-users gain better service, lower initial and life-cycle costs, and increased system flexibility and usability.

Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Echelon's products enable companies to create devices and solutions that lower cost, increase convenience, and improve service, quality, and safety.

ARC Informatique is an ISO 9001-2000 certified company designing and marketing SCADA/HMI software. Our innovative solutions carry out supervision and control of industrial processes, utilities and building automation. Over 23,000 licensed copies of our products have been sold worldwide by our offices in Europe, the United States and South East Asia plus our representative's network.

PcVue is a SCADA enabler for Windows 2000 and XP that supports configurations ranging from simple standalone stations to secure installations with redundant distributed client/server architecture operating over a standard LAN (local area network). Integrated development and run-time environments allow changes to be made on-line without the need to compile or restart. PcVue runs with the new Echelon® version LNS 3.2. It supports the SNVT and UNVT variables and provides device configuration properties (SCPT and UCPT variables) to your application. PcVue recognizes LonMark® Objects and executes your plug-in software.

ECS Group
2 Shearson Crescent,
Mentone, 3194,
Victroria, Australia
Tel: 61 3 95855111
Fax: 61 3 95855122
Web: http://www.ecsgroup.net.au
Email: envirosales@ecsgroup.net.au

Environmental Control Services was founded over 17 years ago. Since foundation the Company has expanded by organic growth to encompass other operational divisions and companies to facilitate the effective delivery of the multi disciplinary range of quality products and services provided by the group. The group now consists of Environmental Control Services Pty Ltd, Electrical Communication Services Pty Ltd & Evolve Corporate Security

We appreciate that in business today, a very high level of expertise from highly experienced personnel is required - people who can " take charge" of projects from an initial working session. At ECS, we are proud of our depth of knowledge in our chosen areas of specialization and of the reputation that we have built over the years. As an independent company, we can offer impartial advice on all aspects of your Building Automation, Security, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Electrical and data system requirements and recommend equipment from a wide range of manufacturers. We have assembled a team of specialist staff with many years experience
within these disciplines.

Gesytec GmbH
Pascalstr. 6
Aachen 52076
Germany
Tel: +49 2408-944-240
Fax: +49 2408-944-100
Web: www.gesytec.de
E-Mail: tschneider@gesytec.de

Gesytec GmbH, leading German manufacturer of LonWorks® interfaces, provides LonWorks and EIA 709.1 compatible interfaces and versatile software for data exchange with the LonWorks control networks. Beyond the standard Easylon® product line Gesytec has specialized in OEM versions covering specific requirements such as tiny socket interface modules or versions for railway applications.

Gesytec’s Easylon® range of products comprises OPC Server software as well as special I/O modules for building automation or network infrastructure components.

Based on Windows CE embedded PCs Gesytec’s Gipsy Remote Access Suite enables data acquisition, local control and monitoring together with tele-monitoring of automation and control systems. As an open solution basis it links LonWorks to the TCP/IP world.

Leopard Controls
Level 1, 50 Clavering Road
Bayswater WA 6053
Australia
Tel: (08) 9371 9412
Fax: (08) 9371 7999
Web: www.leopardcontrols.com.au
E-Mail: greg@leopardcontrols.com.au

Leopard Control's vision is to be chosen and respected as the foremost provider of services and solutions for Building Management Control Systems.

The Next Decade will continue to bring significant change. Customers are taking on the greater need for "Open Systems" and are not being tied into older propriety protocols and hardware. Major manufacturers are responding by offering an ever - widening range of Local Open Network (LON®) products. While this may provide a greater sense of choice for some, for others the additional complexity can be confusing. If in this environment, Leopard Controls can help people find the solution that best suits them, we hope, we will be chosen ahead of others for service.

At the same time, there is greater scrutiny on the ways in which companies operate. Companies that seek to maintain their customers trust will earn respect and loyalty from both customers and the industry. We demand the highest standards of honesty and integrity from all our people and entrust strong management from within.

Our values provide guidance to our people in their daily work:
'In everything we do, we work to earn trust by demonstrating uncompromising commitment to our customers'.

Matrix Controls Pte. Ltd.
82, Genting Lane, News Center #05-08
Singapore 349567
Singapore
Tel: + 65 6743 9788
Fax: +65 6741 0532
Web: www.matrix-controls.com
E-Mail: rlong@matrix-controls.com

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LonMark International
550 Meridian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 408-938-5266
Fax: +1 408-790-3838
Web: www.lonmark.org
E-Mail: info@lonmark.org

Since its inception in 1994 and new corporate structure in 2003, LonMark International has become a major driving force in the establishment of interoperable guidelines for building, industrial, transportation and residential/utility automation. LonMark membership is open to any manufacturer, distributor, engineer, system integrator, or end-user committed to the development, specification, and use of open, interoperable products utilizing ANSI/EIA/CEA 709.1 and related standards.

Products that have been verified to conform to the LonMark interoperability guidelines are eligible to carry the LonMark logo.