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Crestron Acquires 1 Beyond, Adding Intelligent Video to Improve Hybrid Meetings

March 23, 2022 by Ted 1 Comment

Crestron Electronics announced today that it is acquiring 1 Beyond, an innovative provider of intelligent video products that enable more effective meetings – especially meetings that blend in-office and remote participants, known as hybrid meetings. The company said that the 1 Beyond team will stay at their existing base in Boston, MA. The terms of the deal were not released.

See more on what the 1 Beyond acquisition means for Crestron

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 1 Beyond, acquisition, Crestron, Crestron Electronics, intelligent video

Tech’s Newest Power Couple: Sony and Honda

March 18, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sony and Honda CEOs announce joint venture

So Sony has just pulled a major donut – finally coming full circle. Sony Group’s CEO stood alongside Honda Motor’s CEO as the two companies announced that they were forming a joint venture with automotive manufacturing powerhouse Honda agreeing to partner with the sensor and mobile entertainment electronics king Sony to actually manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) – or what we’ve known up to this point as the Sony Vision-S vehicles. At last, our trip down the long and winding (and confusing) road has arrived at a final destination.

And with this announcement, we now have tech’s newest power couple…

See more on the Sony & Honda joint venture

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: autonomous, electric vehicle, Honda, Honda Motor, Sony

Snap One Unleashes an Array of New Products at Virtual Partner Summit

March 16, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

Snap One's Ryan Marsh
Ryan Marsh, Snap One EVP of Sales

New Introductions for Control4, OvrC, Episode and Triad

Last Friday, Snap One held a Virtual Partner Summit in which they unveiled a whole roster of new products to dealers participating in the online event. It was an impressive launch in key product areas for the company including OvrC, audio, new controllers, new soundbar and wireless sub, new architectural speakers, a major new operating system upgrade called OS 3.3.0, and more.

See more on these new products from Snap One

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: audio, control, Control4, Episode, lighting, OvrC, Snap One, Triad, Virtual Partner Summit

New Brand AVA Appears with Solid Founder Pedigree; But is Success Guaranteed?

March 9, 2022 by Ted 1 Comment

On Monday we learned of the launch of a new brand of wireless streaming music systems called AVA. Targeted towards the higher-end of the market, AVA features a more European design aesthetic, is targeted for distribution through the custom integration channel, and comes from a triumvirate of co-founders of respectable pedigree.

But does this pedigree guarantee their success?

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, People, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: AVA, Control4, Neeo, remote control, wireless music systems

Shelly Home Automation Devices: Unique Solutions to Make Homes Smarter

March 2, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

For Integrators, Shelly Might be the Perfect ‘Problem’ Solver

Allterco Robotics, a global high-tech manufacturer of simple yet sophisticated Internet of Things (IoT) devices, offers a line of home automation tools and solutions they sell under the Shelly brand name. While there are a lot of “black box” type solutions on the market today, don’t be fooled – Shelly devices contain world-class technology, expansive capabilities, and broad compatibility with major control brands.

Learn more about Shelly home automation devices

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: Allterco Robotics, DIY, home automation, IoT, Shelly

Biden Administration Announces Major Supply Chain Mining Initiative

February 24, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

The Salton Sea is believed to hold essential minerals needed to boost the supply chain
The Salton Sea in California is believed to be a site rich in essential minerals [Photo: Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times]

Boosting Local Supply of Essential Minerals

The Biden Administration announced on Tuesday a comprehensive public/private mining initiative that is designed to boost the local supply of essential minerals. These minerals are required in a wide range of strategic products and the administration’s new programs will achieve several goals: they will use new technology to boost the mining of the minerals in new areas of the country, create a large number of good-paying American jobs, and reduce our reliance on China. What looks to be a savvy program, this new initiative partners with key American companies to improve the U.S.’s supply chain structure in order to make it more robust to “build a future that’s made in America.”

See more on the Administration’s plan to improve the supply chain

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Filed Under: Gov't/Politics, Management, News, Research, Strategy, supply chain, Technology Tagged With: Biden Administration, electric cars, essential minerals, President Biden, President Joseph R. Biden

Crestron Launches Tunable LED Light Fixtures & Innovates an Advance in HCL

February 21, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron Electronics, one of the industry’s leading control and automation system manufacturers, announced today that they are making a major push into the lighting segment – especially within the realm of what is generally known as human-centric lighting (HCL). Their new line of LED Light Fixtures not only contemporizes their lighting offerings to today’s standards – but I believe that they take the lead with an exciting and futuristic new capability known as Solar Sync™.

See this major launch of new LED Light Fixtures from Crestron

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: circadian rhythm, Crestron, human-centric lighting, LED lighting, lighting

Crestron Continues Expansion of Residential Line with Two New Models

February 17, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Crestron DM NAX 4-Zone Streaming Pre-Amplifier

Crestron Electronics announced today that it is launching two new audio products, both part of its successful Crestron HOME residential line-up. The addition of these new models – an in-wall subwoofer developed in conjunction with partner Origin Acoustics, and a new DM NAX 4-zone streaming pre-amp – demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to further expanding their residential business.

Learn more about these all-new Crestron audio products

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Filed Under: Dealers, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: AoIP, audio-over-IP, Crestron, Crestron Electronics, Crestron Home, DM NAX, DM NVX

AKM Responds to Strata-gee Request for Comment on Damaged Factory

February 14, 2022 by Ted 2 Comments

Last week, I updated the story of the Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) factory fire that destroyed one of the world’s largest fabs producing semiconductors, particularly LSIs (large-scale integrated circuits) for digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) widely used in audio for consumer, pro, and commercial applications. [See post: AKM Fire Update: Co. Makes Progress, Interim Solution Shows Promise] At the time I was working on that report, I reached out to AKM for comment on what I was learning from my sources, but did not receive a reply by the time the story was posted.

This morning, AKM responded to my request…

See what AKM said in a statement to Strata-gee…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Manufacturers, News, supply chain, Technology Tagged With: AKM, Asahi Kasei Microdevices

AKM Fire Update: Co. Makes Progress, Interim Solution Shows Promise

February 9, 2022 by Ted 4 Comments

burned out AKM factory
[Click to enlarge] [Photo: nikogorio (Twitter)]

Commits to Deliver New DACs & ADCs in 2022!

In one of the most-read stories ever posted on Strata-gee.com, I reported on a fire in October 2020 at an AKM factory in Japan. AKM is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of large-scale integrated circuits (LSI) used in a variety of products, including digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) for the audio industry. In that post, I warned you that this fire threatens to “disrupt the global supply of critical digital ICs.” It was the bright red flag of what was to become a massive supply chain headache that the world continues to struggle with to this day.

UPDATE: What’s happening now after the AKM fire

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Manufacturers, News, supply chain, Technology Tagged With: AKM, Renesas

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